Omama abaningi bezindlu abasebenzisi i-baking powder ukubhaka, kodwa i-soda, efakwe uviniga noma ijusi kalamula. Futhi uma inhlama iqukethe isithako esine-acidic, isibonelo, i-kefir noma ukhilimu omuncu, ungasebenzisa i-soda nje. Kodwa i-baking soda ngokwayo iyimpushana yokubhaka embi. Uma ishisa, ikhipha i-carbon dioxide, kodwa ngeke yanele ukwenza inhlama ibe yi-fluffy. Futhi i-soda esele izokonakalisa ukunambitheka nombala wezimpahla ezibhakiwe.
Ukuphakamisa inhlama, i-soda kumele icishwe ngeviniga noma ijusi kalamula. Yebo, iningi le-carbon dioxide liyahwamuka ngokushesha ku-spoon, kodwa noma kunjalo, ngenxa yokuthi kukhona uviniga noma ijusi kakhulu kune-soda, ukusabela kuyaqhubeka kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokubhaka. Ngenxa yalokho, uzothola amakhekhe athambile futhi athambile.