Baking Powder?

I’m not big on baking so I apologize in advance if my questions are way too ignorant, but here is goes …….

I found this old Czech cook book (about mid 70’s) and want to try some of the recipes, but am confused about baking powder measurements.

First of all I want to make sure “prasek do peciva” is baking powder. It is .. right? And if not, then what is it? :idea:

And my second question. Many of the recipes call for various portions of a pack of baking powder, as in: “….. pridejte pul sacku prasku do peciva …” Just how big is the bag?

Thank you for your time

 

kypřící prášek do pečiva = baking powder



You can see on the picture that the bag is usually 13 g big.

Na 1/2 kg mouky:

těsta třená: celý sáček (whole bag)
těsta křehká: 2/3 sáčku
těsta knedlíková: 1/3 sáčku

Links:
http://projektysipvz.gytool.cz/Projekty ... px?uid=796
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baking_powder

 

Another example:

Dr. Oetker - Kypřící prášek do pečiva 12g
1,40 Kč

 

You are awesome! Thank you so very much Troll.

So technically adding “… half a pack …” would be either 6g. or 6.5g.
Ok, so basically being perfectly “exact” is not overly crucial when it comes to baking powder? Am I understanding it correctly? I'll go with 6.5g when I try it :lol:

And again … thank you so very much for taking the time to answer

 

Can you advise how many teaspoons would be in 6g???

 

My v Kanade to varime S tsp or tbsp...mala lzyska a velka lzycka

 

Any idea how many teaspoon or tablespoon would be in a package? In Canada we cook with this measurements, thank you

 

Hello, 1 tsp is about 5 grams