Baking

Bak·ing

Baking

n.
  1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.
  2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.

Phrases & Compounds
Baking powder
a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter.