FryBoy
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ChefJune said:Arlien, in my experience there should NOT be any baking powder in Brownies. That's the main difference between Brownies and cake.
To be clear, The Joy of Cooking's recipe for brownies that I suggested has no baking powder -- it makes the sort of dense brownies I prefer, but they're not so dense and gooey that you would mistake them for fudge rather than baked goods.
Some recipes for cake-like brownies do call for leavening, which is why I suggested that one a possible problem might be outdated baking powder.