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Can I make fairy cakes with plain flour?I have eggs and baking powder.I just didn't want to make a special trip just for the flour.Thanks
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Self Raising Flour is just flour with baking powder added, so you can just add baking powder to the plain flour.
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Thanks.That saves me braving the wind and rain.0
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It really depends on what you are baking according to the instructions on my packet.
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The amount of baking powder depends on what you are baking, and certainly the baking powder I buy has some instructions on the packet. Can't remember them off hand but for a sponge I think it is 3 tsps for 8 oz of flour. I always refer to the packet though. Never bother buying self raising flour myself, as it would take up more space in the cupboard to have both.0
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Yes you can i wasnt sure before i read these threads but i tried it and it worked my cakes were better and more spongy than before. I seived the flour added 1 tsp of baking powder and seived the caster suger added the butter and 3 eggs all together in the bowl and mixed it up.0
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http://www.nigella.com/kitchen-queries/view/Plain-Flour-vs-Self-Raising-Flour/3441
Nigella says 2tsp per 150g/1 cup of flour
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this thread is 7 years old!0
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I know its an old thread but wanted to add my two penneth worth. For the past few years I have taken to making cake recipes from American cookbooks I believe they do have self-raising flour over there (they call it self rising) but it doesn't seem it is widely used, I have got so used to adding raising agents seperately, and the cakes are so much nicer that I only buy SR flour for dumplings now. I also bake vegan and so most recipes using an egg replacer need 1-2 teaspoons extra baking powder regardless if SR flour is used or not, because the egg replacer I use only binds doesn't add that extra rise that eggs in a recipe naturally create, with the extra baking powder in the SR flour I think they'd taste pretty nasty. :rotfl:xx0
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