No. Baking mixes have other ingredients in them.
yes if you want your sponge to be a biscuit,you need baking powder with the flour to make the sponge rise,of better still use self raising flour,not plain flour.
The function of rice flour in biscuit making is to make the biscuit crumbley and to add texture. Rice flour is good for people who live on a Gluten free diet therefore it is also a healthier option.
If you were baking a cake: Self-Raising Flour - would make it rise Plain Flour - wouldn't make it rise People use self-raising in cakes to make them bigger, but they use plain in pancakes so it keeps it thin.
which is the best flour to make bread out of strong plain flour self rasing flour or plain flour
It is best to use self-raising flour if the recipe asks for it, as it is not the same as plain flour, but you can substitute plain flour for self-raising flour provided you add raising agents like baking powder and bicarbonate of soda yourself to the flour.
You can use plain flour with a teaspoon of baking powder.
Yes
Yes you can, I use whatever flour I have to hand.
A protein called gluten (glutenin) is responsible for the wheat flour's elastic properties. If there is more gluten in the flour, it makes it easier for the flour to have a rough texture and vice versa. High gluten flours are produced from hard wheat. Example of high gluten flour is bread and pizza. Cake flour is produced from soft gluten flour.
You can but you need to add baking powder and salt to it.
Yes, assuming that by "plain flour" you mean all-purpose flour. Because all three sound like the exact same thing.
yes you can use plain flour - you just need to add 3-4 tsp baking powder to each 8 oz (225 g) of plain flour