No! self rising flour has additives in it. ( salt and a leavening agent)
Yes, you can use self rising flour in place of all purpose flour. But you need to omit any salt and baking powder or baking soda that is called for in the recipe.
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How can I tell if flour is self-rising or all purpose? How can I tell if flour is self-rising or all purpose?
I would just try it to see how it works. It shouldn't taste THAT different. If not, then spend $4.99 on a bag of all purpose flour.
Cake flour is a finer grained powder than all purpose. Self rising means it already has the baking powder added. All purpose may be used for either, but you would have to add baking powder, and the end product would not be quite as delicate.
You can, but it may result in the crust not being quite as flaky as it would be if you use an all purpose flour. Just be sure to not add any salt to it since self-rising flour already has salt in it.
Self-rising Flour
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Plain, pasta dough is not supposed to rise.
No, self-rising flour cannot be converted back into all-purpose flour. Salt and a leavening agent, usually baking powder, are added to regular flour to make self-rising flour, and cannot be removed by any practical method.
Use self-rising flour instead of all-purpose flour, and you can leave out the baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
not same
As a straight-up substitution, probably not. If you add a little baking powder and salt, though, it should be okay.
All purpose flour is your "baseline" flour--it's wheat that's been dehulled, ground and fortified. Cake flour is ground finer than all purpose flour. Cakes have a very fine texture you can't really get from all purpose flour, because all-purpose flour's particles are larger. Bread flour has more gluten in it, which gives you a more substantial bread.