Cakes rise because of the self raising flour or baking powder/soda. The butter that you find in cakes coat the granules and help provide air pockets. these air pockets are filled with air so that is how a cake rises.
So the cakes rise. If you used plain flour, the cakes wouldn't rise and they would be flat!
yes most of the time
the yeast
No. The eggs don't make cakes rise. It is the baking powder in the cake flour.
they do if they have enough flower in it -scottishpeacegirl
to help make it rise
cooking tips and tricks
self raising flour
to make them rise
Yes. Cakes rise in the center during baking for a few reasons. Flour and yeast can cause it to rise, but also hot air cooks inside the cake. With heat, the air is converted into steam which causes the cake to puff up and rise some more.
To make them rise and not be flat.
The flour has a reaction to the other ingreedients and causes the cake to rise.