How do cakes rise?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 11/8/2022

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.

Wiki User

∙ 17y ago

What else can I help you with?

Why do you put SR flour in cakes?

So the cakes rise. If you used plain flour, the cakes wouldn't rise and they would be flat!

Do cakes rise?

yes most of the time

What causes bread and cakes to rise?

the yeast

Do whole eggs make cakes rise more than egg whites?

No. The eggs don't make cakes rise. It is the baking powder in the cake flour.

Do all cakes have to rise?

they do if they have enough flower in it -scottishpeacegirl

What is the point of putting eggs in cakes?

to help make it rise

Why do your fairy cakes rise and split?

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What agent and procedure make cakes rise?

self raising flour

Why baking soda is used far making cakes?

to make them rise

Cakes rise up in the center?

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.

Why do you use plain flour in brownies?

To make them rise and not be flat.

Why do we use flour in cakes?

The flour has a reaction to the other ingreedients and causes the cake to rise.