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Yes, if you want your cake to turn out correctly.

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yes they are the same they just have a different affect on food.

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It is always important to follow the recipe as close as possible to how it is written.

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Yes, you can indeed. This is the most effective combination of cake leavening.

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yes but you must add twice as much baking powder as ther recipe specifies.

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Can you add baking powder to self raising flour when baking busicuts?

Add one rounded teaspoon of baking powder to each cup of flour. I frequently do this and it always work. Note - not a flat teaspoon of baking powder, not a heaped teaspoon but a rounded teaspoon!


Is SR flour the same as plain flour and baking powder mixed together?

no


What is the difference of plain flour and self raising flour?

Self raising flour has the salt and baking powder included. Plain flour does not.Self rising flour is a combination of flour, baking powder, and a little salt. It's not just flour.


Can you substitute plain flour for self raising?

You can but you need to add baking powder and salt to it.


What can you use instead of rising flour?

You can use plain flour with a teaspoon of baking powder.


How much baking soda to flour?

There is not a standard amount - it varies according to what you are cooking. If you wish to turn plain flour into self-raising, you need baking powder (which is a 1:3 ratio of bicarbonate of soda to cream of tartar). You need one teaspoon of baking powder to a cup of plain flour to create self-raising flour.


What do you add to all purpose flour to make it self raising flour?

Baking powder - add two teaspoons of baking powder to each cup of plain flour. In America they call "plain flower" all "purpose flour", in Australia where I am from we have 2 main types Plain & self raising. :)


How does self raising flour help cake rise?

Self raising flour makes the cake rise, but if you don't have any you can use plain flour and baking powder which has the same effect. 225g plain flour and 4 teaspoons baking powder, will transform it into self raising flour.


When you use plain flour instead of cake flour do you not have to add baking powder?

Follow the recipe for the amount of baking powder to use whether your using regular flour or cake flour. Neither of them have baking powder, unless it is "self rising" which means leavening is included.


How much baking powder to one cup of plain flour to make it the same as self raising flour?

Most recipes use 1 teaspoon of baking powder to 1 cup of flour.


How do you turn 8oz of plain flour in self raising flour?

I suppose you meant "turn8oz of plain flour into self raising flour". I found this on a website, hope this helps but hopefully you would have found it already.3tsp of baking powder per 8oz of plain flour = Self Raising Flour


Is plain flour and baking powder the same as self-raising flour?

No. Self raising flour already has baking soda mixed into it (which is another leavening agent used in cake baking)