white and yellow
To make them rise and not be flat.
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.
No you use self rasing flour in cakes
Yes it does. Self-raising flour will of course cause the cake to rise a lot more while cooking. Plain flour does not have this same effect. The recipe should indicate how much of which type of flour to use and what the final result should be. If you use more self-raising flour it will tend to have more 'air-bubbles' giving it a lighter and 'fluffier' texture.
There are different types of plain flour, to make cakes you should use 'soft' plain flour, 'strong' plain flour can be used but you cakes will not be so light and fluffy, strong plain flour is normally used when baking bread or similar products.
which is the best flour to make bread out of strong plain flour self rasing flour or plain flour
The flour has a reaction to the other ingreedients and causes the cake to rise.
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, but you won't get the same type of crust. Strong flour is merely flour that is high in gluten which makes for a strong stretchy dough.
When you are baking cakes and pastries which are cream based then its must to use refined flour
sugar or manely flour
You can use plain flour with a teaspoon of baking powder.