Self-rising Flour

self raising flour is basically plain flour with baking powder in it so for a cake you can use plain flour with baking powder but it is easier to use self raising and it also has other raising agents. you need to use it to make you cake rise, if your cake didn't rise it would be small and very dense making its texture not as nice to consume.

you dont have to use a raising agent like bicarb

It depends what it is you are trying to make. When using yeast, you are usually trying to bake bread or some sort of product that is made with strong flour (i.e. a flour with a high protein - 'gluten' - content). Self-rising flour is a soft flour with a low protein content and thus the product will be more crumbly. It is more usual to substitute yeast with baking soda and some sort of acid (cream of tartar or buttermilk), or baking powder.

No! self rising flour has additives in it. ( salt and a leavening agent)

It will probably still turn out ok if you do substitute self raising for all purpose. If the recipe calls for other raising agents (baking powder or bicarbonate of soda etc...) you may want to cut down the quantity of those slightly, since they are already included in the flour.

If the question means to say "self-rising flour," then the answer is yes, as long as you adjust the amount of baking powder and/or baking soda in the recipe. self-rising flour should not be used for foods other than raised baked goods.

250 gms of self raising flour make about 1 regular cup.

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yes, Bisquik is a brand name self rising flour, with shortening added. If you substitute it using self rising flour add 1 tablespoon butter or oil for every cup of flour. Sounds like a lot of fat to me but that is the recommendation.

Yes.

not same

Your cobbler topping will not rise at all if you do not use self-raising flour. This will result in a very hard topping. (Alternatively, add baking powder to the plain flour that you have used, which will give you "self-raising" flour. )

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.

To make self rising flour .......1 cup flour add 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

You can but their purposes are different and will affect each other's efficiency - better not to mix

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Yes but just don't put yeast in them too! That would be bad:(

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So my understanding is that self-rising has salt and baking flour in it that reacts with the acidic ingredients in the batter to make bubbles that help the cake rise....... so baking soda doesn't play a part in the self-rising. So no you couldn't.

Yes. Just be sure to omit the baking soda, baking powder, and/or salt.

I do not think it can "hurt" you exactly, but it is very very unhealthy to eat everyday.

Take the same amount of regular flour and add 1 - 1½ teaspons of baking powder, and a pinch of salt for each cup of flour used.

Only use self-rising flour (aka self-raising) as a substitute for regular flour if the recipe gives instructions for doing so. Self-rising flour contains salt and leavening and cannot be used as a direct replacement in all recipes that call for plain flour.
Well once I made biscuits with regular flour and they were rock hard, so unless you want rocks instead of fluffy soft biscuits, then you can't use rugular flour instead of self-rising.

yes wholewheat flour is healthier but both is commonly used for dogs if its the 1st time your dog is trying start off with small bits