Cake calls for flour but doesnt specify self-rising or all-purpose. It has salt baking soda and buttermilk. Which flour does it mean?

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Cake calls for flour but doesnt specify self-rising or all-purpose. It has salt baking soda and buttermilk.  Which flour does it mean?

702551 · Accepted Answer

If a recipe calls for flour yet doesn't specify the type, the wisest choice is all-purpose flour.

KBec · Answer

Building on CV's answer, I would say a recipe never calls for self-rising flour, unless it says to use it.  Self-rising flour is just flour that has baking powder and salt already mixed in.  Since it is often made with lower gluten flour you could mix equal measures of AP &amp;amp; cake flours.  Most recipes I see just call for all 3 separately.  In your case the baking soda will provide the rise in combination with the acid in the buttermilk.

Cake calls for flour but doesnt specify self-rising or all-purpose. It has salt baking soda and buttermilk. Which flour does it mean?

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