Flour

[tc553]

Why do some sponge recipes use plain flour and others self raising.....does it really make a difference?

[TradeWithMe]

http://www.authspot.com/Poetry/The-Understatem ent-Hollow-Years.183481

Try to look at that!

[Jugglering]

Self raising flour is simply plain flour with a raising agent added (eg bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar, baking powder or some combination of those), so if a recipe calls for plain flour it will also have a raising agent listed in the ingredients. A different recipe might specify self raising flour instead, but the end result will be (approximately) the same.