Use this storecupboard staple to create beautiful fluffy cakes, scones, pancakes, biscuits and other bakes. I digress..... ahem. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Thank you Hello Lindsey I’ve been making Delia’s carrot cake forever but I can’t get hold of self raising wholemeal flour. half tsp mixed spice You can sub in self-raising for plain flour in recipes – and vice versa – but you will need to tweak some of your other ingredients to compensate. hey f&z..thought id say for sorry for making you feel sad and attacked on here rather than the other one...sorry. DD and I will give it a go anyway and see what happens. However, this flour can sometimes make the finished product seem drier and produce a coarser texture than using a more refined all-purpose flour. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It fools adults, too, expat. I need a cake for tomorrow morning i have an awesome vanilla cake recipe but it calls for 1.5 cups of white self raising flour and unfortunately all i have is wholemeal self raising flour,. I usually cover it with a mixture of philadelphia cream cheese and fruit spread (about 2 parts cream cheese to one part fruit spread / jam). did it work? BREAD FLOUR you can't tempt me like that and not share. I get fruit spreads from a trusted seller at the farmer's market - where we also go to pick berries in summer - and am always thinking up new ways to get DD1 some fruit . It's about degrees of guilt! To be pissed off that my DM helped herself to nearly all the chocolates? However, while they are similar, whole wheat flour doesn’t rise as well as plain flour, so if a recipe asks for plain flour, be aware that your sponge cake could turn out pretty flat and dense if you were to opt for wheat flour instead. (& more urgent flour qs). If you are using plain flour or any other flour that isn’t very dense … These are all common cooking questions, but did an erroneous flour alternative secretly scupper your chances at a perfectly baked good? To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. 4 oz self raising wholemeal flour In a separate bowl, mash the banana and egg. https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_surveys/a4112595-MNer-with-at-least-one-car-in-your-household-Take-this-survey-100-voucher-to-be-won, Talk widget showing discussions of the day & trending threads, Subscribe to Mumsnet emails direct to your inbox. Plain flour cake recipes often ask for an extra leavening agent, typically baking powder. no, but i've done rock cakes w/it. Wish I'd thought of that! On the other hand, self-raising flour could be subbed in to plain flour recipes by reducing or removing raising agents in the ingredients list. Ever. Whole wheat flour tends to make baked goods more dense. 8 oz banana Had some apples on the turn and some wholemeal self raising flour sitting around so this recipe seemed like a perfect excuse to use up both! Yes. ( Log Out /  Now i'm thinking that the mango blended with cream cheese would go very nicely with F&Z's banana loaf - or am i just deluded and mango obsessed at the moment? Franny - can I have your banana cake recipie please? Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6. Sea salt v table salt v kosher salt. If you are making your own self rising flour, use a whisk to mix the ingredients as evenly as possible. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. High Grade Flour Sometimes also called ‘bread flour’, ‘strong flour’ or ‘baker’s flour’ and is made from semi-hard wheat. You can substitute emmer or einkhorn flour for wholemeal spelt flour. In a bowl, sift together the flours with the spices and salt. Measure the bread flour, cornflour and baking powder into another bowl and stir to combine. Probably. . I'll give it a try! Mix flour and spice, rub in butter and stir in raisins. Ask Quick Lane. You can simply sift in two teaspoons of baking powder to each 150g of plain or wholemeal flour if you don’t have self-raising in your cupboard. I am with caligula on this one (& more urgent flour qs), What are the different types of salt? You could also try Flora's Famous Courgette Cake from Domestic Goddess with 55g wholemeal flour and 170g of self raising flour, though you will need to add an extra 3/4 teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture (bringing the total to 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder). You can definitely taste the difference but I like wholemeal flour. Might whizz the cream cheese w/fruit spread w/the hand blender. What are the healthiest porridge toppings? I've seen an apple cake recipe that uses wholemeal flour. Mmmm. In cakes. It really is nice and doesn't taste worthy. Ah, married life, eh? On the other hand, self-raising flour cake recipes typically don’t demand baking powder as the flour comes readymade with raising agents. On the other hand, if your recipe calls for these three ingredients and you have self rising flour but may be out of baking powder, for instance, you can actually use self rising flour as a substitute, just pay attention to your proportions! “He wouldn’t be where he is if I hadn’t sacrificed my career”, DP sits down and wipes his arse after a piss, Rejected from job interview but it's been readvertised 2 months later. I use wholemeal flour & they are fine. Whole wheat flour adds more nutrition, not to mention nutty and tasty flavor, to baked goods and other flour-based recipes. Here is my oatmeal cookie recipe. Allinson Wholemeal Self Raising Flour is milled from 100% whole grains to add texture and taste to your cakes, muffins and pancakes. Good site, too, generally, particularly the open reviews of recipes. . You can create your own self-rising flour by using one of the following leavening agents: Baking powder: For every three cups (375 grams) of flour, add … What are the 10 healthiest low sugar breakfast cereals? Preheat oven to 180 / gm 4. 4 oz self raising wholemeal flour half tsp mixed spice 2 oz butter 3 oz raisins 8 oz banana 1 egg, beaten Preheat oven to 180 / gm 4. I swapped my usual white self-raising for wholemeal self-raising. Ahh – a little self-raising to get you over the line is *fine*. I prefer to feel nourished by my food so I use wholemeal spelt flour . The same applies to the flour. I'm sure we used to go and have sex Grease and line a deep round 20-23cm cake tin. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. These are both ancient grains that have similar properties to spelt. Add 2 teaspoons of baking powder for every 150g plain flour and sift to make sure it’s well distributed. This is page 1 of 2 (This thread has 27 messages.). But with quesadillas, you need the pliability of flour tortillas to hold the cheese and the filling together. I've got some nanas to use up and I've already done smoothie ice lollies. Why bother? Xylitol is a natural sugar not a fake one, ironically it's said to prevent tooth decay. If you look at most recipes for Welsh cakes, plain or self-raising are the flours of choice. Actually, farine for gâteaux isn't always self-raising (i.e. Try using half wholemeal & half refined to begin with. Self-Raising Wholemeal. Like the sound of chewy oatmeal cookies - do you have the recipe? apple cake good to. and raisins. I also like the nutty quality that wholemeal and spelt in particular bring to bakes. Is Oatly ice-cream healthy? These raising agents create air bubbles in dough and batters, perfect for fluffy muffins, classic sponge cakes, or American-style pancakes. ( to make SR flour with the plain white flour) I have read that I can do it but must increase the liquid content as wholemeal SR flour is heavier! And aren’t all sauces equally as effective at thickening a sauce? Wheat flour is the brown bread to plain flour’s white bread; the only difference is how much bran and germ is left over (and not processed out) in wheat flour. When ds was having a seriously picky phase I used to let him eat this for breakfast. I know the fruit spread or sugar has got plenty of fruit type sugar in it, but I reckon it's got to be balanced out by the wholemeal flour and so on, and the cream cheese adds a lot of nutrition. Plain flour cake recipes often ask for an extra leavening agent, typically baking powder. I haven’t tried it with wholemeal flour but I would do the same. Oh meant to say it's from the book Optimum Nutrition by Lucy Burney, although I made the icing up myself. ooooo, so yummy. On the other hand, self-raising flour cake recipes typically don’t demand baking powder as the flour comes readymade with raising agents. Flour Unbleached Flour Hard Wheat Flour Tip: With tacos, use corn tortillas. | Non-dairy ice-cream, Can I use self-raising flour instead of plain flour? I think I had ice cream with it in, once, and wasn't impressed. It has all the makings of a classic mumsnet row. And I am one of them. Or you could make a wholemeal one and use it as a door stop! ooh yes certainly, sorry, was distracted by bickering on another thread. Wheat flour for biscuits is *just* as good as all-purpose. What can you substitute for cake flour?All-purpose flour can replace cake flour, if substituted according to our table. DD1 would fall for that being icing. If you really don't want butter then use sunflower oil. ( Log Out /  Baking bread is a science – and the golden rule is not to amend the ingredients. Some varieties of wholemeal flour contain more bran and germ than others. Please don't use xylitol, if that's a fake sugar, that stuff is scary. This is a common question when you want to make a cake and have no cake flour on hand so need a quick cake flour substitute.Or, maybe your recipe calls for self-rising flour so you need a self-rising flour substitute.. Self-raising flour has a low protein content. Self-raising flour includes a raising agent such as baking powder. Bread flour contains higher amounts of protein than cake flour. Bread flour has a higher protein content so that when you add it to your bread mix it produces more gluten (and this raises your loaf). You can use this wholemeal self raising flour whenever a recipe states self-raising flour but add a little more liquid as the wholemeal bran absorbs more than standard flour. Stir into the flour mixture and put into a well-greased tin (fills a small loaf tin I think or I usually double up the quantities and put it in an 8" circular cake tin). In a separate bowl, mash the banana and egg. eat some wholemeal bread and have a treat of a nice fairy cake. Followed the recipe exactly except that I used oat … You can also buy self-raising flour, which has the raising agent already added. Just be mindful the raising agents could make the batter less crispy when cooked. If you use self-raising flour, your bread won’t rise evenly and you could end up with a stodgy crumb. Worth looking for, though, maybe. LOL at the thread title. That sounds good. If you want to make healthy cakes, I think it's better to make banana, courgette or carrot ones. We buy Allison’s if you can … ‘All-purpose’ or ‘AP’ flour is most often mentioned in American recipes, but all-purpose and plain flour are exactly the same. Plain flour is the preferred batter base, but self-raising will work, too. Most cakes call for either all purpose four or cake flour, which is much lower in gluten. of course, dd1 prefers the full butter, white flour fairy cake w/royal icing. 3 oz raisins If you’re struggling to find self-raising flour at the shops, you can convert plain flour to self-raising by adding some baking powder. Mainly because the recipe uses dense wholemeal flour and needs that extra baking powder to raise the batter into a fluffy cake. they all went last night so must have been OK even DH ate some - he who ranks wholemeal up there with the great Lentil eating unwashed. Sponge Cakes. This is the method that mixes wet and dry ingredients separately and then very lightly combines. Wouldn't use the evil that is Aspartame . It may be possible, but is it desirable? Nigella's Christmas cakes use plain flour rather than self-raising flour. Any air bubbles you get from the raising agents in self-raising flour will pop and evaporate as the sauce cooks, although plain flour usually tastes better. By doing so, you don’t have a much time to activate the gluten and encourage that elastic texture upon baking. The apple cake recipe is a photocopy from a neighbour, and I can't type it in right now (should be doing NCT admin stuff, gah). Self-raising flour is used in baking and cake-making, and is often an ingredient in packaged cake mixes. I have a lovely wholemeal sugar free banana cake recipe. If you have no other options, then when you do use bread flour as an alternative, use the ‘muffin method’. When making cakes or bread, it is essential you use plain or self-raising flour as stated in the recipe for successful results. Bread recipes usually ask for plain flour, and that’s because the raising agent comes from the yeast working with the water, flour and salt. Break the eggs into a mixing bowl, add the sugar, oil and vinegar and beat well. i rehydrated some dried mango and blended with apple juice for ice lollies yesterday (v nice). Change ), on Can I use self-raising flour instead of plain flour? Hmm, interesting re: xylitol. To make self-raising flour, mix 100g plain flour with 1 tsp baking powder. Can I come over ?! What’s the difference between muscovado, demerara and brown sugar. This is because standard wholemeal flour absorbs more than wholemeal spelt. homemade rusks for dd2 as soon as the butter softens up a bit. It's a brill way of getting more fruit in them, tho, and the icing like consistency - can't beat it! The gâteaux bit tells you that it's a low-gluten flour of the sort the French also know as Type 45. Help! There are lots of those sorts of cakes that use liquid oils rather than butter (not any real difference between butter and coconut oil, I don't think, both are solid fats). Thanks, F&Z. Turn oven down to GM 3 / 160 C and cook on the middle shelf for 1 hour or until cooked. It depends on what you are baking. No fair! also did a banana/nectarine smoothie. i'm on a roll! 40 Items. This is partly as the amount of leavening needed for a rich fruit cake is different to that needed for a sponge cake and so the recipe needs a specific amount added separately. To use this feature subscribe to Mumsnet Premium - get first access to new features see fewer ads, and support Mumsnet. I’ve got Plain strong brown flour and white self raising. Do you have questions about car maintenance or opinions on your previous experiences when sorting out an MOT or service? can't help it, i'm just now making her some chewy oatmeal raisin cookies and have already made the ice lollies featured in this month's Good Food mag (but i did mine w/strawberries and OJ from concentrate). For delicate baked goods, like sponge cakes or biscuits, the gluten will make the dough tough and chewy, so swapping bread flour in for plain flour for these kind of recipes is not advised. To make our own self-raising flour we mix 110g plain flour with 1 level teaspoon baking powder. Blend them together in the liquidiser. It worked! Are Magnum ‘No Added Sugar’ ice-creams good for you? NB didn't have sex outside though. Dh made banana cake today but it was the full fat version and we are looking for an alternative. Subbing in flours is the sign of a baker who likes to do things on the fly. You can also make your own self-raising flour at home easily by whisking and sifting 1 teaspoon of baking power together with 1 cup plain/wholemeal flour. Do you have questions about creating positive bathroom habits and routines? Self-rising flour may be substituted for all purpose flour if the amounts of baking powder, baking soda and salt are adjusted. Has anyone tried baking fairy cakes with Wholemeal flour? ( Log Out /  Our answer. Rub some oil around the inside of two 18cm/7” round, loose bottom cake tins and pre-heat the oven. The cake is really good, I promise. ( Log Out /  When I usually make a Victoria sponge I use the all-in-one method but since wholemeal flour is naturally a little denser I did go with the creaming method this time and then folded in the flour. 1 egg, beaten If you’re looking to add fibre and bulk to your baked goods, whole wheat flour is a good option, but start by swapping out 25-30 per cent white flour for wholemeal, rather than going all in. Nothing wrong with a bit of butter - better than coconut oil. 2 oz butter God I'm starving now! In which case, cake recipes asking for self-raising flour could use plain flour plus a teaspoon of baking powder instead. Don’t have enough plain flour? Thanks Franny - and good luck with the website. including a raising agent). Mix flour and spice, rub in butter and stir in raisins. But that’s actually easy to deal with: here’s the number one thing you should remember when baking with whole wheat flour! It's good fuel food as well as yummy. The label should clearly state how much bran and germ has been retained – wholemeal flour typically contains 81%. I would like to think your impressions of me were wrong, but sometimes it's good to hear the unvarnished truth about how you come across. and no baking powder! Both self-raising and plain flour are fine for thickening sauces. You can also use ordinary wholemeal wheat flour as well, although you might need to add a little more liquid. How to make self-raising flour from plain flour. Thanks for that beansontoast, I felt much better once I knew you weren't some nasty namechanger out to get me I was going to try it with Xylitol and coconut oil, rather than butter and sugar but it sounds pretty foul and I can't imagine it rising. 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