Flour Types

The types of flour that are available in the UK for baking cupcakes are as follows;
self-raising flour-which is white and contains a raising agent
plain flour which does not contain a raising agent
Both these flours are available in white, wholemeal and whole wheat with variations on types for different baking tasks.
Azalea from Canada asked me what she could use as a substitute for self-raising flour because she could not find it in Canada.
Well I would use the following;
2 cups--8ozs--225gms of plain white flour with 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
That is the recommendation on the baking powder product for using it to make sponge cakes.
If that is not successful I recommend that you go up or down in quantity of baking powder according to the type of success or failure you have. I find I have to experiment on occasions to get what I want according to my oven and ingredients.
I hope this helps
Thanks for reading and successful baking
Crazycupcakes