what is the secret to making cakes rise?

Taste wise I seem to have it cracked but to get them to rise I have to put extra mixture in just to stop them looking flat cakes.

Self-Rising Flour?


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yep Self-Rising Flour

I use that, and still no joy

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Use cake flour versus just regular flour, Cake flour is sifted an ground differently. It is actually lighter than self rising or all pupose flour. The yeast can actually lift the weight better.

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Are you sure you're not just over mixing it? That causes cakes to come out flat.


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Also, make sure the oven isn't too hot. I recommend you actually put an oven thermometer in there to make sure that your dial matches the temperature that the oven reaches. A too hot oven can lead to a flat cake, as will overmixing, or using a too-large cake pan.


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make sure you fold in the flour not mix it unless its all-in-one

Send the kids out to play or to school first.

Mine always rise, my problem was always keeping them that way once I took them OUT of the oven, then they'd go down, but they always turned out cause everyone ate them anyway and with a lot of icing, you can cover up many an mistake