self-raising

Already contains leavening

Self-raising describes flour that already contains baking powder, eliminating the need to add leavening agents separately: The recipe calls for self-raising flour.

Primarily British usage; Americans typically say self-rising.

The term occasionally applies to other things that rise on their own, but the flour sense dominates.

baking

scones

Small quick breads

pancakes · waffles · quickbread · sponge · madeleines · cobbler · dumplings · fritters · pikelets · tea cakes

convenience

premixed

Combined before sale

handy · beginner-friendly · foolproof · all-in-one · simplified · accessible · practical · streamlined · one-step · hassle-free

flour

all-purpose

Suitable for everything

gluten-free · spelt · buckwheat · gram · oat · chickpea · cornmeal · semolina · plain · cake flour

leavening

baking powder

Chemical rising agent

aeration · lift · lightness · activation · double-acting · fermentation · bubbles · carbon dioxide · expansion · puffing

technique

sifting

Separating by particle size

whisking · aerating · combining · incorporating · overmixing · gentle · light-handed · ratio · proportion

Opposites
leavening agent inclusion

self-raisingplain flour

Unsupplemented milled wheat

all-purpose flour · unleavened · plain · cake flour · bread flour

functional specificity

self-raisingall-purpose

Suitable for everything

general-purpose · multi-purpose · unspecialized · basic

Family

self, raising, selves, selfhood, selfish, selfishly, selfishness, unselfish, unselfishly

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G