Hi everyone, I have a low fat cupcake recipe and it calls for All Purpose. Is it just Plain Flour or Cake Flour/ Self Raising Flour? Here is the link to the recipe. I'm making Vanilla Cupcakes.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Lowfat-Cupcakes

Thanks in advance for any help!

In the U.S., AP flour is plain flour.

HTH

So what is white flour then, Jan?

All the flours you listed are considered white flour.....

Types of flour in the U.S.:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/FlourTypes.htm

http://allrecipes.com/howto/all-about-flour/detail.aspx

Info on specific U.S. brands of flour:

http://www.finecooking.com/articles/choosing-flour-for-baking.aspx#

Flour - never knew there were this many kinds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour

Types of flour in the U.K.:

http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/guide/food/f6568-different-types-of-flour.html

U.S. AP = U.K. plain flour

U.S. cake flour = U.K. soft flour

U.S. bread flour = U.K. strong flour

U.S. self-rising flour = U.K. self-rising flour

HTH

P.S. Of course, after figured out the above equivalents, I came across this handy bit of info:

http://www.recipezaar.com/library/flour-64

bashini - APF is just another term used for Plain Flour.
All Purpose means - it can be used for all purpose's <---- does that look like its spelt right -
i digress.

Meaning it can be used for cakes, pancakes, scones, a sauce etc.

I think Nigella Lawson has APF in a few of her cookbooks and then in braketes it reads (Plain Flour)

Just helps those living in other countries to know what is being spoken about.

If i see a recipe that reads White Flour - then i use Plain Flour.....compared to say Wholemeal Plain Flour.

Good grief - hope i am not confusing you

Bluehue

Thanks to both of you for the replies and thanks for the links Jan.

I made my first batch with plain flour and the cupcakes were like rocks!!!!! So I made the second batch with self raising flour and they were much much better!

JanH - cause we are both just little Islands floating in the Pacific - according to some -

bashini - Glad you went with the SRF and had success.
Some days are *rocks* and some days are diamonds

Bluehue.