Cake recipes using plain flour ?

I remember my mother once using Andrews Liver Salts when in a similar situation. It caused great hilarity and was named her St Andrews cake. It tasted fine.
Thanks for bringing back that memory @Sheena ?

I found this one online - not tried it myself, only found it just now. It's a US recipe, using 'all purpose flour', which, according to Mr Google, is plain flour.

cookwithrenu.com/2018/06/lemon-cake-no-baking-powder-no-baking-soda.html

I am no expert but I expect that heavier cakes such as fruit cake don't need s-r flour.

Can you get bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar, sheena. You can make your own baking powder with those. I forget the proportions but I'm sure it's findable online.

Thanks. I’ve taken a photo for future use just in case.

Saw a suggestion recently that the liquid from a tin of chickpeas can be used to make meringues. Thought I would try but OH reminded me that sugar overload added to my pain problems. I don’t think he fancied the idea.

Yesterday’s bread was made out of a mixture of plain and S.R. without bread flour. It looks and smells ok but not been tasted yet.

Thanks Bathsheba .. that recipe looks great.

Baggs, I've got the soda bicarb, but no cream of tartar .. I'll add it to my next shopping order .. fingers crossed they'll have some !!

Yes, Ramblingrose, Delia's Christmas cake recipe states plain flour.

I expect you could make a lighter version, Sheena and ?

The lemon cake looks nice Bathsheba

My MIL makes wonderful sponges from 3 eggs, 3 oz sugar and 3 oz PLAIN flour. Try it - light as air.

Whisk eggs and sugar till pale and doubled in size (over a pan of hot water if you want a really good rise and have strong arm muscles!)
Fold in flour.
Bake at 180 for about 25 mins.

Thanks ExD ... sounds good.. I'll give that a go

ExD, thats the recipe I have been trying to remember, Genoese Sponge. Thank you.

My son is a vegan and I have tried the chickpea route. Honestly, it doesn´t work very well with the liquid from a tin of chickpeas, though it does whisk up from liquid from soaked dried chickpeas. Just saying.

I've got a recipe somewhere for honeycake made with plain flour. But towards the end you add some bicarb. mixed with orange juice and it all fizzes up.
The cake rises ok. you need to bake it in a pre-heated oven.

Sorry I'm working in ounces - I try and try but just cannot visualise grams or litres. I know exactly how much an ounce of sugar is, or half a pint of milk ..... but metric just doesn't do the job!

Late to reply, but Genoese sponge follows the instructions for a whisked sponge that @felice has listed, but you then gently fold in melted butter. It keeps for longer than a whisked sponge. Incidentally, , a whisked sponge mixture is used for a Swiss roll using plain flour but people cheat a little and use sr flour.

Also, ginger cakes use plain flour and bicarbonate of soda as a raising as the ginger disguises the taste of the bicarbonate.

Sainsbury’s have a very nice recipe for lemon drizzle cake which is plain flour and no baking powder.

Do u fancy peach cake, spice cake, German choc or choc devils’ food cake, *carrot cake or red velvet?
All of these take plain flour & no baking powder...

*the peach cake & red velvet don’t require buttermilk, but the rest do need it. (A substitute for buttermilk is easily made by mixing milk & lemon or milk & vinegar).

If anyone wants the receipes, pls msg me.