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Depending on your television diet, your favourite reality competition might take place in a Spanish villa, the Australian jungle, a Hertfordshire ballroom, or a giant tent filled with ovens and self-raising flour.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

Because Hussain developed the recipe with the self-raising flour commonly used in England, which includes baking powder, you’ll find that leavener included along with yeast here.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021

The rise comes from bicarb, so that ingredient is a must, but flour-wise it’s flexible: wholemeal, oatmeal, rolled oats, plain, self-raising, rye or whatever mixture you can manage.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020

Back in Spakenburg, experts say the self-raising dike is a good example not only of new techniques for holding back rising tides, but also how to integrate such barriers in spatial planning.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2017

Plenty of coffee, a little tea, some sugar, a can of condensed milk, crackers, cheese, a pound of bacon, and a package of self-raising flour for flapjacks.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan