Rice flour - any use for baking?

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I have some Doves Farm rice flour. Can I bake with it? Has anyone experience of this?

Was hoping to make a sponge tray bake, maybe lemon drizzle, today. I'm guessing baking powder would be needed, and online reading seems to imply I need less flour than the recipe asks for.

Anyone? Thanks in advance.

You should be able to. It's commonly used in East Asian cooking. See runawayrice.com/cooking-basics/rice-flour-vs-glutinous-rice-flour-what-are-the-differences/

It says rice flour is close to wheat flour.

www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/lemon-drizzle-cake

I think it’s used for shortbread?

I'd say that rice flour on its own would not give a good texture, it's normally mixed with other flours.

I think rice flour is really nice for biscuits, as it has that sort of fine crisp texture, like Viennese whirls. I’m not sure it has enough substance to make a good sponge.
I often use doves farm sr gluten free flour in cakes, specifically Mary berry’s lemon drizzle tray bake. I’ve just looked at their ingredients and it says, flour blend (rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat).

Thanks all. I'll hold off on sponge d f maybe we'll make biscuits today instead. I'm trying desperately to stretch my last third of a bag of self-raising!