Why didn't my cake rise?

[elvislives2012]

I made this lemon cake and it didn't really rise. I followed the recipe perfectly so not sure why it didn't. The only thing I can think of is that I took the butter out of the fridge about an hour before hand and mixed everything together in one go instead of creaming the butter and sugar as I would usually. Could it be this? Could the butter being too hard have an influence? Haven't got time to make another and it looks delicious anyway the lickings certainly were but my cakes seldom rise beautifully at the best of times. Thanks for your help

It might be the flour .

We once had a batch where none of the cakes I made rose. I, like you, thought that everything else was at fault before I traced it to the flour

I had never came across that problem before so it took a couple of failures before I realised.

New flour restored my baking ability thankfully.

Did you have eggs at room temperature

Yes I'd guess the flour too as I've had a dodgy bag before (Sainsburys own brand) I only buy Homepride or Mcdougalls now a bit more expensive but guaranteed success.

No eggs out of fridge. It was new flour but from aldi. Hadn't heard this before tho

Old baking powder? Did you use self raising flour?

Did you use the correct size tins?