Exactly - tortenz has answered the question for chrisandray, the OP.:-))
sarahb5,
Nov 23, 4:25am
Depends what you're wanting to use it for - if it's Nigella's cup cakes you can use self raising flour or plain flour with baking powder.
uli,
Nov 23, 4:26am
Maybe two memberships! Or someone that needs help with something else!
elliehen,
Nov 23, 5:09am
But there can be more than one answer :)
From a US website - the OP might have been reading an American recipe:
"Cake Flour is a fine-textured, soft-wheat flour with a high starch content. It has the lowest protein content of any wheat flour, 8% to 10% protein (gluten). It is chlorinated (a bleaching process which leaves the flour slightly acidic, sets a cake faster and distributes fat more evenly through the batter to improve texture. When you're making baked goods with a high ratio of sugar to flour, this flour will be better able to hold its rise and will be less liable to collapse. This flour is excellent for baking fine-textured cakes with greater volume and is used in some quick breads, muffins and cookies. If you cannot find cake flour, substitute bleached all-purpose flour, but subtract 2 tablespoons of flour for each cup used in the recipe (if using volume measuring)."
Sounds very like NZ "High Grade" flour :)
chrisandray,
Dec 2, 3:59am
Or does anyone know if this can be purchased!Thanks!
tortenz,
Dec 2, 4:03am
2Tbsp cornflour and enough plain flour to make up 1 cup :)Or you can just not worry and use plain flour
chrisandray,
Dec 2, 4:12am
thanks so much tortenz.appreciate it.:0)
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