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Bread flour has more gluten than cake flour. Gluten is the protein in flour that produces elastic, stretchy dough and chewy breads.
Soft flours are those with low protein (gluten) content, such as cake and pastry flour.
wholemeal flours are healthier than using normal flour
No. Plain flour does not contain yeast. Some flour mixes do.
Any flour not made from wheat. Rice flour, for example.
Different flours can be used interchangeably, although they will not produce identical products. White flour is a type of wheat flour that has all elements of the wheat grain removed except for the starchy inner part of the grain. It is usually chemically bleached to the preferred whiteness. Other types of wheat flour include unbleached white flour, whole wheat flour and cracked wheat flour. Bread flour is wheat flour with a higher percentage of gluten, while pastry flour is wheat flour with lower gluten. Self-rising flour is wheat flour to which salt and leavening ingredients are added. Some flours that can replace wheat flours are spelt flour, oat flour, rye flour, rice flour and corn flour. Each type of flour will have a distinctive taste and texture.
A protein called gluten (glutenin) is responsible for the wheat flour's elastic properties. If there is more gluten in the flour, it makes it easier for the flour to have a rough texture and vice versa. High gluten flours are produced from hard wheat. Example of high gluten flour is bread and pizza. Cake flour is produced from soft gluten flour.
All grains are seeds and can be ground into flours of different types. Wheat flour, rye flour, barley flour, etc.
Lots of flours
Flour is made with wheat and depending on what wheat it is determines the color of the flour ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All flours eventually turn white by being bleached by light. Finer ground flours bleach faster. Different grains produce different color flours initially, from a yellowish white or pinkish white to a bright white.
Bread flour is a hard wheat flour with about 12 percent protein. Bread flour is used for yeast raised bread because the dough it produces has more gluten than dough made with other flours. Sufficient gluten produces a light loaf with good volume. Slices hold together, rather than crumble.
Its flour is excellent for breadmaking and can support weaker flours when combined with them in breads.