Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumBakers, let me ask about flour
Ive been eyeing the King Arthur recipe for salt bread:
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/salt-bread-shio-pan-recipe?_gl=1
This recipe calls for both bread flour and cake flour. My understanding is that bread flour is high in protein and cake flour is low in protein, so by mixing them, youd get something more medium in protein, which is what all-purpose flour is. So what is the logic behind using these two flours rather than just using all-purpose? Im trying to decide if its worth my while to buy cake flour, which Ill likely never use again.
Easterncedar
(6,350 posts)It will be chewier, as the recipe says. I havent made this, but I bet it will be good, whatever you do.
SamuelAdams
(73 posts)From 1 cup of all purpose flour, replace 2 tablespoons with corn starch. Sift the mixture a couple times and it is similar in texture and protein content to real cake flour.
spinbaby
(15,400 posts)Thank you!