Can I use left over Bread flour to make cakes and batter?!


Question: No you can't...different types of dough.
But you can make pizzas with it for example, or more bread such a little buns, you could try adding some sun dried tomatoes to it or garlic, cheese, anything that takes your fancy and divide it into little buns, these are such a treat :-)


Answers: No you can't...different types of dough.
But you can make pizzas with it for example, or more bread such a little buns, you could try adding some sun dried tomatoes to it or garlic, cheese, anything that takes your fancy and divide it into little buns, these are such a treat :-)

I don't, I make more read with the leftover.

Yes, at a pinch, you can, just as you can make bread with ordinary plain flour.

In both cases the results will be substandard. Bread (hard) flour has a higher proportion of gluten - the stretchy protein that makes the bubbles hold together, & so gets a better rise. Cakes etc. made with this might be a bit on the chewy side.

Plain (soft) flour is the opposite. It will not rise as well, but gives a finer melting texture. Bread made with it will come out a bit 'sad' and doughy, but edible.

In emergencies, I have used the wrong flour both ways. By the way, for thickening soups & sauces, it doesn't seem to make any difference which you use. I expected a sauce thickened with bread flour to be too gluey, but it was fine.

I wouldn't. Cakes and other type of batter for muffins, pastries, etc. need a delicate flour that gives a nice, soft texture to the baked product. Bread flour is a more stable, courser flour that would leave a cake rather dense and heavy. I suppose if you mixed in some bread flour with some regular all purpose flour, you could get away with it. But I wouldn't use just bread flour alone.

I wouldn't - the result won't be worth the effort. You can make pasta with it. It's not that difficult but a machine for rolling it out would be a definite advantage. Go on, have a go.





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