The main types of wheat flour—bread flour and whole wheat flour vs. all-purpose flour and pastry flour vs. cake flour—vary ...

No flour has proved more exciting to me than pastry flour -- a soft, finely ground grain that shares many characteristics with cake flour. What's the difference between cake and pastry flour?

Bleached flour is self rising, explains Selina Progar, lead pastry chef for big Burrito Restaurant Group, and creates a finer texture and grain, which produces a more absorbent product that's ...