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[depglass]

I found a cake recipe in an Amish cookbook that calls for pastry flour.  Is that the same as cake flour?  Willj regular flour work?  I may never finish a bag of cake flour.  Or can cake flour be used for other things?  Can you tell I'm not a baker?  The only thing I have success with is Antonella's banana cake recipe.  

[Sooner]

@depglass   There is lots of info on King Arthur Flour site.  Look up their descriptions of various flour products and also other info in blogs in informational pieces on their web site.  Happy baking!

[Silver Fox1]

It's a finer milled flour and also has lower protein content in it.  Hence lighter pastry's.  You can use 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour & 1/4 cup cornstarch as a substitute.  If the recipe called for pasty flour I wouldn't use just all-purpose.  Hope this helps 

[Carmie]

Pastry flour is a low protein product made from soft wheat.  It is a bit different than cake flour. It is used to make flaky products.  

Red Hill is the brand I see in my grocery store.