"Kate Flour"

This is special information created for home bakers who do not have access to bleached flour. Kate Coldrick (www.amerrierworld.wordpress.com), who lives in the United Kingdom, has done research and discovered that some flour companies in the United Kingdom produce a heat-treated flour available only to the food service industry. Determined to have access to this flour for the home baker, after extensive experiments she has come up with a technique using a microwave for treating commonly available flour so that it performs as successfully in cakes as bleached flour. Home bakers around the world are now able to make cakes from this and other American cookbooks without needing American bleached flour. We are all indebted to Kate for her perseverance. Following is an explanation of the process.