Finely ground cornmeal It is available in white or yellow varieties (from white and yellow corn) Corn flour is milled from the entire kernel; cornstarch is milled from the endosperm portion of the kernel
From corn/maize is used as a thickener for example in custards and can also be used to part replace wheat flour in cakes to give a more tender crumb As the cornflour contains no gluten, when replacing some of the wheat flour the total protein content of the cake is reduced and a more fragile crumb is produced It is not recommended to part replace wheat flour with cornflour in fruit cakes as the fruit could sink during baking top of page