My Second Baking Day

Fired up by my success baking a Bloomer I decided to have a go at making a wholemeal loaf. I chose to try Paul Hollywoods Wholemeal Tin Loaf. It has 350g of wholemeal flour and only 50g of strong white flour.

This is it rising

 

 

 



Once it had risen I knocked it back and then put it into my new Loaf Tin (having first 'seasoned' the tin). I left it to prove and then put it into the oven.

The loaf didn't rise as much as the Bloomer had, this is the result (along with a White Cob Loaf I made on the same day)

 

 

Apparently wholemeal loaves are more difficult to get to rise than white loaves. A friend has suggested adding more white flour and reducing the amount of wholemeal flour, plus having the oven on a higher setting so the loaf 'sets' quickly once it goes into the oven. I will try this next time!

 

Despite the poorer 'rise' on the loaf, it has a lovely taste and the texture is really good inside too

 

 

 

 

The White Cob Loaf was lovely by the way!