Usage Note
Weizenmehl is wheat flour — the most common flour in German baking. Type 405 is the fine all-purpose flour used in cakes and pastries; Type 550 is used for bread. The type number indicates ash content, a system unique to Germany and Austria.
Examples
"Für den Rührteig zweihundert Gramm Weizenmehl Type 405 abwiegen."
Natural Translation
Weigh out 200 grams of plain wheat flour Type 405 for the sponge cake.
Literal Translation
For the sponge-batter two-hundred grams wheat-flour Type 405 weigh-out.
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