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About the article "Cake", section "Cake flour".

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Carrot cake is a cake which contains carrots mixed into the batter.
The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture. 
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Special cake flour with a high starch-to-gluten ratio is made from fine-textured, soft, low-protein wheat.
It is strongly bleached, and compared to all-purpose flour, cake flour tends to result in cakes with a lighter, less dense texture.
Therefore, it is frequently specified or preferred in cakes meant to be soft, light, and or bright white, such as angel food cake.
However, if cake flour is called for, a substitute can be made by replacing a small percentage of all-purpose flour with cornstarch or removing two tablespoons from each cup of all-purpose flour.
Some recipes explicitly specify or permit all-purpose flour, notably where a firmer or denser cake texture is desired.
The Happy Cake is a dense cake, made from local pineapple, macadamia nuts, and coconut. 
There are numerous variations on the traditional pound cake, with certain countries and regions having distinctive styles.
These can include the addition of flavouring agents (such as vanilla extract or almond extract) or dried fruit (such as currants or dried cranberries), as well as alterations to the original recipe to change the characteristics of the resulting pound cake.
For instance, baking soda or baking powder may be incorporated to induce leavening during baking, resulting in a less dense pound cake.
A cooking oil (typically a vegetable oil) is sometimes substituted for some or all of the butter, which is intended to produce a more moist cake.
"Sour cream pound cake" is a popular variation in the United States, which involves the substitution of sour cream for some of the butter, which also is intended to produce a more moist cake with a pleasantly tangy flavor.
Some of these variations may drastically change the texture and flavor of the pound cake, but the name pound cake is often still used.
Some of the variations are described below. 
The formula refers to the ingredients blended together, and how the makeup is formulated.
Oil and emollient-based are the oldest type of make-up.
An oil (usually mineral oil) or emollient (such as petrolatum, beeswax, or lanolin) is used as the main ingredient, with pigment added to it.
The texture and application is extremely thick and dense, most closely resembling modern lip balms or lipsticks.
The extremely emollient nature stays moist and will not cake, is moderately waterproof, and provides the most opaque coverage; but it can smudge, fade, and change colour (darkening or oxidising) during wear.
Since the 1970s, synthetic wax has also been used, which is less greasy and more reliable than other emollients.
Used professionally, it is sometimes referred to as Greasepaint.
Examples: Pan-Stik (Max Factor’s follow-up to his Pan-Cake make-up), Elizabeth Arden Sponge-On Cream, Mehron, Dermablend.
Oil-based shakers are different from traditional oil-and-emollient-based makeup in that they were liquid foundations developed before emulsifiers and binding agent were available, and thus separate in the bottle, like the alcohol-based formulas mentioned below.
Once shaken, this is akin to applying coloured oil to the skin, with a smooth texture than can provide medium coverage with a moist finish.
Liquid foundation is applied using a damp makeup sponge and is especially effective around the eye.
It was a marked improvement in application, stability and finish over the tradition oil bases, but improvements since then have rendered these nearly extinct.
Examples: Alexandra de Markoff Countess Isserlyn, Frances Denney Incandescent.
Alcohol based uses a blend of water and denatured alcohol as the base, with pigment added to it.
Developed by Erno Laszlo for problematic skin, it eliminated emollient and binding agent that could clog pores, and needs to be shaken before use.
Alcohol-based foundations have the most lightweight, “nothing on my face” feel, and nearly impossible to clog pores, but provide only the sheerest coverage and can be tricky to apply and blend.
They work better with cotton balls or pads, instead of latex or sea sponges.
Examples: Erno Laszlo Normalizer Shake-It, Clinique Pore Minimizer.
Powder-based began with Max Factors’ Pan Cake, using powder — usually talc — as the main ingredient.
Pigment is added, along emollients, skin adhesion agents and binding agents to the formula before it is pressed into pans.
The difference between this type of foundation and pressed powder is that this provides more coverage (due to more pigment), and contains more skin adhesion agents (to help it stick to the skin – because pressed powder is lighter weight, it requires less).
Some formulas — such as Pan Cake — also contain wax, and can only be applied with a wet sponge; others, such as M.A.C.
StudioFix contain no emollient, and can only be used dry; the last group, such as Lançome Dual Finish, contain a smaller amount of oil and can be used either way.
This provide a “finished” look and can blend from sheer to nearly full coverage, but can look too floury and dry, especially around the eyes, or on drier/mature skin.
They can also flake and trickle down as they are applied and blended.
Mineral makeup most commonly refers to a foundation in loose powder format.
The most common minerals used as the base are mica, bismuth oxychloride, titanium dioxide or zinc oxide.
However, talc is also a mineral, so a talc-based powder could be considered a “mineral makeup” — although most mineral make-up sold makes a point of being talc-free.
A “mineral make-up” may be all mineral, part mineral — or contain less than 1% mineral as part of the finished formula.
Using this logic, practically all make-up could be considered mineral.
Ingredients are required, by the FDA, to be listed on every cosmetic, in descending order of predominance.
By examining the ingredient list, and recognising the common minerals, a consumer can see if the minerals are a large or small percent of that product.
The term "organic" does not apply to minerals, as they are a mined ingredient, from the earth.
Sometimes companies might combine minerals with organic ingredients in their finished product.
The terms "natural" and "hypo-allergenic" are not regulated by the FDA and can be used at the manufacturers discretion.
Water-based make-up appeared after the end of World War II, with emulsifiers that could successfully keep a water-and-oil blended emulsion stable being the key to their development.
This creamy liquid provided medium coverage with a far more natural feel and appearance than oil, powder or emollient bases of the time, and became popular with women since then.
Examples include: Cover Girl Clean Makeup, Estee Lauder Country Mist.
Since then, variations on the formula have expanded the category significantly: *Water-based cream make-up has a rich, creamy texture that can be sheer to full coverage with a moist, satiny finish.
It usually comes in a jar or tube, and is much more comfortable and realistic looking on the skin than the oil or emollient-based predecessors.
Examples: Elizabeth Arden Hydro-Light, Guerlain Issima.
By Jove Cosmetics, TRU2U Foundation.
*Water-based oil-free eliminates oil altogether, but substitutes an emollient ester or fatty alcohol in the base, and adds a mattifying agent — usually clay — to dry to a flat, non-reflective (“matte”) finish.
Oil-free liquids are quite thick and heavy, and the earliest versions took time to pour out of the bottle.
They provide solid medium coverage but dry quickly, and can thus set before blended is complete.
The result is streaking, which is then difficult to smooth out without starting over from scratch.
The usual recommendation is to divide the face into quarter sections, and to apply and blend the makeup over one section (rather than the entire face) at a time.
Blending over moisturised skin with a wet sponge can also help compensate for the lack of slip.
However, they will last a long time and resist smudging, even on very oily skin.
Examples: Clinique Stay-True Oil-Free.
*Water-based transfer-resistant follows the same formulation as oil-free, but uses a film former or polymer instead of (or in addition to) the clay to achieve a matte finish that resists being rubbed off.
Transfer-resistant make-up was launched in 1993 by Revlon-owned Ultima II with "Lipsexxxy", the first lip-colour that included film former to prevent rubbing off.
By 1996, "WonderWear" foundation and Revlon "Colorstay" had been launched, using the same technology as the lipsticks.
Transfer-resistant (sometimes called "transfer-proof") makeup will last on very oily skin, skin that perspires heavily, or in humid climates longer than any other type of foundation, though it is even more difficult to apply than oil-free makeup.
The thick texture dries almost instantly, and requires a fair amount of experimentation to master.
The most modern versions (such as "Revlon Colorstay SoftFlex") have made marked improvements over predecessors in that regard.
Silicone-based make-up uses a silicone — or a blend of water and silicone — as the main ingredient.
The most typical silicones used are dimethicone, polysiloxane and volatile silicones such as cyclomethicone and phenyl trimethicone.
The silicone provides lubrication and viscosity (what some artists refer to as "slip") at a level equal to, or often, even better than oil allowing a product to apply and blend over the skin smoothly and evenly.
Silicones have a lighter weight and are thus more comfortable on the skin, as well as resisting filling in lines or large pores on the face.
Conventional silicones stay supple and smooth, even in dry climates, whereas volatile silicones last long enough to blend over the face, then evaporate (like alcohol), leaving little to no feel behind.
Silicone-based makeups are less likely to oxidise or change colour during wear.
One of the biggest challenges facing silicone bases is the tendency for the product to break and/or ball up on the skin, something unique to silicones and out of control of the user.
Ionizing the silicones (electrically charging the silicone positive) helps it adhere to (negatively charged) skin, although this technology is in its infancy and thus rather expensive.
Examples: Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse.