[mirlee]

I drove all the way across town because my grocery store is lame. They have a whole shelf of Passover goods. The one across town, about a whole aisle's worth. I want to make my Bubbe's sponge cake which has always been heavenly. I stupidly bought regular matzo meal. If I grind this up really smooth in the food processor, do any experienced Jewish bakers out there think it will resemble cake flour enough to work?

I have to go out tomorrow, I may be able to find it at the other store I'll be near, but if I don't get out, I want to know if it could work.

 

[DashsMama]

I've tried making my own matzo meal from whole matzos, and have never been able to get it fine enough with a food processor. It's not exactly what your asking about, I know, but I think you might run into a similar problem trying to make flour from meal. It will be next to impossible to get it fine enough using a food processor. You definitely want fine flour for your spongecake, not meal. You could probably get it fine enough with a grain grinder, but it would likely be easier for you just to make the trip for the flour.

 

[Ruthla]

Do you have any potato starch in the house? Starch makes for light, fluffy baked goods.

Putting the course matzah meal through the food processor should work, if you have a powerful enough food processor.

 

[Magelet]

I don't know about matzo cake flour, but I got pretty decent matzo meal between a french rolling pin and bowl, and my little mortar and pestle. It was a little coarser than bought matzo meal, but it worked. Of course I added way too many eggs to the matzo balls, so had more like.. well it was hard to describe but they didn't hold together well lol. Oh well, I learned how much eggs mazto balls can handle and how much they can't. And I made the good ones for seder and only experimented on my dad and me. Still tasted decent.

 

[mirlee]

Well, I managed to get out yesterday and swap my matzo meal for the cake flour. There is no way you can grind matzo meal that fine. I think it would be easier to make your own matzo meal from regular matzos though. The cake did turn out yummy.