cornflour or cornstarch

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Debarzw
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Hello all
I have been trying to find out if cornflour is the same as cornstarch as i would like to reduce the greasy feeling in my butters
Has anybody figured it out
Many thanks
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I believe they are the same thing - called cornflour in some countries & cornstarch in the US in particular. Neither are a substitute for flour which you need in your batters as they are thickening agents only. A decent batter has to rise a bit. Maybe tweak the amount of butter or other fat in your batter? I've seen lots of recipes for Olive Oil based cakes for example.
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Same stuff on different sides of the Atlantic. We call it cornflour, the Americans "cornstarch".
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