Best flour for a yeast-less bread?

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Since yeast has apparently become the next big thing after toilet roll...I was going to make some soda bread, but not sure which flour is going to be best to use?

I have plain, pastry, and bread flour.
I figured bread at first, but not sure that would make it too dense with a no yeast dough?

I'm a big cakes & cookies baker, but don't do a lot of bread - so helpful for any advice!

Plain flour for white Soda bread. If making brown, I use 1/2 plain and 1/2 wholemeal

Have you got baking powder and or bicarb of soda? Then as TheGoats says you can make soda bread. Which is what is often made in Wales and Ireland. Don't use too much raising agent because it has a flavour but it rises well like a cake does.

Not like a sponge of course .

I made soda bread today and used 2/3 plain white flour, 1/3 plain wholemeal. And natural yoghurt + water because I couldn't get buttermilk. It turned out really well, much better than I'd expected!

No bicarb or baking powder?

1lb plain flour
1tsp bicarb
1tsp caster sugar
1/2tsp salt
400ml buttermilk (approx)

That’s my basic soda bread recipe. Mix altogether and bake in a 2lb loaf tin or shape into a round and whack in the oven. (Or make into farls and cook on the griddle) Takes about 35min or so to cook.

If doing fruit soda, add up to about 30-40g caster sugar and whatever dried fruit you want.

If doing wheaten do half and half plain and wholemeal flour. (Also usually add some bran)

Cheesy wheaten recipe:
500g coarse wholemeal flour
2tsp sugar
2tsp salt
2tsp bicarb
100g grated mature cheddar
2 eggs
1 pint buttermilk
Porridge oats to sprinkle on top

This mixture is really wet - almost like a soft, porridgy mixture - not really a dough - and as such needs a loaf tin.