Cake Flour Substitute

"I don't always have cake flour on hand, and I'm betting many others don't either. I have discovered that this substitute works very, very well. Easy too, and it uses pantry staples!"
 
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Ready In:
2mins
Ingredients:
2
Yields:
2 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • To make two cups of cake-and-pastry flour (cake flour), combine 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup cornstarch; proceed with your recipe.
  • The easiest way to do this substitution is to put 2 tbsp of cornstarch in the bottom of a 1-cup measuring cup, then fill the cup as usual with all-purpose flour and level top. Repeat process to get your two cups.
  • If you only need 1/2 cup of cake flour, put 1 tbsp cornstarch in bottom of 1/2 cup measuring cup, then fill and level as above.

Questions & Replies

  1. I need one cup of cake flour how can I do this using your recipe.
     
  2. I am substituting 3 cups of all purpose flour with cake flour. How much cake flour do I need?
     
  3. Can you use corn flour in place of cornstarch
     
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Reviews

  1. This is a great workable cake flour substitute - but try this much easier method of measuring. Measure out 2 cups of flour into your mixing bowl, then remove 1/4 cup and replace with 1/4 cup of cornstarch.
     
  2. This worked ok for me. Honestly we felt we could slightly taste the cornstarch in the cake I made with it, which wasn't the best. The cake rose beautifully though! Unfortunately, the cake was also kind of dry and just not great but I can't attribute that to the cake flour necessarily since I had never made that cake recipe before either. In a pinch, I would use this recipe again to see if I had better luck since I don't have cake flour around the house on a regular basis.
     
  3. The best flour for making wheat free cakes is Rice Flour just add three teaspoons of baking powder and use for any cake recipe. Makes very light melt in mouth sponge.
     
  4. This for run for your life. In her review, she said that she had used Corn flour. The recipe called for cornstarch which is another product entirely. If you make it again, using the correct ingredients, you will understand why this recipe has many good reviews.
     
  5. Used in recipe #406237 with good results. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
     
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Tweaks

  1. If you only need 1 cup cake flour, put 2 Tbsp corn starch in bottom of 1 cup measure then fill with AP flour.
     
  2. I've never used a recipe before that called for cake flour so I was very thankful for this substitution when I decided to make a batch of brownies with cake flour as an ingredient. I don't have anything to compare this recipe to consequently but I think it did the trick just fine. I won't ever buy cake flour now that I know this substitution is here and it is an item I rarely use.
     

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