Difference between cake flour and all-purpose flour AND also...?

Question

What could be a substitute for self-rising flour?

Answer 1

The various flours differ in their protein content. From least to most is cake flour, all-purpose, and bread flour. Cake flour is obviously best for cakes where you want maximum tenderness and bread flour for bread where you want more firmness and structure.

Self-rising flour has baking powder added to it. If you were to substitute all-purpose in a recipe you would have to add some baking powder to it to create the same effect.

Chef Mark

Answer 2

This is great question.

Cake flour is very fine textured and has less protein in it, so that there will be less gluten when you mix it. I like "Softasilk" personally. If you run out of AP flour you can use 1 cup + 3T cake flour for every cup of regular flour.

All purpose is just that, it can be used for anything and has a medium protein content.

Self rising flour, has leavening added to it. If you substitute it with AP flour, you will need to add baking soda, baking powder, yeast, or some other form of leavening to make your recipe rise.

Answer 3

Cake flour is ground more fine, and you can use AP flour as a substitute for self-rising flour

Answer 4

cake flour is a much finer flour,velvet to the touch,all purpose can be used for anything calling for flour such as you do not have to use cake flour if called for in recipe;however,i like to follow recipe to the tee,self rising flour has ingredients that help your flour rise without using baking soda/baking powder

Answer 5

http://www.joyofbaking.com/flour.html