What if I don't have cake flour? What can I use as a substitute or what can I use to make my own cake flour?

Answer 1

Use one cup of all-purpose flour and add two tablespoon cornflour. You can also use all-purpose flour only but will produce a bit tough/heavy cake. adding cornflour makes it light and soft.

Answer 2

You can use regular flour, but the texture will not be as smooth. Cake flour has been ground to a finer powder than regular flour.
I didn't know about the additional bleaching until I saw The Joy of Baking

"Cake flour has a 6-8% protein content and is made from soft wheat flour. It is chlorinated to further break down the strength of the gluten and is smooth and velvety in texture. Good for making cakes (especially white cakes and biscuits) and cookies where a tender and delicate texture is desired. To substitute cake flour for all-purpose flour use 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour for every cup of all-purpose flour. Make your own - one cup sifted cake flour can be substituted with 3/4 cup (84 grams) sifted bleached all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons (15 grams) cornstarch."

There is whole wheat cake flour, too but it's a bit harder to find.

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Answer 3

I never buy cake flour, it's usually more expensive, but is pretty much the same as all purpose, but it's a bit lighter/ more airy, which in turn, means there is less flour, actually. What I do, is I sift the flour once, and then measure the sifted flour. It'll end up being slightly less than what would have originally been used.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

Best substitute for 1 cup cake flour use 7/8 cup all-purpose flour + 2 tablespoons cornstarch.
Pastry flour or substitute 7/8 cup of all-purpose flour for one cup of cake flour (product will be a bit more dense)

Answer 5

DOn't worry about it all purpose is always almost as good, the cakes will jsut a bit less godd but not eve n that noticicable, there is no way to make it on your own it involves having less gluten then all purpose flour for a more tender cake.

Answer 6

Instead of 1 cup sifted cake flour
you can use 7/8 cup all-purpose flour (1 cup minus 2 tbsp)

Answer 7

to make my own cake flour i use 2 ingredients 1 of which i know most grocery stores sell you'll need the following ingredients:


1.) all purpose white flour

2.) baking powder

you mix them into cake flour using a ratio of 2 tablespoons baking powder for every cup of reg flour but you may have to experiment with it to find the mix you like best

Answer 8

All my cookbooks in the back section under emergency substitutions say to take a 1 cup of all-purpose minus 2 tablespoons of the all-purpose flour from the cup.
I have done this in a pinch & it works for me. Hope this helps you out.

Answer 9

Very simple: just add a dessertspoonful of baking powder to normal flour.

Answer 10

You can use all purpose flour. The texture will be heavier but it will still taste good.