How to Substitute for Cake Flour in Recipes

You're in the middle of baking, and suddenly realize the recipe you're creating calls for cake flour, and there's not a grain in the house! What do you do? Don't worry, there's an easy substitution! Does this Spark an idea?

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All-purpose flour
Flour sifter
Tablespoon measure

Instructions

- 1
  
  Find out how much cake flour you need in your recipe.
- 2
  
  Use all-purpose flour, and remove 2 Tbsp. per cup of flour to equal 1 cup of cake flour. So, if you need 2 cups of cake flour, measure out 2 cups of all-purpose flour, and then remove 4 Tbsp. of flour to equal the cake flour.
- 3
  
  Sift the measured all-purpose flour three times.
- 4
  
  Use the sifted all-purpose flour as if it was the cake flour in your recipe.

Comments

1818602665 Jan 16, 2012
I need cake flour?
Arlene Mar 29, 2011
Does anyone know of a onlline companies in the UK which sells cake flour? I know there are alternatives but I would like to use the real thing.

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