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Question for the bakers out there

laulac98 Posted:

Question for the bakers out there

When a recipe calls for cake flour, can you substitute with all purpose? I'd hate to buy cake flour for one recipe.

stinenandy2010 Posted:

Re: Question for the bakers out there

You can add corn starch to all purpose flour to make it cake flour. I add 2 tablespoons of cornstach for every 1 cup of flour.

HTH!
little j Posted:

Re: Question for the bakers out there


Posted by stinenandy2010

You can add corn starch to all purpose flour to make it cake flour. I add 2 tablespoons of cornstach for every 1 cup of flour.

HTH!



thank yoU! i never knew this!
laulac98 Posted:

Re: Question for the bakers out there


Posted by stinenandy2010

You can add corn starch to all purpose flour to make it cake flour. I add 2 tablespoons of cornstach for every 1 cup of flour.

HTH!



Awesome - thank you!
kerber981 Posted:

Re: Question for the bakers out there


Posted by stinenandy2010

You can add corn starch to all purpose flour to make it cake flour. I add 2 tablespoons of cornstach for every 1 cup of flour.

HTH!


Just did this for a bundt this past weekend and it worked perfectly!
MrsDrinkh20 Posted:

Re: Question for the bakers out there

NO! I did this for a red velvet cake and the cake was AWFUL...i added corn starch and sifted and it made a HUGE difference...I wouldnt do it!

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