OH NO!! Here I go again. Got myself in a bind!!! Can you help me out?!
Answers: What can I do? My recipe calls for Cake Flour and I don't have any. Is there anything else I can use? Can I use regular flour?
For 1 cup cake flour you would use 1-cup minus 2-tbsp of
all-purpose flour.
All is NOT lost!
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Try this:
1 3/4 cups regular flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
Mix and use as cake flour.
Actually, to substitute regular flour for cake flour accurately put 2 level tablespoons of cornstarch into the bottom of your measuring cup and then fill the cup with flour. Sift the flour or shake it through a little strainer. (Or just stir it very well with a fork.)
Do what the first person said, and sift it a few times.
i am a chef the 1st person gave u the correct answer
Cake flour
Cake flour is made from a low protein ( 6 - 8%), fine-textured soft wheat so the flour contains a high amount of starch and less gluten resulting in lighter, less dense textures or a more "tender, fine crumb" for various cake and pastry items.
Equivalents
1 pound, 4 3/4 to 5 cups sifted
Substitutions
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)
Substitute with the same amount of unbleached all-purpose flour. Your cake just won't have a fine soft texture. Its slightly different.
1 cup regular flower and 1 table spoon baking powder.