Cake Flour Substitute

By Addie

"I don't always have cake flour on hand, and I'm betting many others don't either. I have discovered that this substitute works very, very well. Easy too, and it uses pantry staples!"

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch

Preparation

Step 1

To make two cups of cake-and-pastry flour (cake flour), combine 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup cornstarch; proceed with your recipe.

The easiest way to do this substitution is to put 2 tbsp of cornstarch in the bottom of a 1-cup measuring cup, then fill the cup as usual with all-purpose flour and level top. Repeat process to get your two cups.

If you only need 1/2 cup of cake flour, put 1 tbsp cornstarch in bottom of 1/2 cup measuring cup, then fill and level as above.
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REVIEWS:

This is a great workable cake flour substitute - but try this much easier method of measuring. Measure out 2 cups of flour into your mixing bowl, then remove 1/4 cup and replace with 1/4 cup of cornstarch.

This worked ok for me. Honestly we felt we could slightly taste the corn flour in the cake I made with it, which wasn't the best. The cake rose beautifully though! Unfortunately, the cake was also kind of dry and just not great but I can't attribute that to the cake flour necessarily since I had never made that cake recipe before either. In a pinch, I would use this recipe again to see if I had better luck since I don't have cake flour around the house on a regular basis.

Used in Boston Cream Pie with good results. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Great substitute for the cake flour. I used it in Three Ingredient Italian Sponge Cake, to be served with The Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake.

As everyone else has said this makes fine cake flour. I put 1 3/4 cup of AP flour into the bowl, added 1/4 cup of core starch and proceeded to make Rich Sour Cream Scones, from 1928. Two thumbs up.

I needed cake flour for this recipe (Grandperes) and it was perfect. So easy to do. Thanks! :)

This worked great for the basic Southern Yellow Cake recipe which called for 3 cups of cake flour. So I had to modify if to 6 tablespoons. Worked beautifully! Light and fluffy!

I have enough different types of flour in my house that i don't need to buy another. Plus this stuff is expensive in the store... SHEESH! I don't find myself using it enough either to justify buying a whole box of it. Thanks for sharing this recipe! It's been a big help to me!! :)

I used it for sponge cake recipe. Came out great. I followed the advice of others and used lemon juice.

We can't buy cake flour here, and I see it used in so many recipes, so I did a search and found this recipe for making my own. As far as I could tell, it worked out just fine! I used it to make Peachtree Street Gingerbread Cake ( Peachtree Street Gingerbread Cake ). Thanks for posting this!

I was completely out of cake flour.. anyway I came on here and saw this one. This worked out like a charm for my Italian strawberry wedding cake recipe! Thanks so much!

I used this to make my cream cheese crostada with orange marmalade and it worked perfect!

I couldn't find cake flour at the store, but I really needed it to make the husband cannoli for Valentine's Day. Thanks for saving me! This worked perfectly.

This worked great for me. I made gingersnap biscotti. Thanks!!

Thank you for posting this since I had no clue what cake flour was. Just a beginning baker but trying to get better does anyone know things to help me

Thanks so much for posting this recipe! It worked great in my donut recipe using the Wilton Donut Pan. Yay! I didn't have to run to the store for cake flour!

This worked really great for my sponge cake.

This did not work with angel food cake. :(

Perfect! so easy!

This is perfect! I needed something quick and this worked out like a gem! So much cheaper than buying yet one more type of flour!

This worked perfectly for me ina a handful of recipes now. thanks for posting, I never have to worry about buying it to have on hand again!

OH YOU SAVED ME TODAY!! I was in the middle of a recipe and 3/4 cup short on cake flour. With no time to go to the store, I tried this recipe....my cake came out great, no diffrence at all. Thank you for posting this. I won't be buying expensive cake flour any more.

You imposter, you! A legitiment deception used with total success in my recipe for Boston Cream Pie.

This worked well for me! I made a banana bread recipe that called for cake flour and as far as I can tell it came out perfectly. Thanks for sharing this!

I have used this recipe many times and I have always had perfect results. Thank you for saving me money buying a flour I don't use often.

Thanks for the great recipe!

Excellent substitute! Just stir, no sifting!

I do a lot of baking, but AP flour or self-rising is mostly what I use. It's enough to make sure I have those on hand all the time and they're fresh without having to pay for (what I consider to be) pricier cake flour, too. This simple recipe is invaluable when we run across those few recipes that specifically call for cake flour. I hate buying the whole box of cake flour only to use 1 1/2 cups while the rest sits around waiting for another recipe that calls for cake flour. By that time, I always question whether the cake flour is still "fresh". This way, it's a no-brainer, my AP flour and cornstarch are high turn-around and always fresh in my pantry. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you so much for the recipe. I am glad that I don't have to pay $3.59 for a 2-lb box of cake flour.

Thank you for posting this very helpful recipe. I NEVER buy cake flour, but yesterday I wanted to try a recipe that called for it, and here was your recipe coming to the rescue :) Thanks to you my cake turned out great !

Thank you for posting this recipe! I rarely have cake flour on hand.

Hi Lennie: Thanks. My son decided that he wanted pound cake and it requires cake flour--which I never have. this was great. Worked like a charm.

Thank you so much for this recipe!

Thanks so much for this recipe! I was in a jam and googled cake flour substitute and this came up. I guess I should have just zaared it first!

Thank you sooo much I have been running around all day trying to find cake flour. I thought I was going to have to scrap this recipe. And the link to change the serving size is brilliant. I am bookmarking this for future use.

Thanks! This is exactly what I needed!

This was a great recipe which I used for a recipe that called for cake flour, which I don't keep on hand (not enough room in the cupboards). I will be sure to keep this on hand and will try some other recipes that call for cake flour. Thanks!

Thanks so much - this saved my life :) I wanted to make some scones and like always- I like to dig in to a new recipe before reading what I need....I needed cake flour and have none- like most not something that I keep on hand. This is very easy and worked well.

Excellent! I always seem to need Cake Flour, but never seem to have it..... But now I can ALWAYS have it on hand!!

I've never used a recipe before that called for cake flour so I was very thankful for this substitution when I decided to make a batch of brownies with cake flour as an ingredient. I don't have anything to compare this recipe to consequently but I think it did the trick just fine. I won't ever buy cake flour now that I know this substitution is here and it is an item I rarely use.

Thank you! I needed just a few oz for a cookie recipe and this substitute fit the bill perfectly.

Thanks especially for the explicit directions in steps 2 and 3; it makes it so easy to make the amount you need. Thank you again!

I'll never need purchased "cake flour" again. What a great recipe. Thanks!

Went to the store today, and DOH! no cake flour...needed it to make ladyfingers for Tiramisu, and sponge cake for strawberry shortcake. Thank goodness for Recipezaar and you!

I currently have 1 recipe that uses cake flour, and I am a tightwad, so paying $3.00 for 2 pounds of flour rubs me the wrong way. I am going to make a big batch of this for a fraction of the cost, so I can try a whole bunch of other cake flour recipes. Thanks!

Worked out perfectly. Thanks!

I don't buy cake flour because I so very rarely use it...So this recipe in handy when I had a waffle recipe that called for cake flour...I really appreciated the simplicity of your directions as well...It made it very easy to calculate what I needed for the waffles...I hope to try this again soon in a cake recipe, to further see how it performs...UPDATE: I've since used this in a cake recipe and it worked nicely...Thank you for posting this recipe!

Awesome, used this to make a pound cake. Cake was perfect.