Cake Flour Substitute

By SuzyHomemakerGoneBad

Most people don't always have cake flour on hand, and it's much more expensive than all purpose flour. This substitute works very, very well, and it's easy.

Ingredients

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

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 2mins
Cooking time 2mins
Adapted from joythebaker.com

Preparation

Step 1

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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Sift the mixture several times, or pour the mixture into a bowl and whisk for a minute or so.
5. Use exactly as you would use cake flour.


All out of cornstarch? Nigella Lawson suggests simply taking 2 tablespoons of flour out of each 1 cup measuring cup.