Cake Flour Substitute

Name: Cake Flour Substitute
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup cornstarch

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Recipe by Lennie

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!

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READY IN: 2mins

YIELD: 2 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1 ³⁄₄

cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₄

cup cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

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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“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!”