How to Make Cake Flour
I love making my own cake flour substitute. It has just 2 ingredients and takes 2 minutes to make! You can always have it on hand even if you don't stock cake flour in your pantry! Making your own is great because you know exactly what goes in it and it is way less expensive to make it yourself. This recipe substitutes 1 cup of cake flour. If your recipe calls for more cake flour, increase the ingredients proportionally; i.e. 2 cups flour (minus 4 Tbsp flour) with 4 Tbsp corn starch, etc.
Cost To Make: Varies by proportions
Ingredients
Cake Flour Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour, minus 2 Tbsp
2 Tbsp corn starch
Instructions
Measure flour by scooping it into a measuring cup and scraping the top off with the back of a knife to level it. Remove 2 Tbsp flour and return to your flour bin.
Add 2 Tbsp corn starch to your flour
Sift the two together about 4-5 times to make sure they are really well combined.
Notes
Proportions: If your recipe calls for more cake flour, increase the ingredients proportionally; i.e. 2 cups flour (minus 4 Tbsp flour) with 4 Tbsp corn starch, etc. The science behind cake flour: Taking out some of the flour removes some of the gluten and the corn starch works as a tenderizing agent, producing a fluffy and super soft cake with a finer crumb.
