Can I Sub Cake Flour for All Purpose
Here’s your command: For every 1 cup all-purpose needed, grab a measuring cup. Scoop and level the flour. Remove 2 tablespoons. Add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. Sift together at least three times. Now use it like cake flour.
If you’re baking a white cake, this works like a charm. Yellow cakes? Even better. Chocolate cake? The cocoa masks any textural weirdness. You’ve got a universal key to fluffiness.
Pro tip: Weight matters more. One cup of all-purpose weighs 125 grams. One cup of cake flour weighs 114 grams. So your swap should aim for 114 grams total. The cornstarch trick gets you close. Trust but verify with a scale if you’re neurotic (I am).