Replacing all-purpose flour with cake flour in all cake recipes sounds like a great idea, but it isn't an even swap and might not improve all cakes. All-purpose flour weighs about 4.
The best advice is that when a recipe specifies cake flour , use it. These days there are several reliable brands of cake flour in the grocery store, but at one time Swans Down was so common and familiar that many home bakers wrote that instead of the words "cake flour" in their recipes.
By Sheri Castle. Save FB Tweet More. Rather than run into town to pick up a bag, you can substitute all-purpose flour for these varieties at home, using a few additional ingredients that you also likely already have on hand. Yup, we just saved you a trip to the grocery store.
Here's how to do it:. Cake flour makes this sweet potato quick bread astoundingly tender. Cake flour is little more than all-purpose flour mixed with a bit of cornstarch to lighten it up. That protein is what becomes gluten when liquids are introduced.
This is both a good and a bad thing since gluten is what gives structure to your baked goods; but introducing too much gluten can make your bakes tough. If you fill a 1 cup dry measuring cup with water, it will weigh 8 ounces. But flour weighs less than water, so 1 dry measuring cup of all-purpose flour only weighs 4. Want to know more? Read our guide to all the different types of flour and watch Executive Food Editor explain how to measure flour the correct way. Home Cooking All-Purpose Flour vs.
All-Purpose Flour vs. By Deb Wise October 21,
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