How to make cake flour in 2 minutes with just 2 ingredients! @natashaskitchen

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I love making my own cake flour substitute. It has just 2 ingredients and takes 2 minutes to make! You can bake the best vanilla cupcakes even if you don’t stock cake flour in your pantry!

Making your own is great because you know exactly what’s in it. You can choose to use organic unbleached flour which is tough to come by when you’re looking at the limited cake flour selections in the baking aisle.

It’s also way less expensive to make it yourself and your results will be equally amazing. Read on to watch the quick video tutorial and see just how easy it is! 

Enjoy this quick video tutorial and see just how easy this is!

Cake Flour Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour, minus 2 Tbsp
2 Tbsp corn starch
Note: 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.

How to make your own cake flour in 2 min with 2 ingredients! @natashaskitchen

How to make cake flour:

1. 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.

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2. Add 2 Tbsp corn starch to your flour

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3. Sift the two together about 4-5 times to make sure they are really well combined. I used the OXO sifter (actually I use it for everything!)

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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.

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How to Make Cake Flour (Video Tutorial)

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Author: Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com
How to make cake flour in 2 minutes with just 2 ingredients! @natashaskitchen
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.

Ingredients 

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.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: How to Make Cake Flour
Skill Level: Easy
Cost to Make: $

 

How to make your own cake flour in 2 min with 2 ingredients! @natashaskitchen


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I hope this tutorial is helpful to ya! Be sure to pin it for future reference ;). Have an awesome weekend my friends!

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  • marjorie mansi
    December 10, 2020

    I made a cake substituting all purpose flour for the cake flour and only did it for one cup but the recipe callled for 21/2 CUPS
    cake flour so my cake came out very dense and only one inch thick. So I realize I only added 2 tbsps corn starch and for 21/2 cups I should have added 5 total so it ruined my cake……

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      December 11, 2020

      Sorry to hear that, Marjorie. Be careful with measuring the ingredients next time as it is important to measure the ingredients correctly.

      Reply

  • Raghvendra Gupta
    May 12, 2020

    Hi can u share eggless recipe of sponge cake

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      May 12, 2020

      I don’t have that recipe at this time but I will add it to my list. Have you tried our eggless chocolate cake recipe?

      Reply

  • JudyZarazun
    May 5, 2020

    Hi Natasha. Love your recipes. When you make the cake flour for this recipe do you still use 1 cup of flour and take out 2 tablespoons or 1 and 1/4 cups of Cdn. AP flour remove 2 tablespoons of flour and add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. I am just a little confused. Thanks Judy

    Reply

    • Natasha
      May 6, 2020

      Hi Judy, I substitute 2 Tbsp of flour with corn starch. If you watch the video tutorial, it will be more clear.

      Reply

    • Natalya
      July 13, 2022

      I used this cake flour for my sponge cake yesterday and it really helped 🙂

      It used to collapse as it cooled but now, it stays nice and tall. I think the corn starch makes all the difference.

      Reply

      • Natashas Kitchen
        July 13, 2022

        Thank you so much for sharing that with mus, Natalya!

        Reply

  • Natasha
    November 27, 2019

    Hi Kathleen, Thank you so much for sharing your vanilla cake. About how long do you bake at 350˚F?

    Reply

  • Sara
    January 31, 2019

    Hello! Is there any ingredient i can use instead of cream cheese? In my country it’s not very popular and many cake recipes require cream cheese.

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      January 31, 2019

      Hi Sara, which recipe was the cream cheese question intended for?

      Reply

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