Baking & Leaveners

Best Substitutes for Cake Flour

Cake flour is lower in protein than all-purpose — you can approximate it by cutting AP flour with cornstarch.

Best overall swap

All-purpose flour + cornstarch

For 1 cup cake flour: 1 cup AP flour minus 2 tbsp, plus 2 tbsp cornstarch

Sift together at least twice for an even, tender crumb close to true cake flour.

All Substitutes for Cake Flour

All-purpose flour + cornstarch

For 1 cup cake flour: 1 cup AP flour minus 2 tbsp, plus 2 tbsp cornstarch

Sift together at least twice for an even, tender crumb close to true cake flour.

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All-purpose flour

1:1

Works in a pinch but the cake will be slightly denser and less delicate.

Related Ingredients

All Purpose FlourCornstarchSelf Rising Flour

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