How To Make Cake Flour From All Purpose Flour

One question that I get asked all the time is this. Is there a way to make cake flour from all purpose flour? If there is, then how is it done and is it costly?

The great news is that it’s not expensive to make cake flour from all purpose flour, and the even great news is that it’s really easy to make it.

But one thing before I go on is to let you know that if you’re a beginner here, it’s crucial to know the differences that cake flour can make to your cupcakes. Without knowing this difference, I don’t recommend you learn how to make cake flour from all purpose flour because you won’t even know why you’re doing it.

So allow me to take you through the proper stages of turning all purpose flour to cake flour.

Introduction To Cake Flour

All flour that are used for baking are made from wheat flour primarily, and wheat flour is made from two main sources of wheat, namely high-gluten hard wheat and low-gluten soft wheat.

And the proportion of those two main sources of wheat will vary to make cake flour, bread flour, all purpose flour and more.

Cake flour has a higher content of low-gluten soft wheat than all purpose flour and bread flour, so using that for your cupcakes will result in softer cakes that are more tender in texture.

Using Cake Flour In Cupcakes

It isn’t a must to use cake flour in cupcakes, and I always test cake flour in all recipes against all purpose flour.

If the substitution of cake flour results in a more desirable texture, then I’ll make that change. Else, I’ll stick to all purpose flour.

You should do the same.

Test out your recipes using cake flour in your cupcake recipes, and only adapt the change if the desired texture is achieved.

How To Make Cake Flour From All Purpose Flour

This is what you’ve been waiting for isn’t it? I’m going to reveal it all to you here.

To make cake flour from all purpose flour, you’ll need an additional ingredient, and that’s corn flour.

And here’s a list of what you need:

• All Purpose Flour
• Corn Flour
• Flour Sifter
• A measuring tablespoon (tbsp) - A measuring cup
• A flour sifter

Directions:

1) Measure 5 cups of all purpose flour, and from there, remove 10 tbsp of it.
2) Add 10 tbsp of corn flour to the all purpose flour.
3) Mix it thoroughly by sifting it 5 to 6 times.
4) Store it aside for later use

Additional Pointers

To make cake flour from all purpose flour using the above recipe, make sure your cups and tbsp of both all purpose flour and corn flour are level, meaning they aren’t in heaps and bulge up like a mountain.

Also, you might like to mix the flour mixture first after step 2 to get a more even mix before step 3.

And that’s what you do to make cake flour from all purpose flour. Simple isn’t it?