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    How to Make Cake Flour

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Learn how to make cake flour at home. Homemade Cake flour is nothing but a light flour mix which is often is used to make cakes. Using cake flour in recipes results in softer cakes.

    Homemade Cake Flour

    Cake flour is used in many cake and baked goodies recipes. Using this flour instead of regular all purpose flour results in soft fluffy cakes. It may be readily available in super markets. But making this at home is way more easier and quicker than you think. Plus it is cheaper.

    The below picture is a yogurt muffin which i baked using this cake flour..you can see the texture, it is soft and pillowy. Will share that recipe soon. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

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    Ingredients to Make Cake Flour

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
    • Corn Flour (Corn Starch) - 2 tblspn

    How to Make Cake Flour at Home

    1. Measure 1 cup flour in a bowl or sifter. Remove 2 tblspn of the flour from the measured one.
    2. Now replace that with 2 tblspn of cornflour.
    3. Mix well or sieve it.
    4. Use as needed.
     

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    How to Make Cake Flour at Home | Homemade Cake Flour Recipe

    Learn how to make cake flour at home. Cake flour is nothing but a light flour mix which is often is used to make cakes. Using cake flour in recipes results in softer cakes.
    4.25 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 1 cup

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • 2 tbsp Corn Flour

    Instructions

    • Measure 1 cup flour in a bowl or sifter. Remove 2 tblspn of the flour from the measured one.
    • Now replace that with 2 tblspn of cornflour.
    • Mix well or sieve it.
    • Use as needed.
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    Homemade Cake Flour Step by Step

     
    Take your ingredients

     

    Measure 1 cup of all purpose flour

     

    take it in a bowl

     

    now remove 2 tblspn from this

     

    this is one tblspn

     

    and two tblspn

     

    Now take cornflour..same two tblspn

     

    add it in..this is one tblspn

     

    and two tblspn

     

    now this is the mix

     

    mix well

     

    you can sieve this well..

     

    Use as needed
     
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    Comments

    1. Anonymous

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      Wow. Really! Never knew this. Thank you. Will surely try this next time.

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    2. Meera

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      Hey aarthi... so with this corn flour mixture...u dnt hav to use baking powder n baking soda????

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    3. Anonymous

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      I will definitely try this

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    4. Aarthi

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      @Meerano this is cake flour. it is used in some cakes and cupcakes. But you have to add baking soda and baking powder as per the recipe. You can use this flour instead of all purpose flour. It gives you soft fluffy cakes

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    5. Anonymous

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      Hi, can this cake flour be used for red velvet cake too? if yes, how?

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    6. Aarthi

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      @Anonymoussub normal flour for cake flour

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    7. Anonymous

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      Very nice aarthi for all cake and bun recipes can we replace this flour instead of maida

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    8. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use

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    9. Anonymous

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      Can u tell as per grams as im unable to judge cup measurement.

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    10. Anonymous

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      Can u tell the measurements gram wise.

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    11. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousmy 1 cup of flour measure 120 grams. And my 1 cup measures 240 ml

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    12. Shivani Sharma

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      verry good article nice

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    13. Megha

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      Mam ... really a great job...ur cooking teaching techniques is great. Hats off

      Reply
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