cake flour

Soft wheat grind

Cake flour is wheat flour with a low protein content, producing tender, delicate baked goods.

The reduced gluten makes lighter cakes and pastries than all-purpose flour would yield.

The recipe calls for cake flour, but you can substitute all-purpose flour mixed with cornstarch.

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chlorinated · muffins · baking · baking powder · soft texture · dough · cookies · wheat · white · fluffy · starch · fine texture · measuring · dusting · crumb · delicate · fine · powdery

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Opposites
protein content/gluten strength

cake flourbread flour

High-protein wheat grind

strong flour · all-purpose flour · whole wheat flour · semolina

Family

cake, flour, pancake, cakes, cupcake, caked, floury, caking, floured

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G