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Weekend Tip: How to Make Self-Rising Flour and Cake Flour

Self-Rising Flour and Cake Flour Substitute
Course Entree
Cuisine American
Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 2 minutes
Servings 2
Author Cookie Madness

Ingredients

Self-Rising Flour

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt

Cake Flour

  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour minus 2 Tablespoons **plus**
  • 2 Tablespoons of Cornstarch

Instructions

  • To make self-rising flour, mix 1 cup all-purpose flour with 1 ¼ teaspoons baking power and ⅛ teaspoon of salt. Total weight of 1 cup should be 4.5 oz.
  • To make cake flour, take one cup of cake flour and discard 2 tablespoons so that you have 1 cup cake flour minus 2 tablespoons. Replace the two tablespoons of missing flour with cornstarch. The total weight of the 1 cup should now be 4 oz.