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Is cake flour a substitute for all-purpose flour.
Hi
I live in Johannesburg and have not come across All-purpose or 'plain' flour at all. A lot of recipes call for it and I have been using cake flour as a substitute. Is this alright?
And if anyone knows of a place where plain flour can be purchased, I would be very grateful to know.
Any help would greatly appreciated!
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Hi there,
These flours are very much similar the only thing defrenciating them are the protein and starch content .
Cake four is actually better because it will produce a much lighter fluffier cake, however if you want to make cakes using cake flour but still have the "all purpose flour'' effect you can simply do this, if the recipe calls for all-purpose flour, add two additional tablespoons of cake flour for every cup of all-purpose flour . For recipes that call for cake flour, decrease the amount of all-purpose flour for every cup of cake flour called for by two tablespoons.
P:S I haven't seen all purpose or plain flour at any of the supermarkets we have in Jhb,, however I came across it few months back at a delicatessen but it was a ridiculous price which led me to try and make my own All purpose flour
Hope the above helps :)
Thank you so much Nasreen! I can't wait to try it out!
Could i apply this theory to my waffle recipes. i am trying to get a good waffle recipe going but all the recipes i have found also have AP flour in them.
I'm in a similar position. I want to make profiteroles (little choux pastry buns) and every recipe i've looked at requires plain flour (also know as all-purpose flour). If anyone has any experience of making choux pastry/ profiteroles/ eclairs, please let me know whether i can just use cake flour instead.
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