Homemade Cake Flour

Making homemade cake flour.

There is a recipe in today's Oregonian for a yellow cake that I'm anxious to try. The recipe calls for 3 cups of cake flour which doesn't mean a trip to the grocery store because it is easy and inexpensive to make yourself.

Cake flour is one of those ingredients that most people don't use on a regular basis so what's the point of paying for a box that you'll just have to store when all you need is a few cups? It's not hard to make because it's just flour and cornstarch sifted together a few times.

Here's the recipe:

Cake Flour
For 1 cup of cake flour, measure out 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Remove 1 tablespoon of the flour and add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Sift two times before using.

Two Flours You Don't Need To Buy

Self-rising flour and cake flour are staples in my kitchen but I never buy them because I can make them myself. It saves me money and it's easy.

Here are the recipes:
  
Self-Rising Flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Cake Flour
For 1 cup of cake flour, measure out 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Remove 1 tablespoon of the flour and add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Sift two times before using.