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If you have a bag of cake flour that you bought but not sure how to use, then here are 41 recipes to use it up! Using cake flour in our baked goods will result in fluffy cakes with a tender crumb and worth using! There are cookie recipes, cake recipes, cupcake recipes, and even a bread recipe!
So you made a cake with cake flour and now you have this bag of cake flour in your pantry. What are you to do with it? Make more baked goods with it of course!
Cake flour is a wonderful ingredient to bake with and can make such a difference in your cakes! And it’s a specialty ingredient you really shouldn’t let go to waste!
41 Cake Flour Recipes
Here are 41 recipes that use cake flour so that bag of low protein flour doesn’t go to waste!
41 Cake Flour Recipes
Use up that bag of cake flour in your pantry with one of these dessert recipes using cake flour!
This easy two layer cake is made with fresh orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla to give it the classic orange creamsicle flavor!
A perfect fluffy, moist homemade strawberry layer cake that is frosted in the dreamiest strawberry cream cheese frosting.
This berry Chantilly cake is what dreams are made of friend! A moist, fluffy white cake gets layered with raspberry jam, fresh berries, and lighter than air Chantilly frosting made with mascarpone cheese. Although very impressive, it's easier than you think to make!
A perfect fluffy, moist homemade white cake that is frosted in the dreamiest vanilla buttercream frosting. Never use a boxed mix again, after you learn how to make the best white cake recipe ever. Made with sour cream, cake flour, and egg whites it yields the lightest, fluffiest, moistest white cake recipe ever!
This angel food cake recipe is nothing like the store-bought ones you may have tried! So light and airy it practically melts in your mouth.Â
This homemade funfetti cake is my favorite cake ever. With sour cream to make it moist and cake flour to make it light and fluffy, this funfetti cake is going to take you back to your childhood.
Thick soft and fudgy dark double chocolate chip cookies!
This Moist Yellow Cupcake Recipe creates over two dozen bakery-level treats in your own kitchen that everyone will devour in record time! Top it with chocolate frosting for a classic birthday dessert!
This copycat recipe from Levain Bakery is their famous chocolate walnut cookies - giant gooey cookies!
A vanilla sponge cake that is light and fluffy! It’s absolutely perfect….layer with whipped cream and fresh strawberries!
The Milk Bar Cake is the best funfetti cake you will ever eat – with a light fluffy cake, creamy buttercream, and crunchy cake crumbs.
This easy red velvet cupcake recipe is one that you can whip up to perfection in no time. Top with my favorite cream cheese frosting, for the most perfect cupcake ever.
The best chocolate chip cookie with perfect crispy edges and soft ooey gooey middle!
I dare say this might be the best coconut cake recipe ever. Made with cake flour, butter and oil it is perfectly moist with a tender crumb. And it’s packed with triple the coconut flavor- coconut milk, coconut extract, and shredded coconut.
A cookie crust, buttercream frosting and toasted coconut create the perfect dessert combination in these Frosted Coconut Sugar Cookie Bars!
These jumbo sized chocolate chip cookies are a family favorite around here. Big, soft, chewy and delicious!
This Pineapple Poke Cake will take your tastebuds to a tropical paradise! With a pineapple upside-down cake texture, sweet pineapple syrup, and an easy coconut whipped cream topping, there's no beating this cake!
This is a soft vanilla cake made with cake flour. It is topped with strawberry mousse
Ube cake or purple yam cake is a staple in any Filipino celebration. Light and fluffy ube cake layers frosted with the most luxurious ube buttercream.
This is a traditional dessert with a delicious chocolaty twist. While it's mostly made for Easter, it can be enjoyed year-round.
Blueberry Angel Food Cake is soft and fluffy with a gorgeous purple hue and wonderful blueberry flavor!
This Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake is a light, fluffy apple angel food cake drizzled with a caramel glaze and homemade salted caramel sauce, then topped with cinnamon apple chips
With just four ingredients these cloud-like Angel Food Cupcakes topped with homemade whipped cream will become your new favorite dessert!
These Small Batch Vanilla Cupcakes make 6 perfectly moist and fluffy cupcakes along with a small batch of vanilla buttercream!
This Buttermilk Cake with Blueberries is the most perfect after dinner treat. A moist and fluffy lemon buttermilk cake filled with plump blueberries and topped with ice cream and a simple blueberry lemon compote is a full-of-flavor dessert you will love. This is an easy recipe that is perfect for berry season!
This caramel pecan apple spice upside down cake is the perfect combination of the best fall flavors. The perfectly spiced, moist cake is topped with pecans in a gooey caramel sauce and slices of sweet apples.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe – a true Southern dessert classic that never goes out of style. Passed down from generation to the generation, this pound cake recipe will always be a hit!
This 6-ingredient Pound Cake recipe boasts a fine, tender crumb. This easy butter pound cake is bursting with vanilla and buttery goodness in every luscious bite.
Fluffy Japanese Pancakes are a soft, airy cotton candy-like pancake dream come true.
Two delicious layers of lemon cake, separated using homemade lemon curd, encased in a white chocolate Swiss buttercream frosting
For these Lemon Thyme Shortbread cookies, we use a mix of bright, sunshiny bursts of lemon flavor coupled with the subtle earthiness of seasonal thymeÂ
These Sugar Cookies are chewy, soft and full of flavor. And, the best part? No chilling of the dough required! Start to finish, these cookies are done in less than 30 minutes.
Introducing our mouthwatering moist Vanilla Cupcake Recipe with oil! You’re in for a treat if you’re craving a batch of irresistibly moist and fluffy vanilla cupcakes.Â
This Red Velvet Cake recipe is made from scratch for the best flavor and a moist, tender crumb that pairs wonderfully with a tangy, sweet cream cheese frosting. This is a classic cake recipe for a 2-layer red velvet cake that is quite possibly the best red velvet cake recipe in the world.
Sweet potato cake is delicious. Made with cake flour for a light and fluffy dessert during the holidays
For those of you who prefer rich cakes rather than light and fluffy, this recipe results in a buttery, moist sponge – luxurious, but not quite as heavy as pound cake.
Get ready to indulge in a taste of paradise with our moist and decadent rum-infused Tortuga Rum Cake. This homemade cake is infused with the rich flavors of gold rum, making it a true Caribbean delight. With its moist and decadent texture, every bite is a taste of tropical bliss!
Maraschino cherries are the star of this show-stopping Cherry Chip Cake with Cherry Frosting. Soft, fluffy and pretty-in-pink, this homemade sheet cake with cherry buttercream is better than any box mix on the market.
Light, fluffy from-scratch cupcakes are crowned with an amazing cannoli cream frosting featuring sweetened ricotta and mini chocolate chips.Â
Swedish Strawberry Cake (Jordgubbstårta) is a classic Swedish cake and an iconic treat on the Midsummer table. Made with a light and airy sponge cake, fluffy whipped cream and sweet, juicy strawberries, this cake tastes like summer!
Simple, sweet, and elegant, White Cupcakes prove that basic isn’t always bad. Enjoy them as-is or get creative and go wild with different flavors and toppings. Our classic white cupcake recipe is moist and delicious.
What is cake flour?
Cake flour is a flour with a soft texture that has a lower protein content that regular all purpose flour. This means that this flour will form less gluten when it becomes hydrated and mixed together. Gluten is what forms the structure in our cakes. The higher protein content a flour has, the denser and chewy our baked goods will come out to be.
So by having less gluten formation and lower protein content, our cakes made with cake flour will come out tender and more fluffy than if we used all purpose flour.
So I think it’s worth the splurge to buy some don’t you think?
Cake Flour Brands
There are two popular brands of cake flour that I find in my grocery stores. King Arthur cake flour and Swans Down cake flour are two of the most common brands to use.
I have used both and had success in using both!
Different Types Of Flour
Different flours have different types of protein contents. Here are the four most common types of flour you might see in the baking aisle:
- Bread Flour – Protein content of 12-14%, good for breads and pizza dough and creates chewy baked goods
- All-Purpose Flour: Protein content of 10-12%, good for all around baking
- Pastry Flour: Protein Content of 8-10%, good for biscuits, pastries and pie crust
- Cake Flour: Protein Content of 7-8%, good for cakes, cupcakes
You can read more here about the different types of flour here.
Cake Flour Substitute
If you want to bake a recipe that calls for cake flour but you don’t have on hand, then you make a quick substitute with just two simple ingredients – all purpose flour and cornstarch.
You can read more here and see a step by step tutorial on how to make a cake flour substitute.
To make a homemade cake flour recipe and make 1 cup of cake flour:
- Measure out 1 cup of all purpose flour.
- Remove 2 Tablespoons of flour.
- Add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch.
- Sift and use!
See Also:
- Looking for an easy and simple carrot layer cake? Then look no further!
- Oreo frosting is what frosting dreams are made of! Any Oreo cookie lover in your life is going to go crazy for this recipe!
- Calling all peanut butter lovers with this super easy peanut butter cream cheese frosting to use on all your favorite cake recipes!
- This easy vanilla cupcake recipe uses melted butter so it comes together in minutes and no mixer is needed!
- When it’s summertime then you have to make these S’mores cupcakes with toasted meringue frosting and graham cracker bottom!
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