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What is cake flour?

Cake Flour

Cake flour is made from soft wheat and contains more starch and
less protein than the harder all-purpose wheat flours.
It has a soft, powdery texture and yields a very tender cake
because gluten development is minimal when the batter
is beaten.

Cake flour is moister than all-purpose flour and should never be used
to "flour" a baking pan of any sort.

All-purpose flour can be substituted if absolutely necessary.
Make sure not to overbeat and expect the resulting cake
to be a bit "tougher" than if you'd used cake flour.

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