I have been experimenting a lot lately to come up with an alternative to buying expensive premixed gluten free flour and makes light textured cake. This recipe produces a light flour that bakes similarly to cake or pastry flour.
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
3 TBLS cornstarch
enough rice flour to equal 1 cup
OR
1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 c cornstarch
2 1/2 cups rice flour
*I use a rice flour from the Indian Foods Aisle at my grocery store as it is way less expensive than other brands, although there are no labels indicating there has been no cross contamination. I discussed this with all my brides and none were concerned.
Mix everything together and sift at least 4 times! Sifting is KEY.
Use in any of your regular recipes.
This was developed at an elevation of 2192 ft in a dry climate, you may have to experiment a little to get best results for your area.
Source: trial and error!
Contributed by: dinas27 on Monday, June 30. 2008 at 12:09:05
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