What Is The Difference Between Cake Flour...
Decorating By Lazy_Susan Updated 8 Jan 2006 , 5:52am by didi5
What is the difference between cake flour and all-purpose flour or self-rising flour? Does it make a difference in the cakes?
Susan
I really find it hard to explain even in my native language, so maybe take a look at this side:
http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/pages/c00003.asp
I hope this will help.
What kind of flour do y'all use to bake your cakes?
I don't bake a whole lot of cakes, (mainly do cheesecakes, tira misu etc) but I just use all purpose. It works fine but just don't over mix because it can make your cake tough because of the gluten content. Cake flour has much less gluten. If I baked as many cakes as some of the people on here I would probably get me some cake flour. But remember you don't start to develop gluten until liquid is added
Thanks cheftaz! I never knew that. It really helps 
For cakes I always use cake flour. I mainly do sponge and butter cakes. I just find the cakes are much more fluffier. In the beginning of my cake decorating endeavor i used all purpose flour and the cake came out gummy and dense. There was a huge difference when I started using cake flour! That's just my personal preference. 
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