I made a cake using cake four (Softasilk). It called for 3 cups cake flour,1 1/4 c. sugar, 1 1/2c. butter, 4 eggs, vanilla, 1 tbs. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. baking soda, 2/3c. milk. It said to cream the butter and sugar add vanilla, then add dry ingredients,milk and eggs. I baked it at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 min. Cake was so dry it crumbled badly! It tasted and felt so dry. I never used cake flour before is this normal?
I agree with Pookie59, it needs to be well creamed. The recipe calls for adding the eggs at the end but usually they are added slowly with the vanilla. Then the milk and flour are alternated making sure NOT to overmix. Mixing too much after adding the flour can also make the cake dry and tough. HTH.
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