Substituting All-Purpose Flour with GF Cake & Pastry Blend

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You will need:

¼cupCornstarch
½cupRice Flour
¼cupTapioca Starch
Substitution ratio: 1 cup All-Purpose Flour = ¼ cup Cornstarch + ½ cup Rice Flour + ¼ cup Tapioca Starch

Effects on Your Baking

Exceptionally neutral and clean — probably the most flavor-invisible GF blend you can make. The starches contribute virtually no taste of their own, which is exactly what you want for delicate cakes where butter, vanilla, citrus, or fruit flavors need to be front and center. Unlike blends with sorghum or oat flour, there's no grain flavor competing with your recipe's intended profile.

Best Uses

Cakes
Pastries

Pro Tips

  • ·Use 1/2 tsp xanthan gum per cup for cakes; optional for pastry crusts
  • ·Do not overmix — GF batters become gummy when overworked
  • ·For pie crusts, keep butter ice-cold and handle dough as little as possible
  • ·Cakes may bake 5 minutes faster than wheat versions — check early

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Nutrition Facts

For Substitution Ingredients
Serving size
141g
Calories 519
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.8g
1%
Total Carbohydrates 118.7g
40%
Dietary Fiber 1.1g
4%
Total Sugars 0g
0%
Protein 5.6g
11%
Sodium 104.7mg
5%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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