All-Purpose Flour vs. Cake Flour

On this episode of Victoria Takes on Sweets I wanted to discover how baking with different types of flour influenced the texture, taste, and color of a cake. In this video I make two 6-inch vanilla cakes, one with cake flour, and the other with all-purpose flour. Check out the results, and find out which one I prefer most.
ALL-PURPOSE cake recipe from: preppykitchen....
CAKE FLOUR cake recipe from: sallysbakingad...
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[@nancyramos7385]

The cake flour usually has lower % of protein than all purpose flour. So less protein less gluten

[@lauravalle2862]

I’m so happy I found your video! I use the HEB brand cake flour for all my cake orders and wondered if I was over paying and wasting my time stocking up on boxes when I could just be using AP flour.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

So glad you enjoyed!!

[@debbieseptember7637]

Well use all purpose flour

[@seacoast4950]

I like your honesty!! ❤️Thank you. Would like to see more comparison videos. Glad to see that you weighed the flour. Very good!!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@barbramiller9408]

​@@VictoriaTakesonSweetsI also weight, better product for me.

[@Unbought]

I only use Swan Downs Cake Flour. I learned this from a woman who started a business baking cakes at home. She only using Swan Downs Cake Flour for her cakes, cupcakes, and cake pops. Unfortunately I only make one cake which is the Swan Downs Cake Flour recipe. LOL. Thanks. Great video.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I’ll have to give that a try!

[@bettymassanja881]

@@VictoriaTakesonSweets , thanks a lot. However, please write your recipes in the description box, if you don't mind.

[@lindahines9380]

@@VictoriaTakesonSweets thanks 😊 I always wondered what's the difference

[@nichelle-marquese743]

@Bawon S That's all my grandma used as well😁

[@courtsheppard3295]

swans is not a good product has bleached flour in it which is bad ingredients king Arthur is the best i unbleached better ingredients

[@ldlink3935]

Great video, was wondering about this. I think most people throughout life have cake that is made from all purpose flour, so to get a cake made with cake flour is going to feel/taste have different texture than the all purpose flour cakes we have grown to love. 3:28 The cake flour is whiter because it is bleached. The all purpose flour (of the brand you bought) is unbleached.

[@carmenstewart7563]

I love a dense buttery cake👍❤

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Me too!!!

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

@@VictoriaTakesonSweets ditto!

[@Migglefitch]

Try putting your all purpose flour and cornstarch mixture through a food processor to refine it even more and try this recipe again and compare.

[@teddyestadler2730]

Thank you for this. I am about to make a lamb cake with my grandmother’s cast iron lamb mold. I’m glad I can use all-purpose flour because I don’t want to go to the store today! Also I need a more dense cake.

[@glenn2595]

I'm not sure if you like the all-purpose because it is what you are used to, it could be the buttery and weight of the butter cream is the better match. I also like all purpose with butter cream. If I make a light confectionery sugar with lemon juice glaze, then at least for me the cake flour 'shines' meaning I like it better than the all purpose. If using these one of these two ingredients either sour cream or cream cheese in a recipe I have a hard fast rule for the cream cheese I go all purpose, for the sour cream I go cake flour. Great video. It saves us in having to make more cakes than we need. (I don't need the extra!)

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Lol! I’m glad I could help! And YES, it’s definitely what I’ve grown up on and what I was more familiar with.

[@carmelajohnson5596]

This cake flour and all purpose, it's so good to try, I'll try to make one, one day

[@SuperKrock5]

Cake flour had the lightest protein content. Which makes it perfect. All purpose has middle amount of protein. Good for cookies quick breads etc. and bread flour has a high protein content Perfect for yummy bread!

[@regal1452]

I've always wondered the difference also.. Just going off of your judgment.. I think for me I like a more dense cake .. so ide probably stick to the all purpose flour myself.. (although ide want To give the cake flour a try to see for myself..).. but I'm sure like maybe for specific cakes that it may be more favorable to have a more light texture cake flour would be the one.. but over all.. me too I like a more dense cake..

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes, I think I prefer the texture of an all purpose cake, although the cake flour cake is still delicious. It’s just a texture preference for each person.

[@regenia8738]

This was great; good visuals and explanation.

[@wittleMermaid13]

Thanks! Very curious myself! And the comments are enlightening too - good info about gluten. Will have to do some research

[@MullaDulla-jf1lx]

Thanks a lot , best chef❤

[@Kerisa.Aleman]

Thank you Victoria for differentiating the cake and all-purpose flours. Next time I make a cake, I will definitely try the cake flour with a chocolate cake batter. By the way, new subbie here, and look forward to your videos 😊 💕

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!!

[@fernandagardeleo7045]

Thank you this was exactly the information i was looking for

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

You are so welcome! I’m so glad it was helpful to you!

[@avanoell4395]

I use all purpose flour for everything cookies cakes ect and I realized anytime I made one of those they had a similar taste and to me the taste was weird and I hated the taste so much. And I also realized the all purpose was heavier and denser so I tried cake flour cs I has just found out about it oh boy did that change my life it was light but still good and it didn't have that weird taste to it. I recommend cake flour but if your on a budget get all purpose cs cake flour does get pricey but if you do get all purpose add more vanilla so you don't get the TASTE.

[@MysticRiver-tb]

I think I would prefer the all purpose flour texture ❤

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

That’s my honest preference, but there are many out there that like the cake flour texture. Everyone is different!

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

Thanks for making this video and confirming what centuries of baking has already confirmed, buuuut, I think it would only be truly equitable if you took each recipe and switched up the flour - taking into account measurement differences (eg: 1 cup AP = 1 Cup+1Tbs cake flour) and making the side by side comparisons from 4 cakes.

[@bethwalker355]

Awesome helpful video. Thanks. Great!

[@chellygryl]

Love your honesty 😊

[@gracerodriguez3516]

Thank you … I needed this info🥰

[@kneenee71]

Did you send the all purpose flour because I heard if you sent it a few times it’ll make it more of a lighter texture.

[@Joseph.Richie]

How about cornstarch?? For all I know ckae flour has 6 - 8% of protien while all purpose has 12-14% if im not mistaken.. The higher the protien the denser the cake

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes, you can definitely make your own cake flour by adding cornstarch to the all-purpose flour. For every 3/4 c you add 2 TBSP to get the same effect. I havnt tried it though, I just buy the cake flour for convenience! Lol But that’s a good video to do! I’ll have to do a compare and contrast on that!

[@deliadee4686]

Your eye makeup is Flawless!! 🥰

[@mizbutee]

Please share the recipe for the cake flour

[@mariaweir596]

Great information, thanks for sharing.

[@deeroy6339]

Great video my mother always used Swans Down cake flour. I want to make a cake for my neice and this will be my first homemade cake from scratch...thanks😊

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Thank you! I hope the cake goes well! If you already made it, let me know how it turned out!

[@rustymorgan8597]

nice gypsy jazz perks the cooking up /yummy !!!

[@BriPri-89]

Thank you for sharing ❤️👏🏽

[@uche_onyia]

Thank you so much for this video. Just what I needed

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

So glad it was helpful 🥰

[@netawright1695]

I love yr show....more to come pls.

[@rosangelasimao3059]

I'm starting with the cakes. I need to know a good brand of flour for cake? Thank you guys

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Hi 👋🏼 if you are looking for an All-purpose flour, King Arthur is well known. However I use my neighborhood grocery store brand and it does just fine. Plus it’s cheaper. If you are looking for Cake Flour, I usually chose my local grocery store brand and it does just fine for me. But I know a lot of people use Swans Down or King Arthur as well. I don’t know where you are located, but I find it hard to find name brand Cake flour. Hope this helps!

[@itskleoxo]

Really love your cake making video , I got some great tips for my baking 😋💖

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yaay! Thank you! I’m so glad I could help!!

[@ashleyperez4657]

Thank you so much for this review! Very helpful!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I’m so glad you found it helpful!

[@mz.birdie]

Love this video please keep us updated💓

[@TCicero]

The color differences appear to be because your ap flour was unbleached and your cake flour was bleached.

[@nelitapanuelos352]

Better put the ingr specifically w/ right weight grams, ts, tb etc... Thanks God bless us! ❤️😊

[@briannabrazeau1730]

Aren't you supposed to sift when you use all purpose flour?

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Sifting helps break up any lumps/clumps and helps with a more even texture, but isn’t mandatory. If someone doesn’t have a sifter they could just use a fork to “fluff” the flour.

[@janinar.sanchez5746]

Thanks, very important info. My cakes always end up being too dense and never rise. I want to try with this flour to see if I can finally make a good cake

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

You are so welcome! Did you end up trying out the cake flour?

[@Feryal_O]

@@VictoriaTakesonSweets where can I find cake flour?I always end up finding cake mix 💔

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes so true!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I find mine at my local grocery store. Also I have seen it on Amazon.

[@cendymendoza4819]

Can I just substitute as the all purpose flour for cake flour as it is in the recipe, please help, thank you?

[@noshxhson]

For both cakes are the recipes the same and just replace the cake flour and all purpose flour? I wanted to know if baking powder is added to the all purpose flour cake and not the cake flour recipe. Thanks!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

They are actually two different recipes. If you look in the description I’ve linked both recipes there.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

And yes both cakes I used baking powder. 🙂

[@Deathicu]

Victoria, Very good comparison video, have you ever tried making a cookie with the cake four?

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Thank you so much ☺️ No I have not tried that before but it sounds like a good idea! 💡 I may have to give that a go!

[@PQRani]

Thank you for this video

[@deeron1554]

I like the look of the all purpose flour. We don't use cake flour here in the UK so I will stick with what I have grown up with - we call it plain flour. Our cakes taste delicious, and I get nice compliments everytime I bake, lol. PS: Cake flour is not widely available and it is expensive!!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes so true! It is quite expensive compared to all purpose flour!

[@sivabalankaniapan8786]

Actually u can turn APF to Cake Flour by just replacing 2 tablespoons from a cup of APF with 2 tablespoons of corn flour

[@lilianchime6811]

Pls can teach me how to bake..pls

[@Leoprincess3038]

I was going to reply something else to this comment but saw it was yours 🤣 right because there's people in the comments acting like all purpose flour just ruins the whole cake and like shut up 🙄😂 maybe you just can't bake

[@alanlevine3984]

Great video. I just purchased cake flour and going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing cuz.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Thank you for watching! Let me know how it went for you and what you thought!

[@sugar_snuggle]

❤

[@kageouscontagious]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing 🥰

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Thank you!

[@skylersymone]

This was sooooo helpful thank you so much!

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Awwh! You are so welcome!! If I can help even one person I’ve succeeded!!

[@rosiarosia8632]

Can I know what cake flour do you use

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I use my local grocery store brand HEB. They have HEB Organic Cake Flour and The Bakers Scoop Cake Flour. But I’m sure any brand would be fine.

[@yolisuniverse8579]

Maybe next time try with out icing🥰

[@drink5773]

Did you put baking powder to all purpose flour cake?

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes I did. (1 and 1/2 tsp) I’ll have to add the recipes for both cakes in my description. Thanks.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I added both recipes in my description!

[@ezzyalvarez7206]

Yesterday my first time make a homemade cake I used cake flour ..n it can out like cornbread! Lol I dont know wha I did wrong 🤷‍♀️

[@3m3c7]

Did somthing else wrong or wrong recipe.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

My only thought would be maybe you overmixed the batter 🤷🏽‍♀️ That has happened to me before and it’s usually due to overmixing. When mixing cake batter it should be done JUST until combined. Hope this helps for your future baking!

[@royalanethridge333]

You should’ve done 31 with cake flour, one with home-made cake, flour and one with plain flour

[@RyeAvenue]

Very interesting 👌

[@gradyharper3678]

I don’t think your samples were large enough. Maybe try a second sample. Thanks.

[@homebakedcincy]

I find that sifting all purpose flour gets me the exact same results as using cake flour. If you want a whiter color cake then use Almond Extract instead of Vanilla. New subscriber. I enjoyed your video.

[@lindagilmore5564]

What are the measured amt in cake flour please

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

I went ahead and added both recipes to my description so you can get those measurements. Hope that is helpful

[@aliciar6243]

Thank you for this video. What could be the cake flour in the UK

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

You can add cornstarch to your all-purpose flour and get the same result. It’s basically for every 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour you will add 2 TBSP of cornstarch or I believe it’s called corn flour in the UK. Hope that helps!

[@ellame2014]

👍👍👍

[@k9m42]

Cake flour should be slightly more airy and tender.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Yes that’s what I’ve found. I still think I prefer the all purpose flour texture but I know many enjoy the lighter texture!

[@lakeatonpearson98]

The different is cake flour is sifted.

[@sunflowerhk100]

The cakes look underbaked. If you don't make chiffon cake, there is not much difference because the recipe of chiffon cakes is much lighter and will only work (ie. Not collapse) if the flour has less gluten, thus cake flour.

[@angaljanusanu6794]

Nice

[@chrolloiscominginsideme188]

LMAO!! 😭 I didn't know you can use all purpose flour in making a cake!! , i bake using all purpose in my birthday and it was my first time and i panicked because when i mixed the ingredients, it became thick and sticky so i meltdown and thought it was failure instead of crying i turn them into cookies 😂

[@3m3c7]

Uh yeah.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Oh no!! Well at least you found a use for it!

[@iamjennifer_ray]

I’ve always used AP flour to make cakes. I’m going to try Cake flour soon.

[@BeverlyBlack]

I like the cake flour, that is what I use most of the time with my cakes, new to your family.

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Well welcome!! And thanks for your input!

[@havykhanhnguyen9324]

I hate cake flour because it literally melts in your mouth like cotton candy and what’s the point of eating a cake if its so airy that you barely get any actual cake

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Lol, I must say, after doing this review I’ve found that I’m not a huge cake flour person either. My husband seems to like it but I agree, the texture isn’t my cup of tea but quite a few people like it. Something about the texture of an all purpose flour cake that does it for me! Thanks for your comment!

[@reacabrera8178]

Nice 😘😘😘 New subscriber here...

[@VictoriaTakesonSweets]

Well welcome!! I appreciate the support!

[@analylabungan4128]

Nice