If i cant get cake flour for a recipe do I use plain flour or self raising flour?

Cake flour is made from a low protein ( 6 - 8%), fine-textured soft wheat so the flour contains a high amount of starch and less gluten resulting in lighter, less dense textures or a more ';tender, fine crumb'; for various cake and pastry items.





Equivalents


1 pound, 4 3/4 to 5 cups sifted





Substitutions


Best substitute for 1 cup cake flour use 7/8 cup all-purpose flour + 2 tablespoons cornstarch.


Pastry flour or substitute 7/8 cup of all-purpose flour for one cup of cake flour (product will be a bit more dense)If i cant get cake flour for a recipe do I use plain flour or self raising flour?
To substitute cake flour for all-purpose flour use 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour for every cup of all-purpose flour. Make your own - one cup sifted cake flour can be substituted with 3/4 cup (84 grams) sifted bleached all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons (15 grams) cornstarch.If i cant get cake flour for a recipe do I use plain flour or self raising flour?
For every cup of cake flour called for in your recipes, you can substitute 1 cup minus 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour. You can also sift all purpose flour 3 times and then measure for your recipe and it is just like cake flour.
self raising sifted
Plain flour. Use 3/4 cup flour and 2 Tbsp. cornstarch.
You could use self rising or a ratio of plain flour to yeast


I think a ratio of 1 cup to 1tsp should do in most cases