Cake Central › Recipes › Gluten Free Flour Substitute

Gluten Free Flour Substitute

dinas27
By: dinas27
Posted 8/30/09 • Last updated 6/30/08 • 432 views • 8 comments

Posted by dinas27

I have been experimenting a lot lately to come up with an alternative to buying expensive premixed gluten free flour and makes light textured cake. This recipe produces a light flour that bakes similarly to cake or pastry flour.

Gluten Free Flour Substitute

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 3 TBLS cornstarch enough rice flour to equal 1 cup OR 1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 1/2 c cornstarch 2 1/2 cups rice flour *I use a rice flour from the Indian Foods Aisle at my grocery store as it is way less expensive than other brands, although there are no labels indicating there has been no cross contamination. I discussed this with all my brides and none were concerned.

Instructions

  1. Mix everything together and sift at least 4 times! Sifting is KEY.
  2. Use in any of your regular recipes.
  3. This was developed at an elevation of 2192 ft in a dry climate, you may have to experiment a little to get best results for your area.

Comments (8)

ColdinWPG 11/20/09 at 8:54am
Next time you're at the library, you might be interested in checking out Bette Hagman's "The Gluten-Free Gourmet" books. She has come up with quite a few gluten-free flour blends that are appropriate for different things. In my experience, there is no all purpose gluten free flour that works on everything. This is a good recipe, though.
LaughinLashes 2/2/10 at 8:52pm
Wow! I'm impressed. Thank you for your work. 10 stars for effort.
katerpillrgrl 2/18/10 at 5:38pm
Would you say this measures cup for cup like flour?
jennajane 2/9/11 at 6:14am
I used this to replace the flour in my go to chocolate cake, and everybody loved it. It didn't have the typical starchy-ness of most gluten free products, tasted very similar to when I use normal flour. I made a single 2" layer and was able to cut it in half and fill and stack. It is the book cake in my photos. Also I used the same replacement for the cornbread I made. One guest thought it was the best cornbread he ever ate. The whole meal, chili, cornbread and cake was a huge success!
heavenlytiers 7/25/11 at 3:02pm
THANK GOODNESS SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING! I have been all afternoon on google looking for recipe's and they all had about 5 different types of things to mix together! I'm so happy I found you! I called my local store just now and they have the xanthan gum....I was a little taken aback to hear them say it was $14.00! But, I'm gonna go get some and give it a try! I'll keep you posted on how the Red velvet cake I'm making turns out! ;)
yer_1fantasy 8/2/11 at 1:09pm
Iam so happy to have found a flour substitute! Not only will this open up my ability to eat cakes and cookies again, but other foods as well. Thanks so much for sharing. Love making cakes and now at least I will be able to enjoy them again. Hugs to you!
Andrea0730 9/1/11 at 11:53pm
ColdwinWPG is right, Bette Hageman is a god-send for those with Celiac disease or wheat allergies.
mlckkc 6/24/12 at 8:35am
Hi there, I have never made anything Gluten free, but a friend of mine needs Gluten free. Would 2 cups of flour = 2 cups of this mix?? Any help would be appreciated :) Thanks a bunch!
Cake Central › Recipes › Gluten Free Flour Substitute