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All-Purpose Flour

If you need to find a substitute for all-purpose flour, you can turn to other types of flour, depending on the type of recipe. For general use recipes like breading meat, you can use 70 grams bread flour + 60 grams cake flour for 1 cup of all-purpose flour. For cakes, pies and pastries, simply use 130 grams cake flour for 1 cup of all-purpose flour. And for all kinds of breads, use 130 grams bread flour for 1 cup of all-purpose flour. To thicken sauces, you can sub 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch or arrowroot for 1 tbsp all-purpose flour. 

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Ingredients

  • 2 large water or soda bottles (empty)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Ready 2 large plastic bottles, cleaned and dried.
  3. Add 1 cup of flour to each bottle.
  4. Add 1/2 cup of sugar to each.
  5. Melt butter, then add equal halves to each bottle.
  6. Add 6 eggs, 3 in each.
  7. Add 1/2 tbsp of baking powder to each.
  8. Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream to each.
  9. Shake the bottles thoroughly until the contents are well mixed.
  10. In one of the bottles only, add the cocoa powder.
  11. Beginning with the cocoa powder mixture, add a dolop of batter to the center of a circular
  12. baking tin. Do the same with the other mixture, placing the dolop directly in the center of the previous one.
  13. Continue with alternating additions of each mixture until all batter is used and the tin is full.
  14. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
  15. Serve and enjoy!