Cupcakes Using Cake Flour. Well if a recipes says 3 cups SIFTED cake flour then it means they want a weight that is 35 ounces per cup. Add confectioners sugar and slowly mix until ingredients are fully combined.
In a large mixing bowl combine the flour sugar Cake Enhancer baking powder and salt. Add to the dry ingredients in two additions mixing well in between. I have found that Cake flour to weight 41 ounces.
Substituting whole wheat flour in cupcakes results in a denser cake and should replace no more than half of the white flour in your recipe.
This is simply not true. Unsalted butter and salt can be substituted with salted butter. Add in baking powder and salt and mix in briefly until just combined. You can taste the vanilla and butter slightly better the crumb is slightly more velvety AND it keeps.