What is the amount of flour for a homemade cake?

Answer 1

This really depends on the size of the cake, the type of the cake and the volumes of other ingredients. There is no way to safely answer this question by itself without more information.

Your question would need to be how much flour is needed in ratio compared to a list of ingredients you would provide.

However, I will give you an entire cake recipe including an amount of flour so that you have some basis to compare ingredient ratios.

Deep Chocolate Cake:

Ingredients">Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions">Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x13 inch pan.
2. In large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center.
3. Add eggs, milk, buttermilk, butter, oil and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pans.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack.
5. Fill and frost as desired.

Answer 2

Roughly 3 or 4, if you just want a quick answer. But here's a secret: measure by mass, not volume. Then everything becomes ratios, which can be manipulated more accurately.

It depends on the type of cake you want to make:

Angel Food Cake: 3 parts egg white, 3 parts sugar, 1 part flour

Pound Cake: 1 part butter, 1 part sugar, 1 part egg, 1 part butter

Sponge Cake: Same as above, but beat the eggs and sugar first, then flour, then butter

Quick Bread: 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid, 1 part egg, 1 part butter

This is basically the spectrum of cakes. Any type of cake you want to make lies in that spectrum.

Answer 3

3 cups