Do you sift flour?

Posted by mrslucas, May 11, 2009 at 9:13 PM

My grandmother always sifted flour, and I just found a cookbook from her era (1933) which insists you have to sift it, not once but four times -- once to measure it properly, and then three more times after you have added the salt and baking powder to it. For every baking recipe.

I am so not going to do this. Unless ... does it really make a difference? The book warns that if you don't sift, your baked goods might be tough, you'll use too much flour, and your cakes might "hump in the middle."

And yes, my last cake humped in the middle. No kidding. Should I ...?

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