Yes, I used to use cake flour all the time (Softasilk or Swans Down). I learned to bake with Rose Levy Beranbaum's Cake Bible, and she always calls for cake flour. Recently, I bought Warren Brown's CakeLove book. All his cake recipes use AP flour. He thinks that AP flour tastes better than cake flour, and I think he may be right. I've always thought that cake flour tastes a little off (maybe it's the bleach). When I see your cake flour in the store in the fall, I will definitely pick up a box. If I win, I'll make my mom her favorite bundt cake. It's an orange, chocolate, almond pound cake from the Cake Bible. It's yummy! The cake looks great. I love raspberries. What a great idea to pipe a ring around the outside of the bottom layer! I've never seen that done before. Genius! I love this blog.

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