midnighteyes

When a recipe tells you to sift the flour, is it necessary? What does it do? I dont have a sifter, shall I make the recipe (brownies) anyways without sifting?

automne77

when a recipe calls for sifting flour it is usually so that there is no overmixing of the batter.... coz overmixed batter can result in a hard cake.....

When we add flour that is not sifted, it becomes lumpy so you end up mixing the batter more to remove the lumps.... best is to sift the flour and just fold it in to the batter... hope that helps.

*HNK*

^yup and by sifting the flour it is said that the cake gets soft and moist.

bhenjee

You don't have to hav one of those professional mug-like sifters. Just use a regular fine sieve (like a stainless steel one you'd use for washing veges or so)