UPDATE: Here is Homemade Yellow Cake Mix in a Jar!
I gotta be honest with you.
Most of the time I am running around like a crazy woman. I am usually pretty scatterbrained and frantically trying to get to everything that needs to be done in a day.
So I decided that I needed to simplify my baking a bit. Remove some steps. But NEVER sacrifice quality and taste!!
Which leads me to today’s post. I LOVE that I get to share this with you and I hope that you will try it too!
Did you know you can make your own homemade white cake mix?
You can have high quality, delicious tasting cake with the ease and convenience of a box mix.
And it just takes moments to do!
Homemade Cake Mix
Just assemble your dry ingredients as well as the sugar. (full recipe below)
Dry Ingredients:
2 3/4 cup flour
1 3/4 cups SUPER fine sugar (you can buy this or make it)
2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
(I will post the rest of the recipe I am using below)
Sift together all ingredients and place in a mason jar or your chosen storage container.
And voila! You have your own cake mix! (This recipe totaled about 4 1/2 cups of dry ingredients, so I used an eight-cup mason jar)
You will, of course, need to add the wet ingredients when you are ready to make your cake.
So I just write what I need to add on a little reminder card.
And don’t forget the date! I would probably try and use this within three months. But around here, I usually use at least one jar a week!
Don’t forget the instructions! (I am not saying that from experience or anything…) And any other little annoying notes you might want to write yourself.
I sorta love words like moist and delicious and yum when describing cake. I can’t help myself.
Feel free to do this with chocolate cake or yellow cake or any cake that suits your fancy.
Can’t wait to show you the cake I am making with this jar! 🙂
Homemade White Cake Mix (Replace the Box!)
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups SUPER fine sugar you can buy this or make it
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 5 egg whites room temperature
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans or a 9x13 pan.
- In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer (or stand mixer) cream butter until lighter in color and creamier. (1-2 minutes.)
- Add in egg whites and mix on low until incorporated.
- Add in milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Mix until just combined.
- Add in all dry ingredients and stir by hand until incorporated.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 18-22 minutes for round pans. If using the 9x13 pan start checking at 22 minutes. Even oven is different! When an inserted toothpick is removed with a few crumbs but no wet batter, the cake is done.
Did you make this recipe?
Thank you for making my recipe! You took pictures, right? Well go ahead and post them on Instagram! Be sure to mention me @iambaker and use the hashtag #YouAreBaker.
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UPDATED: This is the cake I made with this jar… Chocolate Covered Cherry Oreo Cake!
That’s awesome! I can’t wait to assemble some cake mixes!!! Can’t wait to see your cake!
Love this idea! I like how you packaged it up too. So cute.
Super, duper smart!! Love this time-saver, Amanda. Thanks!
I almost never make cake from scratch. I do doctor up my mixes just a tiny bit, and I get rave reviews. I should try scratch sometime…usually I just make my carrot cake that way (which is an easy and awesome recipe IMO 🙂 ) Thanks for sharing!
Found someone else who does EXACTLY that….
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/cake-mix-cake-in-a-jar
Great idea, Amanda. Nice hostess gift, too. Be fun to put together a basket with all the other necessities.
I love moist, delicious, & yum, too! And I really need a white cake recipe that’s all that – so thanks! Can’t wait to try it!!
Terrific idea! Also – you have terrific handwriting!
Love it! How would you modify it for yellow and chocolate cake?
yellow cake generally uses whole eggs instead of egg whites. Use the same basic ingredients and methods – replace 5 egg whites with 2-3 whole eggs, use only vanilla instead of adding almond extract.
most chocolate cakes use 1/2 to 3/4 cup cocoa, require about 1/3 to 1/2 cup more sugar and generally use some baking soda as well as baking powder – it depends on the recipe…. they also may use bettermilk or cold black coffee for the liquid
What an awesome idea!!!
I’ve never made my own cake mix, but it seems like such a great way to have homemade cake when you’re short on time.
I love love love this. So great for gifts too, Amanda!