Homemade Yellow Cake Mix (Subtitute 18.25oz Betty Crocker Box)

Submitted by Second2None

"The recipe is originally from chickensintheroad.com. I posted here for safe keeping and measuring nutritional value. Thank you chickensintheroad for coming up with such a versatile and convenient recipe that can be mixed in no time. Have you ever read the label on store-bought cake mixes? They’re packed with additives, preservatives, artificial coloring, oils, corn syrup, etc. Make up several batches of Homemade Yellow Cake Mix at a time, store in the pantry, and whip ‘em out any time for a quick, easy cake with none of that stuff!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup non-fat powdered milk

directions

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and non-fat dry milk. Store in an airtight container or baggie. Keeps well in the pantry for months!
2. To replace in recipes calling for a standard-size 18.25 ounce store-bought yellow cake mix: Use in any recipe calling for a yellow cake mix as a base (add 1 teaspoon vanilla to the recipe along with the cake mix as the recipe will assume vanilla was included in the store-bought mix).
3. Or to make a basic yellow cake, use the following instructions.
4. 1 recipe Homemade Yellow Cake Mix + 3/4 cup water + 1 teaspoons vanilla + 1/2 cup butter, softened + 3 eggs.

5. Place Homemade Yellow Cake Mix in a bowl. Add water, vanilla, butter, and eggs. Combine with an electric mixer then beat two more minutes. Pour into a greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 350-degrees, using these baking times (watch carefully as your oven may vary–test for doneness using a toothpick):

6. Baking Time : 8″ or 9″ cake rounds — 20-25 minutes / 13 x 9 pan — 35-40 minutes / cupcakes — 12-15 minutes / tube/bundt pan — 45-50 minutes.
7. NOTE: If you don’t like using dry milk in your cakes, you can always leave the dry milk out of the mix. When making the cake, replace the water in the recipe with milk.

Reviews

[mikeyindc2000]

I make this cake every year but I had forgotten to get a cake mix from the store... mind you, it was Christmas Eve and the stores were close. So I had to make it from scratch and searched for half an hour for a recipe and let me tell you.. this is the second time for me to make a cake from scratch and this will be my new recipe to use from now on!!!.. I read the reviews of others and was skeptical but I had nothing to lose.. it came out more like a pound cake flavor but I put pudding and toasted coconut and almonds on it.. It's my new Christmas Morning Cake.. eaten while opening presents...a long time tradition... It was so good.. I'm not sure how it came out bad for others.. I followed it exactly as it said and didn't realize there was no salt or baking soda in it until I read another comment under Tweaks,afterwards.. Nonetheless, it was delicious.. it's a Trial and Error recipe.. Please watch your baking times.. I made a bundt pan cake and 40 minutes was too long..maybe 35 minutes would have been good.. the sides came out darker than I wanted... not burnt.. it was still yummy!! Will definitely use this recipe again and again..

 

[jenrosner]

This cake mix is EXCELLENT. It is getting filed in my recipe box and I’m never buying a yellow box mix again. I used the tweak that another user commented (added 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt). However I realized that this recipe essentially is equivalent to 2 box mixes. That works for me, I love that I already have another mix ready in the cupboard. I used my first one for a dump cake and my husband said “this is the best dump cake EVER”. :D

 

[Sr Iris Marie B.]

I approve!

 

[Florence M.]

I just used this substitution after a coworker asked me to bake her a cake using boxed super moist yellow cake mix. I looked up the ingredients and saw that it contained baking soda and salt. Since most of the recipes I make include both, I added 1/2 tsp baking soda and perhaps 1/4 tsp salt. It worked perfectly.

 

[Food Snob in Israel]

Used for http://www.food.com/recipe/streusel-pumpkin-cheesecake-bars-396730, looked great to me, will review in more detail after I've tasted them, but I made without the powdered milk. And was absolutely grateful to have it! Thank you!