Make Your Own Cake Mix
photo by justcallmetoni
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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1 cake mix
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 7⁄8 cups cake flour (I used all purpose flour and it was fine)
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
directions
- Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir to blend.
- Mix in sugar.
- Cut the shortening into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks crumbly.
- Label and store in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature.
- Makes 1 pakage mix. Each package makes two 8 or 9 inch layers or one 9 x 13 x 2 inch rectangle.
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To Use:
- Pour 1 package of mix into a mixing bowl;.
- add 3/4 cup milk and 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- Using either an electric or manual rotary beater, beat at slow to medium speed for two minutes (by hand, beat 3 minutes averaging 135 strokes per minute). Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently as you beat.
- Add 2 eggs; beat 1 minute more (2 minutes by hand).
- Grease and dust with flour your choice of pan(s); spread batter evenly in pans.
- Bake round cake pans at 375 degrees F. for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- bake the 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool cake(s) for 10 minutes in their pan(s) before turning out on racks.
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Variations:
- WHITE CAKE.
- Follow the same directions as for Yellow Cake replacing the 2 eggs with 3 unbeaten egg whites. Use an electric mixer for beating.
- SPICE CAKE.
- Add to the package of Yellow Cake Mix: 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, and a pinch of ground allspice. Follow Yellow Cake directions.
- EXTRACT FLAVORED CAKES.
- Replace the vanilla in either the Yellow or White Cake recipes with 2 to 3 teaspoons of the extract of your choice. You may want to add a few drops of food coloring for the flavors like lemon, orange, or cherry, etc.
- FRESH ORANGE CAKE.
- Pour 1 package of Yellow Cake Mix into a bowl; add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange peel (1 teaspoon dried). Squeeze the juice from 1 large orange and add to it enough water to measure 1 cup. Add this orange juice to the mix, beat for 2 minutes as directed previously; add 2 eggs; beat and bake as directed.
- CUPCAKES.
- Pour cake batter into greased cupcake tins or tins lined with paper baking cups; fill 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Makes about 2 dozen.
- NOTE: To prevent a cake from sticking to its pan, put the pan on a wet towel to cool as soon as you take it out of the oven.
Reviews
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As a baker, I need more batter than what is in a cake mix box to get the required 2 inch layers. I had been buying extra boxes, which led to a lot of waste. I am trying this for the first time and was surprised to see the height of the cakes. I used 1 and 1/3rd the recipe for 2 9 inch layers. I converted everything to grams so that I would have the correct amounts. As the boxes of mixes get smaller, my cakes now will all be the same size. Cake Doctor, you're wrong. Homemade is always better.
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Very easy to do. I did half of it cause I wanted just a little cake. And I did the spice cake version. But I didn't add sugar for the spice cake version. Thanks Pattikay. Made for Zaar Star Game. I'll do this anytime I need a cake mix for other recipes (when I will have no more cake mix in the pantry LOL)
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Tweaks
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I was looking for a recipe to use pecans in and I thought I might put them in a cake. I found this recipe and started to assemble it, then realized I did not have enough white flour so I subbed 1/2 whole wheat. I also added 2 small boxes of cook and serve vanilla pudding to the mix and subbed canola oil for the shortening. Next, I added very finely ground pecans, fresh grated nutmeg and Saigon cinnamon to the mix.<br/>It is baking right now. I think it would be good if you cut down a bit on the oil and add some unsweetened applesauce to it too. That idea came to late so I will have to try it again some other time. I also made a frosting with powdered sugar, country crock spread, more finely ground pecans and Saigon Cinnamon.<br/>The neat thing about this recipe is how versatile it is. You can whip it up just like homemade and think ahead to busier times by having extra portions of the mix on hand to save time.<br/>It is still baking, but I can already tell how good it is going to be by the smell and the high rise!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
patti k.
granada hills, CA
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