Yellow Cake Mix

By Addie

Any recipe that calls for a yellow cake mix can be made better with a scratch cake! It’s easy, so why not? This homemade mix (my own creation and tested to perfection, inspired by my frustration with recipes that call for a yellow cake mix but don’t tell you how to make the recipe with a scratch cake) makes a light, moist cake you can count on every time. You can make batches of cake mix ahead of time and take one out just like a cake mix, or make the mix one at a time as needed.

(This is the standard size mix for recipes calling for an 18.25 ounce mix.)

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup non-fat dry milk
• (To make it chocolate, add 1/3 cup baking cocoa)

Details

Adapted from chickensintheroad.com

Preparation

Step 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!

TO MAKE CAKE:
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):

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
Don’t overbake! You’ll dry out your cake

You can use this mix 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.)
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Update: I have two sizes for yellow cake mix now. Most recipes (especially bar and cookie recipes) calling for a yellow cake mix require the smaller size mix. When making a yellow cake as a stand-alone cake, however, the larger size is nicer. (Cake mixes actually make relatively small cakes!)

To make stand-alone yellow cakes (or cake recipes calling for a yellow cake mix) using a larger size recipe below (remember, bar and cookie recipes work best using the standard size above.)

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup non-fat dry milk

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and non-fat dry milk.

To replace in recipes calling for a yellow cake mix: ?Use in any recipe calling for a yellow cake mix as a base (add 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla to the recipe along with the cake mix as the recipe will assume vanilla was included in the store-bought mix).

Or to make a basic yellow cake, use the following instructions.

Cake mix directions:
1 recipe Homemade Yellow Cake Mix
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 eggs

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):

8 or 9-inch cake rounds — 25-30 minutes
13 x 9-inch pan — 40-45 minutes
Cupcakes — 15-20 minutes
Tube/Bundt pan — 45-50 minutes