Try this homemade cake mix the next time you have a recipe that calls for a box of cake mix, or make multiple batches to have on hand for all your easy-peasy baking needs!
I really love the simplicity and the instant gratification of baking with cake mixes, especially with little kids. I’ve shared a few recipes over the years that have used cake mix, and those are still all favorite recipes of ours, but I honestly don’t always remember to put cake mix on the list when we use it up. This got me to thinking: Why don’t I just make my own? This way I can have that same convenience when baking inspiration strikes, but I can have a whole bunch made in advance without having to remember to put cake mix on the list, and I’ll save some money! 🙂
This cake mix is great for a lot of my cake mix recipes like:
–3 Ingredient Banana Bread
So here’s how to make your own DIY homemade cake mix!
Mix together in a bowl:
-2 3/4 cups of flour
-1 3/4 cups of extra fine sugar (or regular sugar will work as well)
-2 teaspoons of baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Mix together all the ingredients thoroughly and sift them as well. This makes about 4 1/2 cups or one full cake mix. You can make this recipe a bunch of times and store each individual cake mix in a big mason jar or you can make a big batch by tripling or quadrupling the recipe and store it all together in a big glass jar on your kitchen counter. When you’re ready to make a cake, just measure out 4 1/2 cups of the cake mix and you’re ready to go!
To make this cake mix into a basic yellow cake just add:
-1/2 cup of melted butter
-1 1/4 cups of milk
-3 eggs
-2 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
To make this cake mix into a white cake just add:
-1/2 cup of melted butter
-1 1/4 cups of milk
-5 egg whites
-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
-1 teaspoon of almond extract
Bake your cake at 350 degrees. If you’re making cupcakes, it should be around 15-20 minutes. If you’re using round or square cake pans, about 30-40 minutes.
Realizing that I can make my own cake mixes has given me so many ideas for variations that I’d like to try! Of course, I’m going to have to make a chocolate one, but I’m hoping to play around at making some healthier cake mixes too! I’ll let you know how those go! 🙂
Have you ever tried making your own cake mixes?
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Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.