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Homemade Yellow Cake Mix

Substitute for 18.25oz. Cake Mix Box.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Cakes, Desserts
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tbs. baking powder
  • 1/2 cup powdered milk non-fat

Instructions
 

  • 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 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).
  • Or to make a basic yellow cake, use the following instructions. 1 recipe Homemade Yellow Cake Mix + 3/4 cup water + 1 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):.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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