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Homemade Vanilla Cake Mix
Looking for the perfect foodie gift? This Homemade Vanilla Cake Mix can be made in minutes! Just add the wet ingredients for a from-scratch cake!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 633 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cake Mix
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients for Vanilla Cake
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup sour cream
- vanilla frosting store-bought or homemade
Instructions
Cake Mix
- Stir together sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside. (Or transfer to a mason jar for storage or gifting.)
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Vanilla Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch cake pans and set aside.
- Cream together butter, egg whites, and vanilla on low speed until smooth.
- Add in 1/2 of the dry cake mix ingredients and mix until just combined. Add the milk and mix again. Add remaining dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Add sour cream and beat until completely mixed together.
- Divide batter evenly between the two cake pans.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool completely. Ice with vanilla frosting and cut into 12 slices.
Notes
- If you are making this cake from scratch, and not using the premade mix:
- This recipe will make two 9-inch cakes or one 9-inch x 13-inch cake.
- Servings and nutrition will vary by how you cut the cake.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
- Cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla.
- Then add the egg whites and mix.
- After than continue as directed.
Nutrition Information
Calories
633kcal
(32%)
Carbohydrates
77g
(26%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
35g
(54%)
Saturated Fat
18g
(90%)
Cholesterol
69mg
(23%)
Sodium
303mg
(13%)
Potassium
170mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
56g
(112%)
Vitamin A
818IU
(16%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
85mg
(9%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 633
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 633kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 77g | 26% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 35g | 54% |
| Saturated Fat | 18g | 90% |
| Cholesterol | 69mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 303mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 170mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 56g | 112% |
| Vitamin A | 818IU | 16% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 85mg | 9% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.