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Homemade Yellow Cake Mix

Bring something special to the table with this well-loved recipe.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 15 Servings (equivalent of a standard cake mix)
Calories: 321 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 ½ 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ 1 ½ cups cake flour
  • ½ ½ cup nonfat dry milk powder
  • 1 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1 cup salted butter cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
  • 1 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

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  1. Process sugar, flours (or flour and cornstarch if making the substitution for the cake flour), milk powder, baking powder, and salt in a food processor for 15 seconds to combine. Add butter and vanilla and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal (you want this much finer than, say, a pie crust). Freeze the dry mixture in a zipper-lock bag for up to 2 months or use immediately.
  2. To make the cake, adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour your pan of choice (see the note below the recipe).
  3. With an electric mixer, beat the prepared cake mix, 1 1/4 cups warm water and 2 large room-temperature eggs until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes.
  4. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan(s) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-27 minutes for two 9-inch layer cakes. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan(s) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-27 minutes for two 9-inch layer cakes.
  5. See the note for alternate cooking times with other baking pans. Cool the cake(s) in pan(s) for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Cool completely.

Notes

  • Flour: the recipe calls for cake flour, which I never have on hand so I substituted 2 3/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour and 3 tablespoons cornstarch for the three cups of flour called for in the recipe. It worked beautifully.
  • Cake/Cupcakes: this recipe makes enough for two 9-inch layer cakes (bake according to recipe), or one 9X13-inch cake (bake for 30 to 35 minutes), or one 12-cup bundt pan (bake for 40 to 45 minutes), or 24 cupcakes (bake for 18 to 20 minutes).

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Serving Calories 321kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 48g (16%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 13g (20%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Cholesterol 33mg (11%) Sodium 372mg (16%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 29g (58%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 15Servings (equivalent of a standard cake mix)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 321

% Daily Value*

Serving 1 Serving
Calories 321kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 48g 16%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Cholesterol 33mg 11%
Sodium 372mg 16%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 29g 58%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.