Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix
With just a few simple ingredients, you can have your own homemade, from scratch Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix ready whenever you are in your pantry!
Use them to make our Cake Mix Lemon Cookies!
Happy November, friends! Can you believe we only have 2 months until 2020?! I’ve decided the theme of this new decade for me is going to be Get It Done. All those house projects we’ve talked about for years? Get It Done; starting with solar panels that’ll be installed in February! My loonnngg list of things for this lil’ website? Get It Done, and no need to wait until January. This Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix has been on my to-do list for a really long time, and it’s finally here!
Ingredients Needed
And honestly, I’m a little embarrassed it’s taken so long because it is so easy. Easy, like I’m pretty sure you have all of the ingredients you need already in your pantry, easy!
- Sugar – Yup. It’s just simple granulated sugar.
- Baking Powder – Check. Definitely in there.
- Flour – You Betcha. Good old All Purpose is all you need!
- Salt – Duh. Just simple table salt will do!
Add it all to a mason jar, and you’re done. You don’t even need to mix them. Just toss one on top of the other. It’ll mix when you use it! Does it get any easier? Lemme just go ahead and answer that for you. No.
By now, in the thick of two small kids, two full-time jobs, and with one dog the size of two, quick, easy, but ultimately as from scratch as possible is the name of our game around here. That’s why our Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix is joining (and possibly topping the list) of our other copycat mixes!
Ditch More Store-Bought Boxes
- Homemade Pancake Mix From Scratch
- Copycat Boxed Brownie Mix
- Copycat Boxed Stuffing Mix From Scratch
- Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix
- Easy Buttermilk Cheddar Cornbread
- Copycat Instant Hot Cocoa Mix
What kind of cake does it make, you ask? Delicious, fluffy, moist cake!
Or make a batch of Cake Mix Lemon Cookies!
Honestly, I think one of the reasons why it took me so long to make this is the fear of having to bake said cake. But it was as easy as, wait for it, opening a box and mixing ingredients into a bowl. Whoa. Did I just go meta on you guys?
Seriously, this is one of my favorites to date. Talk about a great holiday gift. Or how cool would it be to bring cake or cupcakes to a party and when someone compliments you on how delicious it is, you just humbly say, “Oh it’s just from a mix… I made from scratch.” Boom.
However you use it, please let me know! I love love love hearing from you here or on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix
Equipment
- mason jar
- kitchen scale optional
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour see note, 296 g
- 1 1/4 cup sugar 239 g
- 1 teaspoon salt 2 g
- 3 teaspoons baking powder 12 g
To Make Cake
- 1 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 1/8 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
- Create Mix: Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a mason jar or another airtight container. Store in a cool dry place until ready to use!
To Bake Cake or Cupcakes
- Pre-heat oven: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prep Butter: Add softened butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and mix for a couple of minutes on medium.
- Create Dough: Add the dry mix to the butter and mix for another minute. Add remaining ingredients: milk, eggs, vanilla, and oil and mix for another minute or two on medium high until a batter forms.
- Bake: Separate batter evenly into two round 9 inch pans, or one 9 x 13 pan, and bake for 20-25 minutes. If making cupcakes, bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool completely and then frost and enjoy!
Can you make this a chocolate cake?
Hi Wendy! I haven’t made a chocolate version of this – YET. It’s coming!
Do you also have a chocolate icing recipe to share? I am looking forward to trying this.
Hi Karen! Gosh you know, we haven’t shared our go-to chocolate icing recipe yet, I need to get on that! But in the meantime, this one is excellent!
It is just right for what I need!!!
Is this a substitute for the 18+ ounce or the newer 15+ ounce cake mix? This is the main reason I have quit buying cake mixes – my response to shrinkinflation!
Thank you!
In response to the question of whether the mix is a substitute for the old 15 oz or the new 14oz mix I weighed the dry mix and it is 20oz.
I added 1 tablespoon vanilla powder ( Cooks brand also make almond extract powder available for under $10 on Amazon. ) to the cake base recipe . So you can skip adding vanilla exact at the prep – better for gift giving.
Great tip!
if I use full fat milk will it still work?
Yup!
Is this enough cake? Mix to make in a bundt cake p an?
I used it as topping for a dump cake and it worked out great! I just used a little extra melted butter on the top to make sure it was moistened. Thanks for saving the day, I had unexpected guests and no time to get to the store:-)
Hi can I use the dry mix on top of a dump cake ?
How long will these stay fresh in the jar when stored. My main concern was the baking powder.
Hi Mary! At room temp about a month, or in the freezer for 3 🙂