Yellow Cake Mix
From Scratch
I know my hubby is a sucker for cake, yellow cake with chocolate icing to be exact. I knew if I made him that cake I could easily slip back into his good graces. The old saying, "A way to a mans heart is through his stomach" holds true when I make him cake!!!
I searched frantically in the kitchen for a box of cake mix only to have my heart drop, I was out. OH MAN!! I was not about to run into town for a box of cake mix, guess I will just suck it up and stay out with the dogs...hehehe {we don't have any pets, so this saying is just funny to me}.
I got on the internet and searched for over an hour for a recipe that sounded right. I have made a scratch cake not to long ago and it was awful! My hubby said, "stick to the box" so I was super hesitant to even venture into the scratch world again. But my love for him and wanting to smooth things over {of course we did talk and get things right, but I wanted to "seal" the deal with a sweet treat, don't judge, you have done it too}, I wanted to make that cake!
There was recipe after sweet recipe, nothing appealed to me. All the pictures of the cake looked heavy, dry and not yummy. UNTIL, I stumbled on this recipe. I would share the original, but I can't remember were I got it, and I modified it to make it my own! I am notorious for never sticking exactly to a recipe....;-)
The orginal was a make ahead and store recipe with dry milk, and called for margarine and less of it.
I had to fix it now, and I did not have dry milk. She said to use water instead...uh, no thank you!!
Needless to say, this risk paid off great! Everyone loved it. In fact, I will be so bold as to say it was better than a box cake mix!! I saved my modified version in my special recipe book for later use. I honestly do not think I will ever use box cake mix again. Not only did this taste better, but all the preservatives and artificial junk in box mixes are terrible for you!
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| That's how you know its yummy!! |
Here is my beloved recipe:
Yellow Cake Mix
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 cups milk {I used vanilla almond milk}
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup real butter, soft
3 eggs
1/2 pkg vanilla pudding mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In med bowl add dry ingredients and stir together with a fork. In another medium bowl cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, vanilla and milk; mix well. The add dry ingredients a little at a time and fold into wet ingredients. After all folded in, use mixer to get lumps out. Bake for 30-40 minutes in 13 X 9 greased and floured pan.
The batter will appear thicker than a box mix, this is OK. My cake turned out so moist and very delicious.
{I should know, I ate 2 big pieces once it was done!!!}
