Make Your Own Homemade Cake Mix

Faith Durand
Faith DurandSenior Vice President of Content at AT Media
Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and former Editor-in-Chief of The Kitchn. She is the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning, The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
updated May 13, 2022
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3 Unexpected Ways to Use a Box of Cake Mix (Image credit: Jenny Huang)

We’ve talked a little bit about box mixes this week, and tomorrow we’re going to look at what’s better, when it comes to cake — boxed, or from scratch. But we also wanted to interject this note into the discussion: Did you know that you can make your own cake mix?

This bright tip comes from I Am Baker. She assembles this cake mix out of flour, sugar, and a few other staples and throws it all into a jar for quicker cake-making down the road. A jar of cake mix like this also makes a great gift!

Get the recipe: Homemade Cake Mix at I Am Baker

Do you ever make cake mixes for quicker baking? Or for gifts?

Related: Beat the Box: Is a Box Mix Really Faster?