Making your own cake mixes-Food Storage Style: Dark Chocolate Cake

THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT MAKING YOUR OWN CAKE, BROWNIE, & MUFFIN MIXES-FOOD STORAGE STYLE!

Is this not the most beautiful cake you’ve ever seen?  Not only is it beautiful but it tastes amazing.  All month long we’ve been talking about making cakes with food storage (cakes like Chocolate Molten Cake, Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes, and Whole Wheat Angel Food Cake-just to name a few).  So this week it’s time to tackle cake mixes that you can make at home and from scratch.  Now, realistically speaking these recipes are so easy that you wouldn’t need to make a mix ahead of time or you can mix up 4 mixes at a time to have on hand to save you even more time!  To give you a clue as to how easy these are-I made this Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake, a Yellow Cake with homemade Chocolate Buttercream frosting, Jumbo Blueberry Muffins, and Brownies all in one afternoon (in about 2 hours) and ALL FROM SCRATCH.  I was like a one woman bake sale.   The best part (outside of having lots of cake to eat) is that they were all so incredibly good, whole grain, and FAT-FREE!  I don’t know a cake mix anywhere that can claim all three of those in the same sentence.  I know what your next question is… So what about food storage mixes that you can buy, you know the kind in the #10 can.  Well why buy them when you can use all the ingredients you have on hand and actually make them taste good!  The food storage mixes you can buy still have a lot of ingredients you can’t pronounce because they are full of preservatives.  If you know how to do it yourself you are no longer a slave to the grocery store!  (It really is a liberating feeling!)

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX-FOOD STORAGE STYLE!

Now, this is the recipe that made me decide I will Never,EVER buy another cake mix again.  It’s fudgy, rich, decadent, and a billion times (not exaggerating) better than any cake mix.  It tastes like a doctored store bought cake mix-you know the kind where people add in sour cream, pudding, or both.  But, of course, with out all the added cost and calories.  In fact, this cake tastes great 100% whole wheat and with beans instead of the oil. In fact, I was on Studio 5 (a morning show here in SLC) sharing how you can make YOUR OWN mixes and highlighting how to make this one….

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MAKING THE MIX:
(Makes 4 mixes)
• 8 C. sugar
• 7 C. (I use whole wheat flour)
• 3 C. cocoa or dark cocoa
• 2 T. baking powder
• 2 T. baking soda
• 4 t. salt
•1 C. dry egg powder
• (2/3 C. non-instant dry milk powder or 1 1/3 C. instant dry milk powder)

Combine ingredients thoroughly and store in air tight container.

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USING THE MIX:
• 5 C. chocolate cake mix (make it a heaping 5 C. if you used instant milk powder)
• 1/2 C. oil or bean puree
• 2 t. vanilla
• 1 1/2 C. water
• 1 C. boiling water

Heat oven to 375. Spray 9-inch round pans, 13×9 or bundt baking pan.

Beat all ingredients except boiling water on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans, 35-40 minutes for 9×13 pan or 50-55 minutes for bundt pan or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans to wire racks.

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THE ONE BOWL RECIPE:
• 2 C. sugar
• 1 3/4 C. (I use whole wheat flour)
• 3/4 C. cocoa or dark cocoa
• 1 1/2 t. baking powder
• 1 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1 t. salt
• 2 eggs (1/4 C. dry egg powder + 1/2 C. water)
• 1 C. milk (3 T. non-instant dry milk powder or 1/3 C. instant dry milk powder +1 C. water)
• 1/2 C. oil (or bean puree)
• 2 t. vanilla
• 1 C. boiling water

Heat oven to 375. Spray 9-inch round pans, 13×9 or bundt baking pan.

Beat all ingredients except boiling water on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans, 35-40 minutes for 9×13 pan or 50-55 minutes for bundt pan or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans to wire racks.
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DOWNLOAD MY FREE HOW-TO MAKE HOMEMADE MIXES HANDOUT!

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It’s my latest and greatest handout (yes, I’ve been up past midnight for the last three nights working on it…so feel free to leave comments on how much you love it! 😉

It includes…

1. How to make your own homemade cake, brownie, and muffin mixes
2. How to use beans for butter or oil in your baking
3. My favorite mixes and one bowl recipes for brownies, muffins, white cake, yellow cake, and chocolate cake
4. AND…my favorite glazes and frosting recipes to use for cakes (including the glaze I used for the chocolate cake!).

Yeah….it’s pretty much the neatest thing since sliced bread!  Make sure and download your copy today!  And please feel free to pass it along to others!  This is meant to be used AND SHARED!

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Help Spread the Word!

I love it when you share my tips and recipes for food storage! Do me a quick favor (and remember it’s my birthday!), if you like what you see please share it on facebook, pinterest, or blog about it! And make sure you link either the word “food storage” or “Everyday Food Storage” back to me. Thanks-it makes all the hard work worth it!