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White Cake (aka the Cake Mix Hack)


  • Author: Susan
  • Yield: 12 slices 1x

Description

Let’s face it. We are all busy. You know, there is something about a cake mix that takes the pressure off of making a scratch cake. But, we still want it to taste like scratch. It is easy enough to “doctor up” a cake mix, as my grandmother would say. Real butter and buttermilk make everything taste better. 

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Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 Duncan Hines White Cake Mix
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup sifted cake flour
  • Pinch salt
  • 5 egg whites
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 & 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • Flavor of choice (Such as 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond, lemon, coconut, etc.)
  • Baker’s Joy

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl with whisk and set aside.
  3. Combine wet and dry ingredients and beat 2-3 minutes until smooth and fluffy.
  4. Spray pans with Baker’s joy and divide mix equally into pans of choice.  Bake per directions on box for pan size.
  5. Cakes are ready when center springs back or toothpick comes out dry.  Cool completely on racks.  Frost and assemble cake.

Notes

All ingredients should be room temperature.

  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: Semi-homemade