Yellow cake mix...

kerismummy · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: Yellow cake mix...

it's our CEO's birthday on Tuesday, and i've been asked to make her an orange drizzle cake. The only nice looking cake I can find calls for Yellow Cake mix as one of the ingredients. I have no idea what this is! We have cake mixes here in the UK - Betty Crocker devils food cake, kids cupcake mixes etc etc, but nothing called yellow cake. What is this please?? Also, can I make a yellow cake from regular ingredients??
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guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: Italy

This is a standard (18.25 oz) yellow cake mix:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup non-fat dry milk
it probably has vanilla flavor as well.

Substiture the 1/2 cup of dry milk with 3/4 cup low-fat milk and add a teaspoon of vanilla.
It should work.
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kerismummy · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks Guido, ill let you know how it turns out...
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kerismummy · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject:

The cake went down a storm, i've never seen a group of directors munch an entire cake so fast! yay!!
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guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: Italy

I'm glad it was a hit.
I find incredile some people have to buy a pre made mix for something that easy.
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Kate · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:29 pm Post subject:

Yellow cake mix is a butter type cake Paula. Glad Guido's recipe worked out!
Gotta love a man that cooks!
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Kate · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:14 am Post subject:

Paula I was just reading this recipe again, and wondering how you mixed it up. Did you add butter? I noticed it's not listed in the "recipe" Guido posted.
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guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: Italy

I didn't post a recipe!
I only posted substitution for the yellow cake mix, which, I found on the internet, is just flour, yeast, sugar, dry milk and vamilla flavor.
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kerismummy · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject:

the recipe asked for butter as well. it called for yellow cake mix, butter, milk and other things. it was the yellow cake mix that i didn't know what it was but i guess thats all the dry ingredients and you're just adding the wet stuff
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I like cake. And pie. And mash. So sue me! Food is good and i'd rather be me and happy than skinny and miserable!

Kate · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:21 am Post subject:

I have several cake recipes that start with a yellow cake mix, but the orange drizzle cake sounds interesting. I'd love to have the recipe.
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