15-Minute Homemade White Cake Mix
- Prep
- 10 min
- Yield
- 1 servings
- Level
- medium
- Cuisine
- American-Italian
A from-scratch cake mix combining cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt with butter worked into fine crumbs. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate until needed. Mix with wet ingredients to create tender white cake.
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Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cup cake flour
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 4 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
Method
4 steps- 1
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- 2
Use a pastry blender to cut softened butter into the dry ingredients.
- 3
Blend until butter is no longer detectable and mixture reaches a fine crumb texture.
- 4
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use.
Good to Know
Airtight container, refrigerated.
Can be prepared and stored up to 1 month refrigerated.
Common Mistakes
Overmix after adding butter to avoid tough, dense crumbs.
Use room-temperature or softened butter to ensure it cuts evenly and doesn't create large chunks.