Homemade Cake Mixes -Devil's Food, Spice and Carrot Cake

Last week I made a post about How to Make a Homemade Cake Mix and how it makes the perfect jar gift.  I had a reader ask me if I had any other recipes for homemade cake mixes, preferably devil's food, carrot cake and spice cake.  Luckily I did have the recipes for spice cake and for devil's food, but not for carrot cake.  So I looked up several recipes online and began experimenting.  I came up with a good homemade carrot cake, but I am not sure I would give it as a jar gift because there are as many wet ingredients as there are dry ingredients, so I am not sure how much of a time savings it would actually offer.  Actually, the devil's food is the same way, so if you want to use either of them as a jar gift, keep that in mind.  The spice cake, however, has only three wet ingredients, so it would be great as a jar gift.

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Carrot Cake Mix

Dry Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts

 Wet Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups short shredded carrots
• 1 cup coconut
• 8 ounces of crushed pineapple, do not drain

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Coat a 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray
With a mixer or by hand take the dry ingredients and add the coconut, pineapple, eggs, grated carrots, and vegetable oil until fully combined to make a batter. 
Pour batter into the baking dish
Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Cool for 10 minutes in the pan then turn out on a baking rack to finish cooling
Frost when completely cool.

Devil’s Food Cake Mix

Dry Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips 

Wet Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
  
• 1 cup melted butter
• 1 cup hot brewed coffee

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Coat a 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray
Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
Using an electric mixer, add eggs one at a time
Add the butter and coffee and beat one minute on medium
Add sour cream and beat until batter is totally smooth
Pour batter into baking dish
Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Remove from oven and let cool in the pan until no heat remains
When totally cool, turn out from pan and frost

Spice Cake Mix

Dry Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  

Wet Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 eggs

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Coat a 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray
Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
Using an electric mixer add the shortening and buttermilk, beat for 3 minutes
Add eggs and beat for 2 more minutes
Pour batter into baking dish
Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then turn out to finish cooling
When completely cooled, frost or apply glaze.

I hope this gives you a great list of choices for homemade cake mixes and jar gifts.  I have some really great jar soups too that I will be sharing with you later in the year.

Have a great week!

Jade    :)

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