Comments on: Making Your Own Cake Mix http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: katie and yazmin http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-64648 katie and yazmin http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-64648 at home i love to cook and share my talent of cooking in the house and this is the website that inspired me . at home i love to cook and share my talent of cooking in the house and this is the website that inspired me .

]]> By: Selma http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-60180 Selma http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-60180 Just wanted to drop a line to let you know how much I enjoyed finding your site. Living here in NYC it is hard to meet and find people who want to live "Voluntary Simpliticy" lifestyle. I have been a stay at home mom for 5 years and have enjoyed it very much. Reading your articles,advice, recipes, comments, help me to feel connected to a community (albeit) so far and wide as this blog,and a little bit closer to the simplistic lifestyle I feel is pulling at me everyday. Thanks for providing the place I come to at the end of the day to catch up with likeminded people, and to refresh and get more ideas on how to improve in my simplistic approach. I appreciate you and your hard work to keep this blog up to date and full and informative. God bless. Just wanted to drop a line to let you know how much I enjoyed finding your site. Living here in NYC it is hard to meet and find people who want to live “Voluntary Simpliticy” lifestyle. I have been a stay at home mom for 5 years and have enjoyed it very much. Reading your articles,advice, recipes, comments, help me to feel connected to a community (albeit) so far and wide as this blog,and a little bit closer to the simplistic lifestyle I feel is pulling at me everyday. Thanks for providing the place I come to at the end of the day to catch up with likeminded people, and to refresh and get more ideas on how to improve in my simplistic approach. I appreciate you and your hard work to keep this blog up to date and full and informative. God bless.

]]> By: Irene http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-58694 Irene http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-58694 Shirley, I could kiss you! This is the best chocolate cake recipe I've ever tasted. I made mine into cupcakes. Talk about moist and rich. Hmmm!! Good!! Thank you so much for this recipe!!! Shirley, I could kiss you! This is the best chocolate cake recipe I’ve ever tasted. I made mine into cupcakes. Talk about moist and rich. Hmmm!! Good!!

Thank you so much for this recipe!!!

]]> By: Deb in Indiana http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-39453 Deb in Indiana http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-39453 This is a great cake -- I have made it over the last 30 years, and it was all my kids' birthday cakes for many years. One suggestion: if you are making the mix to store, try storing it in a canning jar. I just like them better than baggies, they can be very airtight, and you can use them forever. This is a great cake — I have made it over the last 30 years, and it was all my kids’ birthday cakes for many years.

One suggestion: if you are making the mix to store, try storing it in a canning jar. I just like them better than baggies, they can be very airtight, and you can use them forever.

]]> By: miki http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-36900 miki http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-36900 It was very good. I am very happy that I don't need to buy cake mix anymore. It was very good. I am very happy that I don’t need to buy cake mix anymore.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-35674 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-35674 Diana, it would depend mostly on how airtight your packaging was. All of the ingredients are dry, so I would think it would be the same as for each individual ingredient before you combined them as a mix. Diana, it would depend mostly on how airtight your packaging was. All of the ingredients are dry, so I would think it would be the same as for each individual ingredient before you combined them as a mix.

]]> By: Diana http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-35632 Diana http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-35632 What is the shelf life of the homemade prepared mix. I love the idea of being all natural ingredients. What is the shelf life of the homemade prepared mix. I love the idea of being all natural ingredients.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-29866 Shelley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-29866 Hi, I made the cake and it turned out great. Thank you for sharing. I tried turning it into a vanilla cake and I didn't get it to work. It was dense, heavy, pancakey and just didn't taste good. do you have a recipe for a white cake like this one? Thanks Hi,
I made the cake and it turned out great. Thank you for sharing. I tried turning it into a vanilla cake and I didn’t get it to work. It was dense, heavy, pancakey and just didn’t taste good.
do you have a recipe for a white cake like this one?
Thanks

]]> By: Dale Lindamood http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-25952 Dale Lindamood http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-25952 Well,I'm looking forward to giving this a try, for a number of reasons. One is that I'm continuing to try to consume only actual foods, unadulterated with msg, high fructose corn sugar and so forth, and have been looking for a VERY chocolatey home-made cake, so this is another one to try. (I may just need to double the chocolate and sugar in whatever recipe I use.) Another reason is that I love the idea of making several ready-to-go mixes to have on hand, and/or to make a batch of cupcakes as well as a cake, because you're right, it takes almost no extra time to do so, with big time benefits later. A third reason is that the other from scratch cakes I've made have used eggs, which I've even separated and whipped to peaked whites and gently folded in, but still the cake seems to end up more like brownies -- compressed. I'm hoping this one will stand a little taller. But even if it doesn't, the rave reviews are worth the try. Thanks for sharing your recipe and insights. dl Well,I’m looking forward to giving this a try, for a number of reasons. One is that I’m continuing to try to consume only actual foods, unadulterated with msg, high fructose corn sugar and so forth, and have been looking for a VERY chocolatey home-made cake, so this is another one to try. (I may just need to double the chocolate and sugar in whatever recipe I use.) Another reason is that I love the idea of making several ready-to-go mixes to have on hand, and/or to make a batch of cupcakes as well as a cake, because you’re right, it takes almost no extra time to do so, with big time benefits later. A third reason is that the other from scratch cakes I’ve made have used eggs, which I’ve even separated and whipped to peaked whites and gently folded in, but still the cake seems to end up more like brownies — compressed. I’m hoping this one will stand a little taller. But even if it doesn’t, the rave reviews are worth the try. Thanks for sharing your recipe and insights. dl

]]> By: Charity http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/making-your-own-cake-mix/#comment-16533 Charity http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/from-scratch-cake-mix/#comment-16533 Thank you for this recipe. A friend made this cake for my family because my son is very allergic to dairy and eggs. It was delicious and Ryan, my 4 year old son, was so excited because he could eat something that someone made for our family. Thank you for this recipe. A friend made this cake for my family because my son is very allergic to dairy and eggs. It was delicious and Ryan, my 4 year old son, was so excited because he could eat something that someone made for our family.

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