Mix: From-scratch Funfetti Cake

who doesn’t love funfetti cake?

Add this kitchen-made funfetti cake mix to your recipe box because it’s the go-to when celebrating a birthday, regular holiday or simply because it’s Friday and you’re in the mood for a kitchen-made funfetti cake?

Funfetti (the word simply doesn’t get old) cake is a vanilla white cake that is studded with colorful sprinkles. The go-to sprinkles to use for this is the sprinkles that resemble small, thin strands also known as “jimmies”. The more colors the better! And to keep things festive around the holidays, you can use red and green for Christmas. Red, white and blue for the Fourth of July and orange and black for Halloween. You get the idea.

To cook this Kitchen-made Funfetti Cake Mix Gather:

• cake flour (see notes for substituting with all-purpose flour)
• baking powder
• fine salt (sea salt or Himalayan)
• granulated sugar
• unsalted butter
• sprinkles

Start by whisking the 3 cups of cake flour (see recipe card notes for substituting with all-purpose flour) with 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon fine salt, until the dry ingredients are light and airy.

What Is the Dependable Way to Dry Measure Flour?

Give the flour a speedy stir to fluff it up a tad. Spoon flour into measuring cup and then level it off with a knife.

Next add in 1 and 1/2 cups sugar and whisk to incorporate.

Once your dry ingredients are thoroughly combined, drop in 1-1/2 sticks (or 3/4 cup) of softened unsalted butter.

Use a pastry cutter (or a couple of knives or a fork will do) and cut the butter into the flour.

Keep going until the butter is in particularly small pieces, nearly undetectable in the dry ingredients.

Use it immediately to make a from-scratch funfetti cake or cover tightly and refrigerate until the mood for cake strikes!

As a side note, you’ll want to keep the sprinkles out of the mix until you’re ready to make the cake. I do this because you don’t want to take the chance of the color leaking from the sprinkles as you mix in the wet ingredients. I know, I know. Yes this genuinely is kitchen-made funfetti cake mix without the sprinkles mixed in. You could always remeasure 1/2 cup of them and store in a resealable baggie, storing in your pantry.

Give Kitchen-made Cake Mix As A Gift:

If you want to give from-scratch chocolate cake mix as a gift, omit the butter and store all the dry ingredients in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Write out the remaining ingredients (include the butter!) and then recipe instructions (start by creaming the butter, vanilla, eggs and adding the dry ingredients, water, oil etc.) out onto a note card and tie it around the jar with string.

Make The Cake:

The recipe for making the cake is below, however if you want to see a step-by-step for the cake and frosting, click here!

Other From-scratch Cake Mixes:

Chocolate Cake Mix

Lemon Cake Mix

Yellow Cake Mix

White Cake Mix

Enjoy! And if you give this From-scratch Funfetti Cake Mix recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!