How Do I Cut A Cake Mix In Half

Did you know you don't have to utilise a whole block mix when making a cake? I didn't for years! Totally blew my mind when I realized I could make a smaller cake or fewer cupcakes. Here I'll prove you how to use half a cake mix to make a smaller block or cupcakes!

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I frequently use cake mix when making cake. I like it, my family likes it, information technology'southward fashion easier than making a cake from scratch. And, if yous make your frosting from scratch, nobody will even know.

Right at present, a lot of us are celebrating birthdays at home with smaller celebrations that maybe don't require a whole large ix inch 2 layer cake or 24 cupcakes (or 22 in my instance-I never seem to manage to get 24 out of a cake mix…).

How to reduce a cake mix:

A typical Pillsbury block mix is about 3 cups of cake mix.

To make 1/ii a cake mix, you would need one 1/2 cups cake mix, 1/2 cup h2o, 2 1/ii tablespoons oil, 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk.

To make i/3 of a cake mix is fifty-fifty easier! You would demand ane cup cake mix, one/3 cup water, 2 tablespoons oil, and ane egg.

How much block does a 1/two cake mix make?

Half a cake mix should make about:

12 cupcakes.
ii very full layers of a 4 inch round cake
2 layers of a vi inch round cake
1 layer of an viii-nine inch round or square cake.

The cake in these photos was made with ane/2 a block mix and poured into two four inch cake pans. Information technology was frosted with a piffling less than one/two batch of chocolate peanut butter buttercream. I used a Wilton #21 star tip for a swirl border, rainbow jimmies, and filled the center with some chopped up leftover Reese's Eggs.

One-half A Cake Mix Cake

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Fourth dimension ten minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Servings 4 inch block

Cake pans
Mixer

1 1/2 cups boxed block mix
1/2 loving cup water
2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 egg yolk

If using stand mixer, fit with paddle zipper.
Pour block mix into bowl. Add in h2o, oil and eggs.
Beat on high speed for i-two minutes.
Pour into prepared block pan and or muffin pan.
Bake at 350 degrees until washed.

Half a block mix should make about 12 cupcakes. It makes 2 very full layers of a 4 inch round cake, 2 layers of a half-dozen inch circular cake, one layer of an 8-9 inch circular or foursquare block.

For other block decorating tips, y'all might want to cheque out my posts on how to fill up a pipage purse using a water glass (makes it super easy) or how to fix an ugly cake.

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