Quick Cooking Ideas: Cake Mix

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Cake Mix

7 cups flour
3 1/4 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups dehydrated butter
1/3 cup dehydrated milk
3 tbsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt

Store mix in an airtight container until ready to use.

To make oreo cookies, simply combine 2 cups cake mix, 2 tbsp. cocoa, 1/4 cup oil, and 2 eggs. Beat into a thick batter, then place by tbsp. full onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are done. Cool completely, then spread frosting between two cookies, and enjoy!

2 comments:

Heidi said...: Hey Liz-
I was checking the link that you posted from your other blog and thought that I would try some of the recipes. I have a couple of questions about the cake mix.
1. Where do I get dehydrated butter?
2. Is dehydrated milk the same as nonfat dry milk?
If you could let me know that would be great!!
Thanks,
Heidi; March 7, 2009 at 7:22 PM
MerrittBadges said...: Dehydreated milk is dry milk. You can buy dehydrated butter at some grocery stores. You can also find it online.; March 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM

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Cooking Terms

Bake - cook in an oven
Baste - add moisture throughout the cooking process.
Blacken - cook meat in which you coat it generously with pepper and other spices. Then the meat is seared to lock in the flavor a produce a meat that is crisp on the outside, but moist and tender on the inside.
Blanch - plunging a food into boiling water for a few seconds and then rinsing it under cold water to stop the cooking process.
Boil - cook a food submerged in boiling water.
Brasie (stew) - cook a food in a small amount of liquid so the flavor of the food can absorb into the liquid. Common method: crock pot
Broil - use a heat source (flame or coil) positioned above teh food to cook your dish.
Chop - cut a food into irregular pieces.
Deep fry - cooking a food completely submerged in hot oil.
Dice - cut a food into small cubes
Dredge (bread) - coat meat with breadcrumbs, flour or cornmeal before cooking. Common method: Shake 'n Bake
Fold - extremely gentle process to gradually and slowly incorporate ingredients together. Best if done by hand.
Fry - cooking food in hot oil or fat.
Grill - use a heat source that is directly below the food.
Marinate - soak a food in some kind of liquid or spice mixture for an extended period of time so the food absorbs a certain flavor.
Mince - cut food into extremely fine pieces.
Mix - combine ingrediets together by hand or by mixer.
Pan fry - use a small bit of oil or fat to cook foods in a pan, turning the item only a few times.
Parboil - cooking a food that is partially submerged in boiling water.
Poach - cooking a food submerged in water that is just under teh boiling point, or simmering.
Puree - cut up a food into such small bits that it becomes a liquid. Common method: blender
Roast - cooking something in an oven @ a higher temp to create a crust on the food while it cooks.
Saute - similar to pan frying, except that it involves cooking foods in a pan over very high heat and tossing the food often.
Sear - brown the outside surface of a piece of meat by subjecting it to intense heat for just a few seconds.
Shred - cut a food into small strips.
Slice - cut a food into a thin flat piece.
Steam - use water to indirectly cook food. Suspend the food over boiling water in a covered container, trapping the hot steam so that it cooks the food.
Sweat - cover the food and cook at a low temperature until they release their flavor and moisture.
Whipping (beating, whisking) - vigorously mix ingrediets together in a way that brings air into the mixture and makes it smooth and creamy.