We never have enough room to include everything that is in our Dining on a Dime Cookbook. Here is another recipe from Dining On a Dime to show you the variety of things that are included in it. This recipe would make a nice jar mix to put in jars or bags to give along with an Easy Bake Oven at Christmas.
Easy Bake Oven Chocolate Cake Mix
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cocoa
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt. Stir until blended. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles corn meal. Store in an airtight container. Use within 12 weeks. Makes 11 cakes.
To Use:
1/3 cup Easy Bake cake mix
5-6 tsp. water
Mix together until smooth. Pour mixture into greased and floured 4 inch round baking pan. Follow directions for child’s oven. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto a small plate and remove pan. When cool, frost with Children’s Chocolate Frosting. Makes 1 cake.
Easy Bake Chocolate or White Frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. dry milk
½ cup cocoa*
6 Tbsp. solid vegetable shortening
In a bowl, combine powdered sugar, dry milk and cocoa. Cut in shortening. Store in an airtight container. Use within 12 weeks.
*For white frosting, omit cocoa.
To Use:
1 cup Chocolate Frosting mix
2-2½ tsp. water
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Wonderful idea! Those “Easy Bake Oven” brand cake and frosting packages that you buy cost so much it is just plain ridiculous. And using an entire box of regular cake mix can be wasteful if the child loses interest after making only 2 or 3 little cakes and then throwing out the rest of the batter. I will show your recipe to my brothers wife. His kids have an “Easy Bake Oven” but rarely use it because of the cost of the “Easy Bake Oven” brand cake and frosting packages. Now they can have fun using it again. Thanks!
You can buy a cake mix and use 3TBSP mix with 1TBSP of milk (or water) bake for 15min and it works great. You can make a ton of easy bake cakes from one cake mix box. I just keep it tied up with a chip clip to stay fresh.
Your website has been such a blessing to me, as it is teaching me how to cut down on costs, which I really need to do. I am so greatful for this recipe, because my daughter will be getting an easy bake oven for Christmas from her grandma:)
Ah! Where was this when I was a kid? I burnt my Easy Bake Oven out. I had to move on to the big oven. This is good so then it can be adapted for allergies. Thanks!
Seems like you could also use one of those recipes that call for applesauce in the “box cake mix” instead of oil & eggs, that would be simple to and don’t have to worry about the kids licking the bowl with raw eggs in the mix. Just a thought.
I’m making these for my grand niece for Christmas.
Thank you soooooo much for this recipe quick easy and saves me $ for this I love you lol *^_^*
Thank you so much I checked on these today and they are $8 a mix:) After spending only 1.91 on the oven at the thrift store I hate to spend so much on the mix! This is a lifesaver!