MY HOMEMADE CAKE MIXES SERIES FOR YOUR PANTRY: PART 1: “INTRODUCTION”

​INTRODUCTION
The other day I was searching the net and came across a woman that was making homemade mixes. She caught my attention, because I am always trying to cook with the best and fresh possible ingredients. So I watched her out and loved the idea of making my own baking mixes. Then, I was curious and went to my pantry to check the ingredients listed in a cake box and pancake bag and my eyes went wide opened, some I have no idea what they are. I became really concerned.
 
I never thought of how many ingredients and preservatives are listed in those boxes, especially, when there are some that we should not be eating in order to stay healthy. See a sample under my photo gallery below.
 
So, I went back to my kitchen to try to come up with my own homemade baking mixes. It isn’t rocket science, since cake mixes are basically all-purpose (or cake) flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt, so those were my basic ingredients, I just had to work on the amounts.
 
I consider myself a rookie HOMESTEDER. Why? For years, I have been making all these from scratch; Tzatziki, Humus, Dry & Italian Seasoning, Breads, basting oils, sweets and many more stuff, Smile. All fresh, no preservatives and ingredients that I can read, smile.
 
Short story: Many years ago while my kids were growing up, I decided to stay at home to raise them the old fashion way. To contribute to the household income, I went to baking school to learn how to make wedding cakes (while they were at school.) It turned out to be an amazing decision, so many orders came up, that I had to turn some down because wedding cakes are time consuming to make, based on how much baking you have to do and the intense decoration details involved. (not to mention delivering the multiple decorated cakes to the venue in your car, smile.)
 
So, TOMORROW POST I’ll give you the first version of MY FRESH HOMEMADE CAKE MIXES FOR YOUR PANTRY.