How To Make Chocolate Cake Mix With Fresh Milled Flour – Goodbye Box!

Make your very own chocolate cake mix with fresh milled flour, perfectly packaged in an oh so cute quart-size mason jar! So, say goodbye to the boxed versions and hello to convenience with a homemade from scratch touch. When you’re milling your own flour, finding practical shortcuts can be tricky, but this recipe combines simplicity, wholesome ingredients, and charm all in one.

What If I Am Looking For A Chocolate Cake Recipe Made With Fresh Milled Flour, Not A Box Mix?

If you stumbled here looking for a full chocolate cake recipe made with fresh milled flour, then I got you covered HERE is my Fresh milled flour Chocolate Cake recipe, including my favorite chocolate buttercream.

Notes About This FMF Dry Cake Mix

I do recommend you keep this dry cake mix sealed in an airtight container, pro tip- this recipe does fit in a Quart size Mason jar, as long as you give it a little jostle while you are filling it. Also, these should be stored in the fridge for 7 days, or even the freezer for up to 4 months.

So, today this recipe is for a dry chocolate cake mix recipe from scratch, but I do have a dry yellow cake mix recipe as well HERE. Also, let me know in the comments below if you would like me create some more of these convenience dry mixes to have on hand.

Firstly, I will share with you how to make these dry mixes. Then show how to mix them up into a delicious easy fresh milled flour cake, or even cupcakes! Also, these dry mixes can be used in any recipe that calls for a boxed chocolate cake mix.

Equipment Needed To Make These Adorable Holiday Mason Jar Gifts

Although these dry cake mixes could be stored in just about any airtight container or even bag, there are some adorable ways to make them extra special for gifting. So, here are some supplies I recommend for these Mason Jar Holiday Gifts:

• Wide mouth quart size glass jar with air tight lid
• Large Canning Funnel, like the one HERE
• Piece of holiday fabric
• Holiday ribbon and/or bow
• A Recipe Gift Tag, you can get HERE that lets your loved one know how to make this dry cake into a cake

Yes, it is that simple! What an amazing homemade gift your loved one can enjoy whenever they choose. For an added bonus gift, you could always add a small bottle of homemade vanilla to the gift, I show you how to make that HERE.

Ingredients To Make Chocolate Cake Mix With Fresh Milled Flour

Bottom Layer- In The Jar First

• 210g Fresh Milled Flour ~1&7/8 cups (I recommend Soft White Wheat, Spelt, or Einkorn)
• 32g Potato Starch 1/4 cup (You can sub for cornstarch, tapioca starch, or arrowroot)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Middle Layer- In The Jar Second

• 64g cocoa powder 2/3 cup

Top Layer- In The Jar Last

• 332g Raw Cane Sugar (Fine grind) 1&2/3 cup (You can sub for sugar, Sucanat, honey granules, or maple sugar- any dry sweetener)

Instructions How To Make Fresh Milled Flour Chocolate Cake Mix

1. Firstly, mill your flour. I recommend soft white wheat, but spelt or einkorn would work as well.
2. I like to put my wide mouth quart size mason jar on my kitchen scale, and zero out the scale.
3. Then, I put 210g of freshly milled flour into the bottom of the jar. You may need to jostle down the flour so it settles. This mix, when done should be a tight fit into the jar.
4. On top of the flour, I put the potato starch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
5. In the middle layer, I put a layer of 64g cocoa powder.
6. Then, I top it all off with 332g of raw cane sugar. Gently jostle the jar so that everything fits, and the sugar is below the top of the rim, so that you can put on a lid
7. Place an airtight lid onto the jar.
8. Decorate as desired, you can be as creative as you wish! I have a link to the Recipe Cards you see in my photos that you can print out at home! HERE.
9. See storage directions below.

Prepare The Fresh Milled Flour Chocolate Dry Cake Mix

1. Add entire contents of the FMF Chocolate dry cake mix into a large mixing bowl.
2. Then, add 1&1/2 sticks of melted butter (3/4 cup, 170g), 3 eggs, 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract, and 1 cup of buttermilk (227g.) (Alternative to the buttermilk is 1 TBSP white vinegar or lemon juice plus 1 cup of whole milk)
3. Mix ingredients just to combine, don’t overmix. Allow the cake mix to sit while the oven preheats.
4. Preheat the oven to 350*F
5. Grease or Butter a 9×13 pan OR two 8×8 round cake pans.
6. Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes, just until a toothpick comes clean without batter on it. Don’t overbake, or it can get dry.
7. Let the cake cool, and then top with your favorite buttercream. I have different buttercream recipes to choose from in the links at the bottom of this post.
8. *Alternative Cupcake baking- To make these into cupcakes, bake at 350*F for 15-20 minutes, just until a toothpick comes clean without batter on it. Don’t overbake, or it can get dry.

How To Store This Fresh Milled Flour Dry Chocolate Cake Mix

I recommend you keep your dry cake mix sealed in an airtight container. They should be stored in the fridge for 7 days, or for longer storage, keep in the freezer for up to 4 months.

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