How to Make Easy-Bake Oven Mixes From Scratch

Easy-Bake Oven chocolate cake recipe

Courtesy of Amanda Formaro of The Family Corner

Yields 1

For a vanilla (yellow) cake, omit the cocoa and add a drop or two of vanilla with the milk.

Ingredients:

• 6 teaspoons flour
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
• 3/4 teaspoon shortening
• 1 pinch salt
• 6 teaspoons milk

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven for 15 minutes. Grease a toy baking pan.
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa, shortening and salt. Add milk. Pour into the greased baking pan.
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Easy-Bake Oven peanut butter fudge recipe

Courtesy of Amanda Formaro of The Family Corner

Yields 1

Ingredients:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 5 teaspoons milk
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 teaspoons cocoa
• 6 teaspoons peanut butter

Directions:

1. Mix sugar, milk, butter, vanilla and cocoa until smooth.
2. Grease 2 toy baking pans with butter. Spoon the mixture into pans about 1/4-inch deep. Spread 3 teaspoons peanut butter over the mix. Spoon another layer 1/4-inch thick over the peanut butter.
3. Bake each pan about 5 minutes. Let it cool. (For quicker cooling, place in the refrigerator 5 minutes).

Easy-Bake Oven white frosting mix recipe

Courtesy of The Family Corner

Yields 8 (1/4-cup) servings (enough for 8 cakes)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 3 tablespoons instant nonfat milk powder
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa (optional, for chocolate frosting only)
• 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• Vanilla extract (optional, do not use if you made chocolate frosting)

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and milk powder. If you want to make chocolate frosting, also add the unsweetened cocoa. Stir with a wire whisk to blend.
2. With a pastry blender cut in the shortening.
3. Spoon about 1/3 cup of mixture into each of 8 small bags. Seal tightly.
4. To use the mix: Combine 1 package of the mix plus 3/4 teaspoon water in a small bowl. If desired, add a drop or 2 of vanilla extract (or another flavor). Stir well with a spoon until smooth and creamy.

A few more notes

Just like their costly commercial counterparts, these mixes don’t include one of the most typical leavening ingredients: egg. While that’s great for kids — because the batter is then safe to eat — the end result isn’t usually as tasty as a full-size (read: normal) cake would be. But since when has making cakes in a toy oven been about taste?

A version of this article was originally published in September 2007.