

I think butter gives the cake a slightly better texture and flavor but the oil version is still pretty good.

I prefer to make the cake with butter, but the vegetable oil version works well too if you are out of butter. If you have butter available, the cake also works with melted butter. Vegetable Oil: While you don’t need to use vegetable oil, you do want to use a neutral flavor oil or you will taste it. Sugar: This cake is sweetened with regular granular white sugar. It can also be made with self-rising flour which I share in detail in the notes section of the recipe card.īaking Powder: Make sure to use baking powder and not baking soda Ingredientsįlour: This cake is made with all purpose flour. I love that it can be made with ingredients I already have in my actual pantry (no refrigerator items!). This is my go-to cake recipe when I need to whip up a homemade cake quickly. So today I’m sharing my emergency cake recipe. Something you can make without having to go to the grocery store. When I think of emergency cake, I think of a cake with less ingredients. It required all the ingredients you would normally need to make a cake (eggs, butter, milk, flour, etc). While it was fairly simple to make, the long list of ingredients made me feel like it wasn’t really a cake recipe that I could rely on in an emergency. I recently tried an Emergency Cake recipe from the 1930s.

It’s a simple one-bowl recipe and the batter can be mixed by hand. This cake can be made with just pantry staples. A quick and easy cake when you need a cake as soon as possible.
