Recipe:  Lemon or White Cake Mix



Ingredients:
  
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon-flavored unsweetened drink powder -- like
Kool-Aid
1/3 cup vegetable shortening

Instructions:

In a medium bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and drink
powder.
Stir with a wire whisk until blended.  With a pastry blender, cut in
shortening until evenly distributed and mixture resembles corn meal. 
Spoon
about 1/3 cup mixture into each of 10 small containers or ziplock bags.
Seal bags tightly.  Label with date and contents.  Store in a cool dry
place.  Use within 12 weeks.  Makes 10 packages Children's Lemon Cake
Mix.
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To Use:

1 pkg. Children's Lemon Cake Mix
4 teaspoons water

Preheat mom's oven to 375*.  If using an Easybake oven, follow
directions
for baking cakes.

Grease and flour a 4 inch miniature cake pan.  In a small bowl, combine
cake
mix and water.  Stir with a fork or spoon until blended and smooth. 
Pour
mixture into prepared pan.  Bake 12 to 13 minutes in mom's oven or as
directed in play oven.  Remove from oven.  Cool in pan on rack for 5
minutes.  Invert cake onto a small plate.  Remove pan.  When cool, frost
with Children's White Frosting if desired.  Serves 2 children.


NOTES:  Any flavor of Kool-Aid powder can be used for a wide variety of
flavors.  For a white cake mix, omit the powder.  If you like, a drop
or two
of vanilla may be added at the time the cake is prepared.