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Cake Mix - Accidentally dairy free


Iv spent the last few years,  reading food ingredient labels when shopping.  The amount of foods that milk powder or whey is added too is pretty depressing. Like milk protein being added to sandwich chicken roll....

 However this is offset against the foods that I surprisingly find to be dairy free.  Buying Free From products can be expensive, so It's great not to be completely dependent on them. 

It's also great to find products you can adapt to make dairy free, like cake mixes. 

I'm Lactose intolerant, which means eating or drinking any dairy causes me a lot of pain. I wouldn't recommend trying these if you suffer from a milk allergy.  Large manufactures can not always guarantee against cross contamination with other products they make. 




Cake mix






I discovered this trick when I was on the Weight Watcher diet!!!  It's a cheats variation on a Wacky cake recipe, since all the ingredients are already weight out. 

Place cake mix in a bowl, add diet soda.  Mix well together then pour into cake tin, bake...  Simple. 


Most Cake mixes are Dairy free, since you need to add the milk or eggs yourself.  It's easy to substitute dairy free ingredients, however it's more fun and less expensive to add a can of soda instead. 

Soya milk is a great baking substitute for dairy as it's a neutral flavour.  Or try adding a nut milk for a different taste. 



Asda Chocolate cake mix

Asda Chosen by you maderia cake mix

Aunt Bessies Golden syrup pudding mix

Betty Crocker Vanilla cake mix

Betty Crocker Apple & Cinnamon Tray bake

Tesco Victoria Sponge mix

Udi's Gluten Free Chocolate Cake mix

Sainsbury's Scone mix

Sainsbury Lemon Drizzle cake mix

Morrisons Plain sponge cake mix

Marks and Spencer's Chocolate fudge cake mix:

Always double check the ingredients, some manufactures add milk powder to improve the texture.  Chocolate cake mixes work best xxx



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