Name: Edible Cake Batter for Supper
Yield: 6

This Edible Cake Batter is soft, sweet, and packed with chocolate chunks and sprinkles! No raw eggs here, and the flour and cake mix are heat-treated, making it safe to eat.

Edible Cake Batter

It all started with the mega-popular Edible Cookie Dough. That recipe inspired the creation of Peanut Butter Cookie Dough, Edible Brownie Batter, and now, this delectable Edible Cake Batter! This begs the question: what other edible unbaked goods would you like to see?

Is it safe to eat raw cake batter?

Regular raw cake batter is not safe to consume due to health concerns associated with bacteria in flour and uncooked eggs.

However, this raw cake batter recipe is specially formulated to be safe while retaining the beloved flavors of cake batter. It contains no eggs, and both the flour and cake mix are heat-treated to meet safety standards for consumption.

Flour spread on a baking sheet being heat-treated in an oven, a crucial step to ensure the dough is safe to consume raw.

Ingredients In Edible Cake Batter

Cake mix and flour: They make the base of the batter. Heat treating them makes it safe to eat without baking.
Salt and baking soda: Salt boosts flavor and baking soda gives a cake-like taste.
Butter: Adds creaminess and helps mix everything smoothly.
White and brown sugar: They sweeten the batter, with brown sugar adding a slight molasses taste.
Heavy cream: Makes the batter moist and creamy.
Vanilla extract: Gives the classic cake flavor.
White chocolate chips and sprinkles: Add crunchy bits and color.
skippable add-ins: Let you customize the batter with different flavors and textures.

Quick Tip

Get creative with your favorite add-ins! My personal favorite addition to this base recipe is milk chocolate chips; you may prefer something different. How about dark chocolate chips, M&M’s®, Marshmallow Fluff®, extra sprinkles, shredded coconut, or chopped nuts?

Creaming the butter, sugar addition, combining dry and wet ingredients, and final mixture for edible cake batter recipe.

How To Make Edible Cake Batter

Heat Treat: Microwave or oven-heat the cake mix and flour to 165°F, then let them cool. This makes them safe to eat raw.
Mix Dry Ingredients: In a bowl, mix the cooled cake mix, flour, baking soda, and salt.
Mix Wet Ingredients: In another bowl, beat room-temperature butter until smooth. Add white and brown sugar, beat until fluffy. Then, mix in heavy cream and vanilla.
Combine: Add the dry mix to the wet mix. Throw in white chocolate chips and sprinkles. Enjoy your edible cake batter,

Creamy edible cake batter dough in a bowl, enriched with white and milk chocolate chips and colorful sprinkles.

Heat Treating Flour And Cake Mix

A lot of people are surprised to learn that flour is a culprit for sickness in unbaked cake batter. Flour doesn’t look like raw food, but it actually is– which means it hasn’t been treated to kill germs (think e. coli). Those germs and bacteria can cause food poisoning (source).

Microwave Method:
- Put cake mix and flour in separate microwave-safe bowls. Microwave them in 30-second intervals, stirring each time to prevent burning.
- Check the temperature with a thermometer to ensure it reaches 165°F. If it’s below, microwave for another 30 seconds. Once at 165°F it’s ready to use in your edible cake batter.
Oven Method:
- Heat your oven to 300°F.
- Spread flour and cake mix separately on lined baking sheets. Bake and stir every 1.5 minutes.
- Check with a thermometer until each reaches 165°F.