Summer Box

Sift Flavor Club

Summer Box
Baking Instructions

Three sets from the Sift vault, plus one hack hiding in the box if you want to find it.

Before you start

Grab these from your kitchen. Not every recipe needs every item, check the back of each pouch for exact amounts.

Butter Eggs Oil Cream cheese Lemon juice Heavy cream

Three sets, three desserts. Mix and mingle the mixes and frostings however you like, or follow along as boxed below.

Set A

Birthday Cake

In your box

  • Birthday Cake Cake Mix
  • Confetti Cake Sprinkles (to add to the batter)
  • Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Mix

How to build it

  1. Stir the confetti sprinkles into the batter before baking.
  2. Bake as directed.
  3. Frost with the Vanilla Buttercream.
Set B

French 75 Cake

In your box

  • French 75 Cake Mix (this is our lemon cake, dressed up in cocktail-inspired retail packaging)
  • Lemon Buttercream Frosting Mix
  • Lemon Curd Mix (for filling cupcakes or smoothing between cake layers)

How to build it

  1. Bake the French 75 Cake Mix as directed on the pouch.
  2. Whip up the Lemon Buttercream Frosting.
  3. Use the lemon curd as a spread between cake layers, or pipe it into the center of cupcakes for a hidden filling.
Set C

Rainbow Sugar Whoopie Cookies

In your box

  • Rainbow Sugar Whoopie Cookie Mix
  • Full size jar of Rainbow Sprinkles
  • Cream Cheese Frosting Mix

How to build it

  1. Roll the cold cookie dough in rainbow sprinkles.
  2. Bake as directed.
  3. Sandwich cooled cookies with the Cream Cheese Frosting.
Craving Snickerdoodle? Unlock the hack

The Snickerdoodle Swap

A vault favorite hiding inside this box: swap the frostings between Set A (Birthday Cake) and Set C (Whoopie Cookies), and you get a snickerdoodle. Here is the trade:

For the Birthday Cake (Set A) Use the Cream Cheese Frosting from Set C instead of vanilla. Stir 1 tsp cinnamon into the frosting before spreading.
For the Whoopie Cookies (Set C) Roll the cold dough in cinnamon mixed with a little granulated sugar instead of rainbow sprinkles, then bake as directed. Sandwich the cooled cookies with the Vanilla Buttercream from Set A instead of cream cheese, no changes needed to the buttercream itself.

Totally optional, every mix works exactly as labeled if you would rather keep it simple.

Tips from the Sift kitchen

A. When making cake layers, freeze them right after baking. Firm, frozen layers are so much easier to decorate.

B. The longer you whip your buttercream frosting, the fluffier it becomes.

C. Use an ice cream scoop to make uniform size cupcakes.

D. Level off the top of each cake round if you plan to make even layers.

Flavor specific tips

1. Birthday Cake (Set A): For something special, add a layer of raspberry jam with the vanilla buttercream between the cake layers.

2. French 75 Cake (Set B): Use 2 tablespoons of lemon juice plus a little zest in place of 2 tablespoons of water in the cake mix.

3. Whoopie Cookies (Set C): Freeze the filled cookies for a couple of hours to build extra moisture. Seal them in a ziploc bag or plastic wrap before freezing. Whoopie cookies are delicious cold or at room temperature, but skip serving them frozen.

Bake it, share it, win it

Want a shot at a free Flavor Club box? Show us the process, not just the finished bake.

  1. Bake anything from your Summer Box, hack version or not.
  2. Film a Reel of the process, mixing, baking, decorating, whatever you capture along the way.
  3. Post it and tag @siftbakes with #SiftFlavorClub.

One winner is picked from tagged Reels each box cycle and receives the next Flavor Club box free. Winners are announced on Instagram.

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