Cannabis Cake in a Jar Recipe

What are we celebrating? Whether it's your birthday or just a normal day, this Cannabis Cake in a Jar Recipe is downright delicious and so easy to make.

Made with store bought frosting, a box of cake mix and CannaButter (or Canna Oil - your choice), this is one of our favorite ways to eat our weed. Candles optional.

In terms of cooking with cannabis, it doesn't get a whole lot easier than this cake in a jar recipe. Choose your favorite cake mix in a box. Chocolate, strawberry, funfetti, vanilla - it's completely up to you. Then grab your favorite jar of frosting. Toss in some sprinkles, and you're good to go!

Jump to:

• 👩🏻‍🍳 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
• 📋 INGREDIENTS
• 🔪 INSTRUCTIONS
• 🧾 SUBSTITUTIONS
• 📖 VARIATIONS
• 🍽 SERVING SIZE + DOSING
• 🥘FREEZING AND STORAGE
• 📋 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
• 📖 Recipe

👩🏻‍🍳 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED

If you’re new to cooking with cannabis, you’ll want to learn more about getting started. It’s not hard to cook with cannabis, but there are a few things you’ll need to understand first. For this recipe, you’ll need to know:

• How to Decarb your Weed
• How to Make CannaButter
• OR How to Make Canna Oil

📋 INGREDIENTS

• Cake mix (your choice of flavor)
• Frosting (your choice of flavor)
• Mason jar
• Sprinkles
• CannaButter or CannaOil

See recipe card for quantities.

🔪 INSTRUCTIONS

1. Prepare the cake mix according to package instructions.
2. Bake on a greased half sheet pan. Cake will be thin.
3. Let cool completely.
4. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out cake rounds that are slightly smaller than the mason jar opening. You will need 3-4 cake rounds per mason jar.
5. Place one cake round in the bottom of the mason jar.
6. Add one teaspoon melted CannaButter or Canna Oil. Each teaspoon of CannaButter or Canna Oil adds 28 mg of THC, so you may only want to do one teaspoon of your infusion per mason jar, but you can add more if you want.
7. Top with frosting and sprinkles.
8. Repeat until mason jar is full.
9. Place a lid on your jar. Store in the refrigerator and eat within 7 days or in the freezer within 6 months.

HINT: Use a cookie cutter that's about 2.5 inches in diameter to fit inside your mason jar.

🧾 SUBSTITUTIONS

Make it Gluten Free

Making this recipe gluten free is as easy as choosing a gluten free cake mix! We really like this one.

Make it Dairy Free

To make this recipe dairy free, use a dairy free cake mix and frosting (most frostings are dairy free). You'll also want to use Canna Oil or a dairy-free version of CannaButter. The Vegan Knife makes a super yummy dairy free cake mix.

📖 VARIATIONS

There are several variations you can try with this recipe!

• Experiment with Different Cake Mixes: As we mentioned before, you can use ANY cake mix you like. Try all different types to see what you like best.
• Add food coloring: Dye some or all of your cake mix before baking so you have different colors and layers of cake in your mason jars. You can also add food coloring to your frosting.
• Add M&Ms or other candies: Who says you can't have fun with your layers? Toss in some chocolate chips, nuts, sprinkles, M&Ms, crushed candy canes - anything you think will enhance the flavor. Yum!
• Try fresh fruit: Make an angel food cake and layer in cream cheese frosting and fresh berries.

🍽 SERVING SIZE + DOSING

Serving Size: One mason jar cake (with 1 teaspoon of CannaButter or Canna Oil)
Servings per Recipe: 12
Dosage: Approximately 28 mg THC per serving. Dosage determined using marijuana with 10% THC.

🥘FREEZING AND STORAGE

STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS

Place a lid on your mason jar and store in the fridge for up to one week.

FREEZER INSTRUCTIONS

Make each mason jar cake separately, add a mason jar lid and store in the freezer for up to six months.

OR you can cut the cake into rounds and freeze the cake rounds in an airtight container for up to six months. When you're ready to make another mason jar cake, simply take three cake rounds from the freezer and add your frosting and infusion.

📋 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Can I just bake my cake in the Jar?

Mason jars are not oven proof and should not be used for baking. Sorry!

Why wouldn't I bake my CannaButter or Canna Oil into my cake mix?

Because one box of cake mix can make up to 12 mason cake jars, it's easier to manage the dosing by adding it in at the end. This also allows you to build one jar at a time when you're ready to eat it.

What's the best way to get my frosting into the jar without getting the sides gross?

The easiest option is to add a spoonful of frosting to the middle of the cake layer and then spread it out when you slide the next layer of cake on top. You can also spoon your frosting into a plastic baggie. Snip the corner off and squeeze it in.

Can I make homemade cake and/or frosting?

Of course! Choose your favorite recipes and get cooking!

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