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No hygiene issues
however, if it's a recipe requiring highly sifted flour or cream-sugar-with-butter or mix-vanilla-paste-with-sugar then quality may be lost.
For a brownie recipe, dry mix can be left in a tupperware with room to add wet ingredients and shake.
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There is certainly no problem with doing it in the exact described scenario (mixing for one cake a few days ahead).
I would be wary with mixing in bulk though. Not only is it very difficult to mix the powders perfectly evenly, but there is also a physical effect which makes the mix uneven if the box is moved during storage. So, if you start doing this for ...
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There's no issue with doing this, as you are no doubt aware ready-made cake mixes are sold boxed in stores and they aren't much different than you describe. Boxed mixes will often have anti-caking agents to prevent the dry ingredients from clumping up after a few weeks on the shelf, this won't be a concern for you if the mix will only be made a couple of ...
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To answer the question about the outer texture, my guess is that you oven is too hot.
Oftentimes, it's a good idea to reduce the heat and increase the oven time. This is just a guess, mind. You can also put the cake on a lower shelve.
What you can do is bake it low and slow. If you want to brown the cake, you can turn up the heat to 180ºC for a few minutes ...
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