The present paper reports extremely efficient and versatile route for the synthesis of cubic copper ferrite (CuFe 2 O 4 ) powder, which is promising for many interesting applications such as Li-ion storage, gas sensors, catalysts, and magnetic devices. The technique uses ethylene glycol (EG) as a solvent of Cu(NO 3 ) 2 and Fe(NO 3 ) 3 . It has been found that crystalline CuFe 2 O 4 powder is obtained by rapid boiling of the solution and spontaneous combustion. This time a hotplate (300°C) was used, and the time required for obtaining 100 mg of the final product from 50 mL solution was only 15 min. The obtained CuFe 2 O 4 powder has a cubic structure, while the tetragonal phase is more likely to be obtained in the ordinary process. The size of the crystal is rather small, mainly because of the low-temperature process. The technique is promising, because it is rapid and uses only one simple pass. For comparison, much slower drying (overnight at 100°C) of the same solution has been also studied. It has been found that tetragonal phase CuFe 2 O 4 is formed by subsequent heating the dried materials up to 1000°C.