I tried to do an almond cake tonight with almond buttercream icing. The icing was great but the cake was boring. i used Almond extract but it still tasted like box cake what can I do without making a cake from scratch to get box cake to taste tremendous?

Hi and Welcome to CC, Pumpkin2u.

Decoding CC acronyms:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html

Thread that has all the extender and enhancer cake mix formulas, as well as link to "everything you ever wanted to know about adding "extras" to cake mixes:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-187421-.html

Two really nice doctored cake mix recipes.

WASC cake expanded flavors recipe:

http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4
(Using DH white cake mixes, the full recipe yields a tad over 14 cups of batter which is the perfect amount for a 12x18x2 sheet cake layer.)

Another WASC chocolate variation:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-587744-.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-6948--Enhanced-Mix-Recipe.html

Original WASC cake recipe:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-584319-.html

Some simple & easy b/c recipes that aren't overly sweet:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2019-Whipped-Cream-Buttercream-Frosting.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2033-Chocolate-Syrup-Frosting.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2006-Dreamy-Cream.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2110-Marshmallow-Creme-Buttercream.html

HTH

Thank you so much love ya. I was looking but I didn't do a search on it sorry