I have two cakes I am doing for July 25th!! One is a big sculpted cake to feed 75 people and the other is a smaller slab cake for a family BBQ! Both have plenty of hand sculpted fondant figures, food, etc...
So I am looking for a good recipe for both chocolate and vanilla. I was thinking about one of "enhancing" on of the boxed mixes??? I need something that will stay moist and good to carve! Any ideas????

The WASC cake is very tasty and many members use for carving (semi-freeze or freeze first).

Here's the expanded flavors version:

http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4
(Using DH white cake mixes, the full recipe yields a tad over 14 cups of batter.)

Other recommendations:

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

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1972-Durable-Cake-for-3D-and-Wedding-Cakes.html

Look forward to seeing pics of your cakes.

HTH

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