Ok, so I have always been a pastry, cookie, extremely goooooooooey type of in my house baker.
Recently I made a cake for a neighbors family re-union and had a blast doing it. So now I am on a cake making binge and having a blast.
My neghbors are going to be plump for Thanksgiving 
But my question is basicly this.....I have two recipies I used for the cakes, one chocolate and one white.
Do most of you make your cakes from scratch or do you nuy your mix from the store? Just curious 
I use both plus I have made cakes 'from scratch' using the same ingredients that are used in cake mixes.
This of course when 'from scratch' means measuring out each of your ingredients one at a time and not using a boxed cake mix--just using similar ingredients.
I do both scratch & mix, but mostly doctored DH cake mixes. They taste amazing and are never dry. There are some cakes that you really need to do from scratch but basic chocs & whites, go with a mix.
Based on a test test I did with a bunch of friends, I mostly do doctored mix cakes. For some recipes they didnt find much of a difference between the scratch and the doctored cakes and for some the doctored was much better. So I figure the doctored ones are so much easier and do well amongst my friends so i do what lengthens my years ! I never do a cake straight from a mix - always doctored.
If I'm doing a cake for a big event, I prefer to bake from scratch. But if I'm just doing a dessert cake to take along to a dinner, I can be found to use doctored boxed mixes.
By scratch or mix, the cake is only as good as the person baking it, don't you agree?
If you like working with boxed mixes, try using the WASC recipe with them. You can even omit the almond extract if you wish. Lots of people swear by the WASC recipes, and many people sell them as part of their product line, so they must be good.
Theresa
Has anyone else noticed that much of the time, the scratch vs. mix threads are started by newbie posters and it's always their first post? Just noticing...
Has anyone else noticed that much of the time, the scratch vs. mix threads are started by newbie posters and it's always their first post? Just noticing...
Everything you do starts with the basics. Unless you have a solid foundation to work with, then nothing else comes into place
Scratch vs. Mix and pricing questions never get old to me. There is always some new, interesting point of view.
Has anyone else noticed that much of the time, the scratch vs. mix threads are started by newbie posters and it's always their first post? Just noticing...
Everything you do starts with the basics. Unless you have a solid foundation to work with, then nothing else comes into place
Hahaha, you should do a search on the forums for other scratch vs. mix threads. You'll see why I mentioned the bizarre coincidence of this topic always being the first post of the newbie poster (or trolls, whcihever they happen to be.)
Scratch. I like the whole mixing and prepping and creating the cake as much as the decorating.
ok first I want to say YAY JAMIE'S BACK!!!!!...... I just couldn't figure out how to pronounce that other name. 
On the whole scratch vs mix I agree with Costumeczar......there are way too many of these threads on the forums if you use the search feature chances are at least a million of them will pop up. 
Just in case you're keeping score......scratch all the way for me.
Scratch here.
Where???? you have pics???
Mike
LOL!
On the whole scratch vs mix I agree with Costumeczar......there are way too many of these threads on the forums if you use the search feature chances are at least a million of them will pop up.
along with "how to make black/red buttercream/fondant"
i sincerely think there needs to be a "newbies look here first" thread that discusses how to use the search function effectively, because, let's face it, it isn't the eeeeeasiest thing to figure out your first time around.
Scratch here.
Where???? you have pics???
Mike
Scratch it...Scratch it like mad!
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