Help Make A Yellow Cake Mix Less Boring Please!

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wuzzled Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:34pm
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Somehow we ended up with a handful of yellow cake mixes. I have no idea why I would have bought them. It's the butter recipe yellow Duncan Hines.

Any suggestions on what to do to make them less boring? The only idea I have is adding vanilla. I need to get the Cake Mix Doctor book!

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CMarie Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:40pm
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I like to color the cake mix, it makes it alot less boring!

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shelbur10 Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:42pm
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You can add flavored coffee creamers or add different flavors of pudding

You can also use flavored gelatin with a 'matching' liquid to change the flavor of the cake. I've done this to make a cranberry cake. Let me know if you'd like the recipe I use. You can use any flavor gelatin and juice.

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moniquerei Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:45pm
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I would love to hear your recipe!! I'm pretty new to caked and have no recipes to play with my cake mixes. Thank you!!

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shelbur10 Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:23pm
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1 box white or yellow cake mix
1 3 oz flavored Jello
2/3 cup milk OR juice
2/3 cup oil
4 eggs
1 cup crushed fruit/berries (optional)

I've used this for strawberry and cranberry so far. For the strawberry, I use milk, jello and crushed strawberries. For the cranberry, I use jello, cranberry juice, and no berries. You can play around with it.

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sun33082 Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:28pm
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Banana Cake

Yellow Cake mix (according to directions)
Box of Banana pudding
1/2 tsp Banana Extract
1 more egg

Yumm yumm

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cryssi Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:32pm
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http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2384-Margies-Incredible-Chocolate-Cake-Recipe.html

use the yellow mixes instead of chocolate, and use vanilla or whatever pudding. yummmmmy!

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gingersoave Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:38pm
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Welp, its not a cake recipe but it does involve a yellow cake mix and HOLY COW IS IT GOOD!!!!

Cake Mix Cornbread

1 box yellow cake mix
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread
3 eggs
2/3 c. milk
2/3 c. water

Stir well. 9x13 pan. 400 degrees till brown, if it gets too brown on top cover with tin foil till done (approx, 30 -40 minutes)
Its so yummy you don't know whether to ice it or put butter on it!!!

Speaking of butter, I make honey butter to put on it. Just some real butter softened and add honey. So Yum!!!!!!!

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canadiancookie Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:45pm
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I just made this two days ago for a Microsoft event I was catering....and they absolutely LOVED it.....so did my 5 year old who claims "all my other cakes taste funny but not this one mum...I love it" with a face full of Choc Icing. His idea of dessert is potato chips...so when he asked for seconds I was quite proud! (better then anything anyone at Microsoft could have said)


http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1988-Blue-Ribbon-Moist-and-Fudgey-Chocolate-Cake.html

I think her name was Lisa???? its great...and starts with a Yellow cake mix. I added choc kahlua filling and choc icing....was heavan!! icon_biggrin.gif

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reesesob Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:53pm
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Originally Posted by gingersoave

Welp, its not a cake recipe but it does involve a yellow cake mix and HOLY COW IS IT GOOD!!!!

Cake Mix Cornbread

1 box yellow cake mix
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread
3 eggs
2/3 c. milk
2/3 c. water

Stir well. 9x13 pan. 400 degrees till brown, if it gets too brown on top cover with tin foil till done (approx, 30 -40 minutes)
Its so yummy you don't know whether to ice it or put butter on it!!!

Speaking of butter, I make honey butter to put on it. Just some real butter softened and add honey. So Yum!!!!!!!




Thank you, thank you, thank you, I bet my husband would LOVE this!!!

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gingersoave Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 8:06pm
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Does anyone know if I'm allowed to post my Cake Mix Cornbread on CC's recipe area? I wasnt sure since it's technically not a cake.


Cake Mix Cornbread

1 box yellow cake mix
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread
3 eggs
2/3 c. milk
2/3 c. water

Stir well. 9x13 pan. 400 degrees till brown, if it gets too brown on top cover with tin foil till done (approx, 30 -40 minutes)
Its so yummy you don't know whether to ice it or put butter on it!!!

Speaking of butter, I make honey butter to put on it. Just some real butter softened and add honey. So Yum!!!!!!!

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cryssi Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 10:07pm
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Originally Posted by gingersoave



Cake Mix Cornbread

1 box yellow cake mix
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread
3 eggs
2/3 c. milk
2/3 c. water

Stir well. 9x13 pan. 400 degrees till brown, if it gets too brown on top cover with tin foil till done (approx, 30 -40 minutes)
Its so yummy you don't know whether to ice it or put butter on it!!!

Speaking of butter, I make honey butter to put on it. Just some real butter softened and add honey. So Yum!!!!!!!




ummm...yummm...I would eat the whole pan myself...lol My aunt has a recipe for sweet cornbread that is very cake-like...I bet this is very similar...hmmm...don't have any jiffy mix... icon_sad.gif

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