Ok I have heard if you add vanilla to your cake mix it will make ittaste more like scratch? How much do you add ? Does anyone know I would figure 1 tsp.. but not sure. Ive also heard using melted butter instead of the vegetable oil makes it taste better? Just seeing what people do to spice up their cake mix.. I prefer using Pillsbury but I will be using BC this time around and going to be making a 3-d laptop computer cake and trying the little red barn cake so I need to make sure my cake is tastier..lol I know I could just whip up one by scratch but gotta use the mixes up... Any suggestions?
You should use whatever recipe or box mix you prefer using or working with.
You can use butter flavoring instead or real butter, to help the taste along, and about 1-2 tsp. of vanilla woiuld be ok, per box mix. Also some people, me included add Almond extract too. But you don't need much of that at all.
I use butter in plac of oil all the time. I don't even melt it, just add it softened a little. I also replace the water with Milk or buttermilk. I add a pudding mix alot, an extra egg and 1-2 tsp pure vanilla extract and 1/2tsp almond extract. My favorite combo so far is a white cake I make. I use the BC White butter cake mix, add milk instead of the water, an extra egg white, a white chocolate pudding mix 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond estract! This recipe is so yummy.
Do you have the Cake Doctor book yet? It's full of ideas of how to make cake mixes taste more homemade - I've found people think they want scratch but are used to cake mixes - they actually just don't want the kind of cake that comes from a supermarket and tastes like chemicals. 
Euphoriabakery, what size pudding mix do you add? I'm not sure if white chocolate comes in both sizes, but just to make sure, which do you use? Thanks a bunch!
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I use the smaller size box, I'm not sure how many ozs it is? But it is the smaller of the two sizes that Jello offers.
same here extra egg milk all the time and pudding ( small pack 3.4oz), becareful with the pudding you will need to cook the cake a little longer , i notice that when i add pudding it take the middle a little longer to get done, also i would add a little bit more of milk or water, the pudding make the cake mixed alot thicker,
I just tried using frozen Bacardi strawberry dacquiri
mix and 1/3 cup water and added 1tbsp rum. Smells good haven't taste tested yet. I think I will fill with fresh strawberries.
[quote="cakesondemand"]I just tried using frozen Bacardi strawberry dacquiri
mix and 1/3 cup water and added 1tbsp rum. Smells good haven't taste tested yet. I think I will fill with fresh strawberries.[/quote]
Ok now here is my address so when you get done making it I can take it off your hands..... LOL Thats sounds YUMMMMMMMMMY .. Let us know how delicious it is!
The butter gives the cake a little bit richer flavor and adds some density to the cake.
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