I hear people talking about cake extenders, why would you use one? I assume its to make more batter, so why wouldn't you just make 2 recipes of cake instead of extending it, doesn't that thin it out?

Thank you

Actually, I found that the etender made a more dense cake. It makes about 1.5 the regular amount. I did a 10 in. round with one that baked up perfectly. It was easier to work with since it was a much denser cake than had I just made two boxes of mix. I'm a fan, even though I accidentally used peppermint extract instead of vanilla (rough week). That was actually kinda yummy.

It makes a mix go alot furthur, almost double. Plus it makes them taste alot better, more like scratch. I do not ever make a plain mix anymore.


And no it doesn't thin them. you add flour, sugar, egg, sourcream and favoring.
Stephanie

What is you normally add a pudding to your mix? Do you still add it?

Can you use the cake mix extender on chocolate cake mix? Will it lessen the chocolate taste?

When making a chocolate cake and using the extender, add one ounce of premelted baking chocolate. Tastes great.

I use 1/4 c. of cocoa and another 2 Tbs. of oil when I do chocolate cakes. The extender is more moist and tastes more like a scratch cake. People can't believe that I started out witha box mix. I will never just use a box mix again!

So what exactly is the cake extender?? Forgive me if I sound stupid. Are there specifice measurements etc.?

Here is the recipe from this site for the cake mix extender:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipes_fileid-print-recipeid-1977.html

It adds a little more you your boxed cake mix - rather than using two boxes of cake and makes it taste more home made.

I'm glad this is explained . I didn't know what it was either.

I have been using the cake extender since I read about it on here some time back. It is marvelous when you are making character cakes. I always found that using one mix made them look really skimpy. Now they look much better. My girlfriend swears that they taste 100% better since I started using the extender with my mixes.

Diane

Thank You! Geminikim, much appreciated!

I generally get about 6 cups of batter from my DH mixes. But some pans call for 8 cups of batter. Using 2 mixes would make too much batter, but using the extender I get about the right amount.

Also, seems white cake doesn't rise as much as other flavors. So I use the extender and fill my pans just a little more. That way they come out the right height.

Does the sour cream give it a tangy flavor? Is the yogurt better with certain cake flavors?

I've been adding a box of pudding and an extra egg to my DH mixes. Is this considered an extender?

I believe that is called a doctored cake mix, not an extender. An extender is used to make more cake mix while a doctored cake mix makes the mix more dense or more flavor, etc.

DL

No, sour cream and yoghurt don't give it a tangy flavor, just a denser, moister cake. It really is good!

When I do it, I make my doctored mix as usual, then add the extender ingredients.

I also love what the extender does to box cakes. I haven't yet found a scratch recipe that works (for me) in a character pan, so I tried the extender with a chocolate mix for a football pan cake. It totally took away the box/preservative taste and came out great.

-Lisa

I have a question about the cake extender receipe, is that all purpose flour, cake flour or self rising flour?

I use all purpose

I use all purpose too.

-Lisa