My mothers birthday is wed, and I'm making her a replica of her Dooney & Bourke handbag. I'm thinking about using a cake mix extender for the first time and I found this one from ladycakes.com:

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White Almond Sour Cream

2 boxes white cake mix (I use Betty Crocker)
2 C flour
2 C sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
2 2/3 C water
4 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp real vanilla
2 tsp pure almond extract
2 C (16 oz carton) sour cream
8 large egg whites



Sift cake mix & flour to remove any lumps. Then add all dry ingredients in large bowl and whisk together to combine. Combine all wet ingredients in another bowl and mix well. Beat on a low speed for 2 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees F until cake tests done.

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Do you guys think thats a good recipe? I'm not happy with the taste of my ususal betty crocker anymore. I want a WOW taste to go along with the WOW look. (not to be to full of myself) lol.

Should I just go out and buy sour cream or do you think yogurt would work?

Heres the pic of the purse

Heres a better pic of the purse. Only my mothers is black

Oh, yes, that is a wow cake as is!!!!!

It's posted on CC as well:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2322-White-Almond-Sour-Cream-Cake.html

I've ony made it with the sour cream (and DH mix), but if you don't use a low/no fat yogurt, it should work.

Can't wait to see your pictures

I will definitely post pics. I think I will go out and get sour cream. I might as well do it right lol. I'd be devestated if it didn't work and probably never again venture outside of my box mix comfort zone.

P.S. JanH - Thanks for that link!

I know you decided to pick up some sour cream but I wanted to post that, yes, you can substitute yogurt for sour cream.

To yield 1 cup sour cream, use 1 cup yogurt plus 1 teaspoon baking soda. Don't use non-fat yogurt as it has a higher water content than regular. (You need the fat content for better baking results.)

Thanks whimsette! I'll remember that because I'm sure i'll make this recipe again and I never have sour cream but always have yogurt.