I recently made a cake from scratch and wasn't really pleased with the texture. I am accustomed to cake mix texture and don't want folks surprised by something else. Just wondering what you normally use and if using a cake mix - do you doctor it? If you have a scratch cake recipe that you love for yellow and for chocolate cakes that the texture is mix-like, do you mind sharing?
I think that it will be hard for you to find a scratch recipe that is "mix like" Usually scratch cakes tend to be a little drier. You could make simple syrup and brush some of that on the cakes to moisten them.
Some recipes I use scratch, some I use mix. If I do use a mix I always doctor it up. There is a good cake mix extender recipe on this site. i use that if i do use a mix. Hope this helps.
I always doctor my cake mixes and sift them. I have always had compliments about how moist my cakes are and how it just couldn't be a boxed mix. haha I will never tell!! I have made several scratch cakes and don't care for them.
It depends on the flour you use for your cakes. When making banana cake then all purpose is okay but when you are making others ex:white, yellow etc... then use should use both cake flour and all purpose. I read that in Confetti Cakes. She also has great recipes in there.
I have also heard using butter will dry out a cake, so if you can, use oil as the fat. Also, sifting is a must for scratch cakes. I find it helps with the lightness of the cake so it's not as dense. However, if you want to doctor a cake mix, I add a box of pudding mix, and 4 eggs, 1/3 cup oil and a cup of buttermilk to the mix and ignore the ingredients they say to put in. Makes a moist delicious cake that doesn't taste like it came from a box. You can always add in extracts and others things to change up the flavor too!
The textures are totally different. I think box mixes are mushy.
Scratch cakes are NOT drier. If they are drier, it's because it's a bad recipe.
Butter doesn't dry out a cake. Oil will certainly mkae it much more oilier(sp)
Mike
The recipe was supposedly from one of the best. I used sifted cake flour and room temperature everything. I guess its a matter of taste.
I am thinking of trying a Dream Cake (adding Dream Whip dry to a cake mix) and following that recipe. Anyone tried that one?
The recipe was supposedly from one of the best. I used sifted cake flour and room temperature everything. I guess its a matter of taste.
I am thinking of trying a Dream Cake (adding Dream Whip dry to a cake mix) and following that recipe. Anyone tried that one?
Do you want to post the recipe you used?
Mike
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