Store Bought Vs Homemade Cake Mixes
Decorating By SugarCreations Updated 11 Sep 2005 , 9:14pm by traci
Which do you prefer?
Store bought box mix or scratch cakes?
I like both, for boxed brand I will only by Ducan Hines. I just do not like the other brands of cakes mixes. Now I will use only the regular ducan hines (red box), the super moist (the front of box is white). It is good but too moist for slicing and frosting cakes. I love making cakes from scratch too, so it will depend on what you want. Now, when I see ducan hines on sale for $0.99 I do buy a 15 boxes or more becuase they usually are $3.99 a box, can not skip on a deal like that.
I only use box mixes now. I do doctor them up and my tip to keep them moist....is to cover with plastic wrap as soon as you turn them out of the pan. This really seals in the moisture. Helen
I use mixes for white or yellow cakes, Betty Crocker only, my secret is to substitute a 1/4c. of applesauce for part of the water. I then freeze my cakes and they turn out wonderfully moist! I have a lady at my church that swears I am lying about using a mix...I did conveniently "forget" to tell her this trick! 
P.S. I make everything else from scratch
candylady,
I've never had a cakemix that produced a dry cake. By moist, do you mean wet? Some mixes, I think it's DH, produce a cake that is almost wet.
Bubble, no I didn't mean wet. Just extra moist.
Has anyone tried adding cream cheese to Betty Crocker cake mix?
Which do you prefer?
Store bought box mix or scratch cakes?
This is funny!!! I just opened a poll to ask the same question!!!!
Sorry. I should've checked first.
I use scratch!!!!
I love boxed cake mixes, they just taste better in my opinion. Plus its quicker. My favorite is ducan hines as well. The Devil's Food Chocolate cake mix is so good, I always get compliments on it 
I always make my cakes from scratch. Boxed mixes over here are quite expensive, there's not much varity and they all seem to have a strange aftertaste when they're cooked. I do have a food mixer that I use when making my cakes and I find this makes the time difference between box and scratch cakes negligable When people order off me it's one of my boasts that all my cakes are home made and most customers would be horrified if I delivered a beautifully decorated cake that was made from a box mix. They pay for the cake as much as the decorating.
I would have to say I like using boxed mixes and add some flavorings. For stacked cakes I use Duncan Hines. I have recently started using Pillsbury yellow and milk chocolate for sheet cakes. I find that it comes out very moist and the yellow has a great flavor.
traci
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