2y ago

Looking for how how to improve a grocery store cake mix

Hello, I have a cake mix box in my pantry and I'm looking for simple recipes based on that. I also want to make my own chocolate frosting. Amy recipes and suggestions are appreciated, thanks!

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Substitute the water with milk
Substitute the same volume of oil for butter - make sure butter is not liquid but room temp and soft (it’s very important that the butter be allowed to fully melt while only in the oven otherwise it’ll just pool all at the bottom of the pan and it gets gross)
Add another egg yolk
This takes a box mix from eh to absolutely phenomenal. The box mixes are the way to go since they’re premeasured, they have the perfect ratios of flour, sugar, leaveners, and they’re sized for normal cake pans.
Can't go wrong with America's Test Kitchen buttercream, here's a video for their chocolate buttercream, starting at 7 minutes. You can use a hand mixer instead of a stand mixer, and their vanilla buttercream is even easier to make
I have heard to use milk or cream instead of water but I’ve never tried this myself.
I just make normal cakes though usually. Also explore chocolate peanut butter ganache. I’ve always wanted to do a two layer cake with that in between the layers.
- Adding a can of full sugar soda works too. I've tried cherry vanilla coke in chocolate cake and ginger cake and both were delicious.
  I think zero soda works too, I've seen in on diet forums but never tried it.
  Also ganache is super easy- heat cream (vegan stuff works too!) till it's steaming hot and add chopped chocolate and stir. To boost the flavour, add a pinch of salt and a sprinkle of instant coffee in with the chocolate.