Can I add cocoa to a white cake mix?

Good question. Yes you can use a white cake mix and make a chocolate cake. Add 1/4 cup of cocoa to the cake mix and add all other ingredients as directed.

How do you make vanilla cake mix better?

Bump up the flavor by adding ½ to 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Making a spice cake? Add a little rum, almond, or orange extract as well. If you’re making a white or yellow cake, add a teaspoon or two of fresh lemon or lime zest, or a bit of juice.

What can I add to a chocolate cake mix?

Amp up your cake batter with 1/2 a cup of chips, raisins, candy, nuts, or banana. They add texture and homemade flavors to your chocolate box cake. Remember to coat your mix-ins in some flour or cocoa powder (for chocolate cake) so that they don’t sink to the bottom of your batter.

What happens when you add pudding mix to cake mix?

Add a small box of pudding mix in with the cake mix. (Don’t make the pudding.) The mix adds additional flavor, moistness, and a denser texture.

How do you make box cake taste better?

Try adding a few of these tips to your box cake mix taste better!

1. Use milk instead of water.
2. Add extra eggs.
3. Add sugar and flour to the dry mix.
4. Use coffee instead of water for chocolate cakes.
5. Sour Cream is perfect for adding moisture and rich flavor.
6. Pudding adds moisture and flavor.

What can I add to a red velvet cake mix to make it better?

Upgrade for Texture Many cake mixes call for adding vegetable oil, water and eggs to dry ingredients. For a richer flavor, substitute equal quantities of melted butter for the oil. Adding an extra egg is one way to add density. Substitute the water with equal parts milk, or in the case of red velvet cake, buttermilk.

How much pudding mix do you add to cake mix?

One box of pudding mix is more than enough for a box of cake mix. For every addition of cake mix box, add a pudding box.

How do you turn yellow cake mix into chocolate?

To begin this recipe, add 1 box of Duncan Hines classic yellow cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Next, add 1 small box of Jello Instant Chocolate pudding mix (3.9 oz size) to the bowl. Add 6 level tablespoons of Hershey’s natural unsweetened cocoa powder.

Can you mix two different cake mixes together?

If you aren’t concerned about dividing the cake exactly in half or mixing the flavors in the center, try these techniques: Pour both batters into the pan at the same time. This method requires some coordination, but if you pour near the edges, the two flavors of cake batter will flow toward the center and meet.

What happens if you add too many eggs to a cake?

Although eggs are an essential ingredient in cake baking, adding too many of them can make for a baking disaster. However, if you add too many eggs to your cake batter, then your end result could be spongy, rubbery, or dense. Like flour, eggs build structure in a cake, so they make a cake batter more bonded and dense.

Does cocoa powder make cake dry?

Cake flour is a low protein flour that’s milled into a superfine consistency. Chocolate cake, for example, already has cocoa powder– which is a soft dry ingredient and takes the place of some flour in the recipe. More often than not, the combination of cake flour and cocoa powder results in a flimsy cake.

What is the secret to super moist cake?

Mix Butter into Flour Mixing butter into the flour before adding any kind of wet ingredients will reduce the chances of gluten formation in it. The flour gets coated in fat due to the presence of butter into it. This is the secret tip for making a super moist cake.

What can you add to vanilla cake mix?

For vanilla or yellow cake mixes, try adding diced crystallized ginger, dried fruit, or fresh berries. For chocolate or vanilla cake mixes, try adding unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted chopped nuts, or chocolate chips.

What ingredient makes a cake moist?

Fats, like butter, shortening, or oil, help retard gluten formation while providing moisture for the cake. This ensures a tender texture. Sugar breaks up gluten, keeping the texture tender; it absorbs liquid, keeping the cake moist; and it caramelizes in baking, enriching flavors and helping the cake brown.

What is the best cocoa powder for chocolate cake?

• Callebaut Cocoa Powder.
• Ghirardelli Majestic Premium Cocoa Powder.
• Cacao Barry Cocoa Powder 100% Cocoa Extra Brute.
• Cadbury Bournville Cocoa.
• Pure Naturals Miracles Organic Raw Unsweetened Cocoa.
• Hershey’s 100% Natural Unsweetened.

How do you make Betty Crocker red velvet cake mix better?

Tip #2 on how to make box mix taste homemade

1. Replace water with milk for more flavor and moisture. If you’re making red velvet you can use buttermilk.
2. Replace the oil with melted butter for more flavor and homemade texture.
3. For chocolate cakes, try replacing the water with cooled coffee.

How do you make a box cake taste like Paula Deen?

add one more egg (or add two additional if you want it to be really rich) double the oil amount, but use melted butter instead of oil use milk instead of water add 1 tsp of real vanilla.

Does sugar free cake mix taste different?

A plain sugar-free cake can taste too, well, plain, but if you put a creamy and flavorful dessert mix in between like Lemon Dessert Mix it will add flavor interest.

Do bakers use box cake mix?

There are scratch-only bakers, there are mix-only bakers, and there are those who do a little of both. At CakeBoss, we prefer cake mix for some cakes, especially our CakeBoss White Velvet Wedding Cake, but are scratch all the way for others like Red Velvet cake, Italian Cream cake, or carrot cake.

How much sour cream do I add to cake mix?

According to food-science blog Food Crumbles, sour cream can help thicken a cake and make it moister. And, since sour cream contains fat, your cake will also be richer. Per baking blog Liv for Cake, you may want to start by adding about 1 cup of sour cream.

Why does my chocolate cake taste weird?

Too long in the oven or baking temperature too high. BTW: Too much baking powder can cause the batter to be bitter tasting. It can also cause the batter to rise rapidly and then collapse. The normal proportion is about 1 to 2 teaspoons per 1 cup of flour.

What does adding sour cream to cake mix do?

To summarize, sour cream can be used in cakes to: add moisture without thinning the cake batter, adding fat for creaminess, controlling browning and to activate baking soda. The sour cream does all of this thanks to its high fat content & acidity.

Is Funfetti cake just white cake with sprinkles?

Funfetti cake is typically a fluffy white cake with sprinkles mixed into the batter. Light and fluffy, this cake is made with a combination of butter (for flavor) and oil (for texture and moisture).

Can I add chocolate chips to my cake mix?

ANSWER: Like many ingredients we fold into cake and cupcake batters, chocolate chips can sink to the bottom. Second, you can add the chocolate chips to the dry ingredients before you mix them with the wet ingredients. When you do mix the dry and wet ingredients together, do so quickly but gently, using a spatula.

How do I make a cake mix more moist?

Add the amount of eggs called for in the recipe but add two extra egg yolks. The extra yolks add the density and moisture you’d find in a bakery cake! Milk: Add MILK, not water, when your box mix calls for liquid. The milk adds density, fat and, most importantly, extra flavor to your mix.

Can you just add sprinkles to cake batter?

One way to make a plain cake more exciting is to add sprinkles to the cake batter. The sprinkles dissolve as they bake, leaving behind colored spots in the finished cake, which is sometimes referred to as a confetti cake. You can add sprinkles to any type of cake mix, although they show up best in a light-colored cake.

Is Funfetti cake just vanilla with sprinkles?

Rationally, I know Funfetti is just vanilla cake mix with unremarkable candy sprinkles baked in. But it’s been a grocery-store and birthday-party staple since Pillsbury unleashed it on the world in 1989. It has its own trademark, and has spawned countless gourmet bakery “confetti cake” riffs.

How do you make a box cake taste like a bakery cake?

Instructions

1. The only directions to note are that whatever the back of the box directs you to use, you have to:
2. Add an additional egg.
3. Replace the water with milk, same amounts.
4. Replace the oil with melted butter. DOUBLE the amount.
5. Cook with the same directions that are printed on the box.

What is the secret to a moist chocolate cake?

Secrets To Making The Best Chocolate Cake

1. Use high-quality unsweetened cocoa.
2. Opt for the best chocolate you can get your hands on.
3. Use shiny pans to bake chocolate cake rather than dark ones.
4. Dust your parchment-lined pan with cocoa instead of flour.
5. Measure flour and sugar carefully.
6. Take the time to cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
7. Add a dash of sea salt.

What is the best Funfetti cake mix?

For this test, a handful of Taste of Home staffers and I tried these confetti cake mixes:

• Annie’s Organic Confetti Cake Mix.
• Duncan Hines Confetti Cake Mix.
• Great Value Extra Confetti White Cake Mix.
• Pillsbury Funfetti Premium Cake and Cupcake Mix.