How to spice up boxed cake mixes to make them more homeade?

Answer 1

When the recipe calls for water, I use milk or cream, instead of oil, try butter or margarine. The rest is what you feel like.

Answer 2

I start by using applesauce instead of oil. This not only makes the cake a healthier choice but it makes it lighter. Then I throw in whatever I have on hand.
Nuts of any kind work great! (I've even cracked, shelled, and slivered Brazil nuts and added them to the frosting of a cake.)
Cereal (especially Musilix or oatmeal) work as good "add ons" too.
Peanutbutter is good in some cakes.
Also go crazy with chocolate chips (or butterscotch/white chocolate/peanutbutter/etc.)
I've added pudding mix, trail mix, and certain fruits are good too.
Dried coconut adds a homemade touch and works wonders in a German Chocolate cake mix. But don't stick with the ones that make sense. Be bold and creative and see what you can come up with!
Good Baking!

Answer 3

I make "Citrus" cakes from boxed mixes. I just cut the water measurement in half and substitute the other half with lemonade or orange juice. I use only white cake or yellow cake mixes for these and bake them in a bundt pan. I ice the cake with a confectioner's sugar and water mixture. I'll add a 1/2 teaspoon of the the citrus juice into the icing mix. I never told anyone who had a piece of the cake I used a box mix. Everyone loved it. They all thought I made it from scratch. Try it. Enjoy!

Answer 4

after the cake cools, slice it down the middle from the sides, spread on a layer of whip cream or even strawberry preserves (or your favorite kind), you can even put pudding in the middle, then lay top layer of cake back on and ice as usual. We've even crushed candy bars and mixed it in the whip cream and spread it in the middle. We took a strawberry cake and put starwberry yogurt in the middle, then iced it with whip cream. You can do the same thing with icecream in the middle, and pour chocolate syrup over top. You can even try fresh fruit.

Answer 5

BLACK FORREST CAKE

1 pkg Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
2 1/2 cups whipping cream
2 1/2 tbsp confectioners' sugar
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling

Baking Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
2 Prepare, bake and cool cake according to package directions.
3 Beat whipping cream in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Add sugar gradually.
4 To assemble, place one cake layer on serving plate. Spread two-thirds cherry pie filling on cake to within 1/2-inch of edge. Spread 1.5 cups whipped cream mixture over cherry pie filling. Top with second cake layer. Frost sides and top with remaining whipped cream mixture. Spread remaining cherry pie filling on top to within 1-inch of edge. Refrigerate until ready to serve.


Orange Dreamsicle Cake

1 box Duncan Hines Orange Supreme cake mix
2 small pkg. orange Jell-O
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 (8 oz.) sour cream
1 (8 oz.) Cool Whip
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. orange extract

1: Mix cake, Jell-O, milk, eggs, oil as directed on cake mix box.
2: Bake as directed, using 2, 9-inch cake pans.
3: Cool competely on wire racks.
4: Mix sugar and orange juice until sugar dissolves. Add orange extract.
5: Mix in sour cream, fold in Cool Whip. Should be a thick mixture.
6: Cut each cake in half, (total of 4 pieces). Spread frosting on each cake, stack on top, spread over top and on sides.
Instead of milk you can use water, milk makes a more moist better tasting cake.

Answer 6

One important thing I learned is to substitute milk or half and half for the water. Makes a big difference! Try it, you'll like it!! HA HA

Answer 7

Pudding mix, chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, you name it, it will come out so moist it'll bring tears to your eyes, just don't tell your girlfriends our secret, they'll be doing it to and then say they came up with the Idea. Go get'um

Answer 8

make a sheet cake....poke holes in it...pour pudding over the top..then cool whip

make a sheet cake...stir in chopped walnuts or pecans.....top with powdered sugar

place pineapple rings with sherrys in them in a casserole dish....sprinkle brown sugar over this the dump the yellow cake mix batter on top....

take angelfood cake..break up...pour on top...condensed milk......cherry pie filling...top with cool whip

Answer 9

If you are going to go to all the trouble to customize a cake mix, why not just bake it from scratch? That way you don't have to lie about it.

Answer 10

Use milk instead of water, add fresh pieces of fruit.