Six Hacks To Make Your Box Cake Mix Taste Better

Sometimes life happens and you need a box cake mix.

Now box cakes taste well like box cakes.

Nice but not necessarily homemade but not too worried because today we are going to be going through six hacks that will make your box cake taste better than even a big crew one.

Why You’ll Love This

Because dairy has a high effect percentage then water, it’s going to make your cake more rich and moist.

By adding an extra egg it’s going to add a richer flavor to your cake and because it’s an emulsifier it means that you can add more liquid to the cake without you know resulting in a greenness.

Their high-fat content as well as acidity helps them break down gluten in your cake. Giving you a more tender and soft crumb.

Adding an instant pudding mix is going to add extra flavor and softness to your cake.

Ingredients

• For Hack one:
  • milk
  • butter milk
• For Hack two:
  • an extra egg
• For Hack three:
  • extra melted butter or oil
  • a quarter cup of oil
  • a quarter cup of melted butter
• For Hack four:
  • an extra quarter cup of yogurt
  • sour cream
  • cream cheese
  • mayonnaise
• For Hack five:
  • a small packet of instant pudding mix
  • a vanilla pudding mix
• For Hack six:
  • extra vanilla extract or essence
  • instant coffee powder
  • spices like cinnamon or nutmeg
  • lemon rind
  • orange juice
• For the demonstration:
  • vanilla cake mix
  • two eggs
  • one cup of milk
  • a quarter cup of melted butter
  • three quarters of a packet of instant vanilla pudding
  • a tiny bit of vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat my oven to 140 degrees Celsius as stated on the package.
2. Greasing an asinch cake tin with some homemade cake release.
3. Placing the cake mix into a bowl.
4. Add in two eggs.
5. Add in one cup of milk to replace the one cup of water.
6. Add in a quarter cup of melted butter.
7. Put in three quarters of a packet of instant vanilla pudding to add extra richness and flavor.
8. Added a tiny bit of vanilla.
9. Mixing on a low speed to combine everything and then turning up the speed and mixing for a further three minutes as stated on the package.
10. Pouring the batter into my prepared cake tin and giving it a little bang to settle the better.

Cooking Tips

• Just make sure that the flavor’s complement each other.
• The first three hacks which are replacing water with milk or buttermilk, adding an extra egg and adding an extra melted butter or oil, are hacks are almost always used together when making a cake mix.
• The final three hacks I kind of pick and choose an improvised face on what I have at home.
• If you’re using a pudding mix you don’t really need to add that extra flavor.
• A bit of extra vanilla won’t hurt.

So that is it.

Next time you get a cake box mix you know exactly what to do.