Cake Mix Extender

"A simple way to make a bigger and better cake mix. Makes a 13x9 pan come out very high and moist."
 
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Ready In:
5mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
1 cake mix
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix all together.
  • Add to your already mixed cake mix batter.
  • Bake per directions but may need and additional 5-10 minutes longer to become done.

Questions & Replies

  1. Will the cake be fluffy and light
     
  2. Yes you can add a box of dry pudding mix. Another egg is not needed.
     
  3. Can I add this with poundcake mix? I will be trying it today and finding out, making in a 13x9
     
  4. This is my favorite recipe for extending cakes.. will it work for brownies? I'll find out lol
     
  5. Should I use cake flour or self-rising flour and should I sift the flour?
     
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Reviews

  1. This extender does wonders for a cake mix. I have always loved the convience of mixes, but was always dissappointed with the size of the cake. Well, this weekend I tried this on a layer cake, and no one would have ever guessed it was a mix. The only change I made was to sub apple sauce for the oil. Watching that fat you know. Anyway, thanks again. This is definately a 5 star tip.
     
  2. This is definitely a "Good Thing" I tried it with a devil's food cake. I did however add 1 heaping tsp. of cocoa to make sure it did not diminish the flavor of the mix. I also added all dry ingredients with dry cake and then all liquids. Thanks:>
     
  3. What an awesome, economical way to stretch a cake mix. I added this to a Pillsbury brand mix and it turned out marvelous. This adds almost 2 cups of volume in ingredients alone so I think earlier reviews about it not making that much difference is because it was divided up between two small cakes. If you add it all to one pan the difference is more noticeable I added all the dry ingredients to the cake mix, then added all the wet ingredients called for with the boxed mix and the extender all at the same time and mixed it together. Keeper.
     
  4. This is perfect. I used a red velvet cake mix and added all the dry ingredients together, then the wet ones. I baked it for 50 minutes in a dark 13x9 pan. The cake was *huge* and very moist, and adding this mix probably cost an extra 20 cents, if that. Great texture and the flavor was unchanged. I'll use this every time I make a cake from a mix. Thanks Laurie!
     
  5. I love this! I added it to recipe #129855 and ended up with 36 high, light, delicious cupcakes.
     
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