Easy way to upgrade store bought cake mix?

Question

any recipes,suggestions tips

Answer 1

here are some recipes:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cookies-n-C...

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tiramisu-La...

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Orange-Crun...

that website has a ton more-go check them out for yourself!!

happy baking

Answer 2

If you like Pineapples get the Pineapple cake mix and a can of crushed Pineapples drained really well and if you make a Bundt cake put the pineapples in the middle layer or if you do a regular cake evenly distribute over the top and you can bake the pineapples in the cake save a little bit though for garnish. You can also do the same with Orange cake mix and Mandarin oranges. Use Vanilla or Cream cheese icing and garnish with left over Pineapple or Orange

Answer 3

Go with mama bear. I can remember someone telling me about the frosting too. But my mom said the same thing about increasing the cake mix. Also if you buy the betty crocker frosting or other brand and you don't know if it is quite enough. Fluff it up by using a electric hand mixer or other. It gives you a little more to spread with.  

Answer 4

This is the best ever...

Bake the cake as directed on the box...

Let it cool.. Take a wooden spoon and poke holes all throughout the cake.. Pick any type of Jello... Strawberry is the best.. Make the Jello as directed on the box. Then pour all over the cake.. Make sure that you get the Jello in all the holes really good. Put the cake in the Frig to finish letting it cool. Then top with whip cream... It is the best.. Every time I have ever made this cake it does not last that long. It is by far a favorite among young and old.. Hope this is what your looking for...:)

Answer 5

Here are some of my favorites:

1.  Yellow Cake plus 3 mashed ripe bananas plus 1/2 cup chopped candied walnuts.

2.  Chocolate cake plus coarsely chopped semi sweet chocolate plus candied almonds, almond extract

3.  Spice cake plus butterscotch chips plus chopped walnuts

4.  Yellow cake plus cinnamon chips, brown sugar/cinnamon/chopped nuts streusal

5.  Fudge cake layered with cherry pie filling

6.  Strawberry cake with sliced defrosted frozen strawberries, crushed macadamia nuts and crushed pineapple

7.  White cake with mini chocolate chips

8.  Yellow cake plus peanut butter chips, chocolate chunks, and pecans

9.  White cake plus lavender, purple gumdrops, chopped

Answer 6

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting,

Solid vegetable shortening

Flour

1 package (18 1/4 ounces) plain yellow cake mix

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 ripe medium-size bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 large eggs

2 teaspoons créme de banane liqueur, optional

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with shortening, and dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.

2. Place cake mix, brown sugar and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add mashed bananas, 1 cup water, oil, eggs and, if desired, liqueur. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape down side of bowl with rubber spatula. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed until well blended, scraping side again if needed. Pour into prepared pan, and place on center rack of oven.

3. Bake until top is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Remove from oven, and cool on a wire rack.

Banana Cream Cheese Frosting

4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

4 tablespoons ( 1/2 stick) butter, at room temperature

1 3/8 cups confectioners' sugar

3 to 4 drops LorAnn banana creme flavor, or 1/2 teaspoon imitation banana flavor

1. Place cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Add confectioners' sugar a bit at a time, and blend on low speed until well incorporated, 1 minute. Add flavoring, and blend at medium speed until fluffy, 1 minute more.

2. Use at once to frost top of cake.

Answer 7

Add 2 extra eggs, double baking powder and 1/4 cup of corn starch, it will be moist, light and smooth!

Answer 8

BETTER THAN s*x CAKE  

1 box yellow cake mix

1 box French vanilla pudding (can be instant)

1/2 c. oil

1/2 c. water (some recipes call for milk instead)

4 eggs

1 (8 oz.) carton commercial sour cream

1 (6 oz.) bag sweet chocolate chips

1 c. chopped pecans

1 bar (or 1/2 box) German chocolate, grated

1 c. coconut, toasted

Add each ingredient in the order above, blend thoroughly between each. Pour into a greased, floured tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until done.

ICING FOR B-T-S CAKE

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, at room temperature

1 box confectioners' sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Nuts and coconut

Cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, nuts and coconut.

BETTER THAN s*x CAKE 2

1 1/2 c. sugar

9 oz. frozen whipped topping

1 box vanilla pudding

1 box butter cake mix

1 sm. size can crushed pineapple

Mix cake and bake by package directions in two 9-inch cake pans. Allow to cool. Cook sugar and pineapple together on low heat for 5 to 10 minutes. When cake cools, stick hole in the cake and pour cooled pineapple and sugar mixture over cake.

Add vanilla pudding, mixed by package directions, between layers and to top within 1 inch of edge. Ice sides and top edge with cake with whipped topping, and refrigerate until ready to use.



Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake  







=Prep Time: 20 min

Total Time: 50 min

Makes: 24 servings, one piece each

1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix

1 pkg.  (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup  peanut butter

1 pkg. (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

6 squares  BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate

PREPARE cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch baking pan as directed on package; cool completely.

BEAT cream cheese and powdered sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium-low speed until well blended. Add peanut butter; mix well. Blend in 1 cup of the whipped topping. Spread over cake.

PLACE chocolate in medium microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 min. or until completely melted, stirring with wire whisk after each minute. Add remaining 2 cups whipped topping; stir until well blended. Spread evenly over frosted cake. Refrigerate until set. Store in refrigerator.

HAWAIIAN SUNSET CAKE

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1 1/2 cup milk

small vanilla instant pudding

small box orange jello

1 box Orange Supreme Cake Mix

Mix all ingredients together. Beat on med. for 3 min. pour into 3 9" greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30 min. or until knife comes out clean. Cool layers before adding filling and topping.

FILLING

15 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained well

12 oz. frozen coconut

8 oz. sour cream

2 cups sugar

Remove as much liquid as possible from pineapple. Mix all ingredients. Take out 1 1/2 cup mixuture and reserve for topping. Spread filling between each layer and on top.

TOPPING: Mix together reserved filling mixture with 8 oz. COOL WHIP. Spread on sides and top of cake. Refridgerate overnite (or Even better if you could make a day ahead).

Special Filled Cake

1 Duncan Hines Lemon Cake Mix and fill between the layers with the

following:

1 pound ricotta cheese

2 Tbsp. chocolate bits, roughly chopped

1/3 cup sugar

1 Tbsp. grated orange peel

Combine and mix well the above ingredients. Use it as the filling between

the two cake layers. Of course it is too much filling, but it's universal

and keeps well. You can fill creme puff shells with it.

Answer 9

My favorite trick it to add a box of instant pudding. Yellow or white cake mix with french vanilla or butterscotch pudding is heavenly. You just add the pudding mix to the cake mix before you add the wet ingredients. You can try chocolate pudding with chocolate cake mix if you're a chocoholic or lemon with lemon for extra flavor and moistness. It's fun to experiment.

You can also add a cup of sour cream (with out the pudding of course) if you fancy. I normally do a white cake with sour cream and a choice of sweet icing to ballance.

And as a simple way to make yellow cake mix taste more home made, mix the cake mix together as directed by the instructions on the box. Except instead of using 1 1/4 cup water, replace 1/4 cup of water for the same amount of Maple Syrup. Bake cake as directed. You can also add a teaspoon of maple syrup to your icing of coice if you like. I love lemon icing and normally mix a teaspoon of lemon extract to that was well.

Hope that helps. Have fun and happy baking! :-)