Lemon Box Cake Mix Hacks

Sour cream was another of my grandmother s kitchen tricks.

Lemon box cake mix hacks.

Yogurt can also add some surprising zing as well as texture to your cake mix batter. If you re stuck in a boxed mix rut there are baking hacks to making your cake taste. Mix a teaspoon of lemon or vanilla extract into the batter. Milk makes a denser cake.

The same goes for boxed brownies. If you are thinking any of these things then here is the blog post for you. Using whole milk instead of water with a 1 to 1 substitution in the recipe will result in a richer denser cake that tastes homemade. Substitute milk and or lemon juice for water.

Maybe you want to jazz up that box mix so no one knows your cake was really made by betty crocker. Or maybe you just think that box mix cake can be just a little bit better. Poke cakes are an easy and creative way to elevate your boxed cake mix. No one has to know that your fancy cake is actually from a box.

If you used mostly lemon juice use two teaspoons of pure vanilla extract. Add a 1 4 cup of butter 1 2 cup of flour and a teaspoon of baking powder. The coffee will deepen the flavor while the hot liquid will help the chocolate bloom. And please use real vanilla extract you can even learn to make your own vanilla extract.

Simply add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to one box of cake mix. Those box cake mixes are good for more than just a plain yellow cake. They re easy quick and nostalgia makes them crowd favorites. This is probably my favorite box cake mix hack.

If you re baking a chocolate cake try swapping the water for hot coffee. Jillee at one good thing adds six ounces of lemon yogurt to of a cup of buttermilk to make up the liquid portion of a delicious lemon cake made with yellow white or even spice cake mix. The flavor combos are endless but here are some of my favorites. Consider using lemon lime soda for part of the required liquid.

You d never guess these recipes started with a box of store bought cake mix. There is no shame in playing the boxed mix game.