Cake Mixes - Homemade Vs Store Bought

[Mama Mangia]

Oops! JKander - it's a recipe for a diet coke cake that has eggs in it. There are soda cake recipes using a can of soda pop and a cake mix and some call for eggs or egg whites added to the recipe. Does that make more sense to you??

[aeiou]

I prefer to make cakes and brownies from scratch when I have the time. Homemade always seems to taste better to me. The exception to that is Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownie Mix.

I love to make corn muffins with chili, stews, etc but have never made them from scratch. Does anyone have a good recipe for corn muffins?

[cinnamon]

Originally Posted by TexasRose

I know several people who make homemade Bisquick. It actually isn't just flour and baking soda; there is fat in it and a few other things.

You are right, the Bisquick does have shortening in it, which I suppose is it's attraction. It's not so hard to use a pastry tool to cut in your own shortening to the flour. That's what I do.

[JKander]

Originally Posted by Mama Mangia

Oops! JKander - it's a recipe for a diet coke cake that has eggs in it. There are soda cake recipes using a can of soda pop and a cake mix and some call for eggs or egg whites added to the recipe. Does that make more sense to you??

I see, I made a mistake. Wow, after re-reading what I said, that makes me sound pretty stupid. E-Awkward moment...

[Mama Mangia]

JKander - that is why they make erasers! We ALL make mistakes!! God knows I have made more than my share of them!! And you do NOT sound pretty stupid at all. There are times I get very 'THICK' and I just don't get it - I guess it's because I'm blonde! LOL

MM

[oldbay]

Originally Posted by Mama Mangia

JKander - that is why they make erasers! We ALL make mistakes!!

Yes, sometimes after cooking a meal we need to go out for dinner. All meals aren't perfect.

[Jumkie31]

Pilsbury all the way, I do NOT bake, I don't care for sweets myself, so perhaps that's why I don't bake. There are a few things that I bake, Cakes & Muffins (pilsbury) But, I do make my own from scratch - Apple Rhubarb Chrunch. Of course probably cause this is very easy, and it's more of cooking than baking to me. Plus, I love it, and my family loves it.
And the only other dessert I can think of that I make, I don't bake it, except the crust.
Hats off to all of you bakers, from a crazy cook.

[Raquelita]

I use cake mixes instead of making my own, but i usually doctor it up with ideas from The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook so it tastes more homemade .

[shannone]

I make all my cookies and bread from scratch. When it comes to cake mix it comes from a box. I have never been able to make a good cake from scratch. I can make the icing, but the cake never turns out very good.

[phoenyxstarr]

Originally Posted by cinnamon

You are right, the Bisquick does have shortening in it, which I suppose is it's attraction. It's not so hard to use a pastry tool to cut in your own shortening to the flour. That's what I do.

I've always just used a fork to cut in the shortening or butter, whichever the recipe calls for. It usually takes a little longer, but hey that's what my 10-year-old is for. I tell her if she wants the cake/brownies/cookies/whatever, she has to cut in the shortening or butter.