So we baked a chocolate cake mix from every brand we could find in grocery stores and held yet another battle.
Best white cake mix brand.
In my opinion most box mixes don t produce enough batter for a tall sheet cake but by adding our secret ingredients you get a tall.
If you don t have any cake flour you can make a substitute by measuring 1 cup of all purpose flour removing 2 tablespoons of the flour then replacing the 2 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch.
Betty crocker might not have won our cake taste test but here s where the brand was best in show.
Preheat the oven to 350ยบ f.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix sugar flour salt egg whites vanilla extract milk buttermilk and sour cream beat with an electric mixer until combined 1 2 minutes.
When it comes to versatility you simply can t beat the gold medal white cake mix.
Duncan hines classic devil s food cake mix.
Betty crocker duncan hines and pillsbury.
This cake mix calls for 3 egg whites to be beaten into the batter for 2 minutes in addition to the oil and water.
For an ultra rich buttery cake our test kitchen recommends baker s corner yellow cake mix.
Most days there isn t enough time to make an over the top cake and that s why we love boxed cake mix by simply stirring in a couple of ingredients and throwing it in the oven you get a real.
5 2 10 looks like the surface of the moon i m still missing the chocolate the texture was so fine it almost melted in my mouth.
I highly recommend using cake flour for this cake.
For fans of fluffy cake.
This was a boxed mix battle so obviously we had to include the giants.
This is also the only cake mix that didn t use egg yolks in the batter and so the cake lacked the richness and structure that comes from a batter with yolks.
As you can see by their boxes those three brands clearly prioritize moisture.
This white sheet cake is super moist and has the perfect dense cake crumb unlike a regular cake mix that is fluffy and crumbles when cut then once slices perfectly.
The box provides clear instructions for five different types of cakes from full sheet cakes to cupcakes plus offers a range of other options including six different types of cake mix cookies.
Why i love this doctored white cake.
No matter who you are at some point you re gonna have to make a cake so you might as well reach for the best box mix available.
It s a nice tall sheet cake.