Food Lab: Devil`s food cake (cake mix vs. from scratch)

This experiment involved making three batches of cupcakes: One batch using a no name brand cake mix, a second batch using a name brand cake mix (Duncan Hines) and a third batch making cupcakes from scratch. Part of the reason why I made three types (and not just my usual two) had to do with theContinue reading “Food Lab: Devil`s food cake (cake mix vs. from scratch)”

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From scratch versus cake mix: Devil’s Food Cake

Another ‘convenience item’ that I decided to test out was cake mixes. Are cake mixes really so bad? I find them revolutionary – everything is pre mixed in a box and you just have to add eggs, oil and water. Brilliant! I also have a confession – for the longest time I believed that theContinue reading “From scratch versus cake mix: Devil’s Food Cake”