Anyone Have The Secret To A Moist Box Cake Mix

I'm making DDs birthday cake because she has a milk allergy so I'm using Duncan Hines yellow cake mix. I feel like it needs some moistness and flavor.

Do you add anything to make your boxed cake mix special?

Any fillings you would suggest

Thanks

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I'm not sure if it would work for a box cake mix, but crushed pineapple does wonders for carrot cake.

Could you use almond milk or soy milk instead of regular milk?

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Well the Dunkin Hines cake mix I'm using is dairy free. But its kind of boring to have just a plain old yellow cake. I want it to have some kind of flavor. I'm also using a dairy free vanilla icing

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I always make the Duncan Hines yellow cake for my son, who also had a dairy allergy...always comes out very, very moist and he loves it. Perhaps you can crush up some oreos into the frosting to make it cookies 'n cream flavored?

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My mom makes the best cakes. She used to work for a bakery, and now does everyone's shower cakes. She told me she uses a box mix, but follows the pound cake recipe on the side. Now I have a Duncan Hines mix in our house, and there is no pound cake recipe on it, but from looking online, it seems you add a packet of pudding and more eggs than normal. I think Betty Crocker has the recipe on it, plus they mke a super moist line that has pudding in it.

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1 extra egg and vanilla instant pudding mix!

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I never tried it will yellow cake, but i do it with devils food.

cake mix and a 14.5 oz can of pumpkin puree and a splash of water... very most fudgey cake and a little healthier!

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I use Presto Cake flour! I use the reciepe on the back of the box ! YUMMY YUM YUM

Edit: Sorry Im not a good reader today.

I've heard of using melted butter instead of oil !

Message edited 11/10/2010 11:58:51 AM.

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1 egg white and 1 can soda (cream soda, sprite or 7-up if you have yellow cake)

DELICIOUS

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I see the dairy allergy - but I use a melted stick of butter instead of the veg oil. Make sure it is not hot when you add it in though it will cook the eggs........

also I +1 the vanilla pudding and extra egg.

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poke holes with a tooth pick then brush it with something before you frost it-
I like amaretto, but I'm sure other things would work too. Maybe even OJ?

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Thank you for all your suggestions. I made two cakes last night. I made one where I added an extra egg and vanilla pudding. It was sooooooo moist and delish
Then I made a cake using applesause instead of butter and 1tbs of cinnamon and it was also very moist and the flavor was out of this world

Thanks again!

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I made DS the same cake for his birthday last month. Followed the directions on the cake and it came out really moist. I was actually surprised. He didn't care what it tasted like, it was something different...

Message edited 11/12/2010 8:08:21 AM.