cake mix notes

ever look at a box of cake mix in the store and think .....HMMMMMM .......

unfortunately, i get a little carried away (ummmmm kk so i get a LOT carried away when i bake). so i'm blogging my DON'T FORGET notes.

with my oven, it kind of works out to ... lower the temp by 5 degrees for each 1 cup additional ingredients u kinda just thought might go well ... and get a bigger pan LOL

for instance: take a plain old milk chocolate cake mix you mix with the usual ingredients .... if u add 2 cups mini chocolate chips, 2 cups mini marshmallows, and 1 cup toffee bits BEFORE baking, this makes it a rocky road cake but you'll need to bake it in a 13x9 cake pan and lower the temp to 325

if u take a devils food cake mix, add 1 cup nonfat mayo, change the liquid (usually milk or water) to strongly brewed chocolate velvet coffee, and toss in about 1 tsp cinnamon .... suddenly it's a really rich mocha cake ... if u toss in a bunch of mini chocolate chips, that makes it even better .... but again, u have to grab a bigger (13x9) cake pan and lower that temp to 325

stupid oven

feeling lemony? lemon cake mix with the usual suspects is pretty good .... blend in a box of lemon jello before you bake it and it's even more lemony .... clearly i need a life ... yeah yeah yeah but did u know that if u screwed up and used two NORMAL cake pans to bake the lemon cake, u can glue em together with a can of lemon pie filling? and u can frost the monster by blending a thawed tub of coolwhip with lemon pudding mix (forgetting to add the milk to the pudding mix means the schtuff if thick enough to break out the frosting gun)

speaking of jello ... i'm toying with an idea for rainbow swirls ... as in, standard white cake mix, 3-4 boxes of different (somewhat compatible flavours) jello ... mix the cake as directed, pour into a greased baking pan, then use that trusty silicon spatula to swirl dry jello mixes through the cake batter before baking

oh yeah ...

i hate greased cake pans (think they look gross) so i spray the cake pan then toss around a 1/2 cup of graham cracker crumbs before i pour the batter in

btw ... those silicon pans are AWESOME ... don't have to grease them ... just have to remember that the stupid things are REALLY REALLY flexible so ... ummmm ... don't try to just flip the cake over without a plate .... unless of course you MEANT to break the cake up ...

wait ....
isn't that what pudding is for????? LOL