Okay, usually I frown on boxed cake mixes. I'm a cake elitist. Why settle for a cake made from a mix when it's not that much more trouble to just bake it from scratch? BUT...today I made a cake from a box and it was very good . Delicious even! There! I said it.
Indulge me while I explain. As I said in my previous post, I got a gift certificate from Williams-Sonoma for Christmas. Right before Christmas I bought a new Nordicware Bundt pan. (To make our traditional Christmas Morning Monkey Bread.) So as I was browsing through W-S to see what kitchen doo-dad or nifty spice I might like to purchase, my gaze settled on a box of Double Chocolate Bundt Cake Mix. It boasted all natural ingredients and Guittard chocolate inside. I made sure no one was looking...and then quietly made my purchase.
We were invited to my mother-in-laws for lunch today and I wanted to bring dessert. I decided it was time to bring out the box of cake mix (which I had been hiding in the back of my kitchen cabinets). The mix called for me to add my own eggs, butter and milk. That was promising. My daughter helped me make it. We tested the batter and knew his would be a tasty cake. I added a little of my own glaze made with powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. (I had to add some sort of homemade touch to ease the guilt.)
The cake looked beautiful and it was rich and delicious. Very intense chocolate flavor. I'm not sure I would buy the mix again simply for the $14.95 price tag. However, the Guittard chocolate bits and cocoa would certainly be expensive to purchase on their own. It certainly is no ordinary mix. The ingredients were high quality.
2 comments:
I used to always make cakes from boxes until I discovered how much better they are from scratch. I do have to admit, though, that there is this one boxes crumb cake that is so good that I still buy it and make it!
Well Deborah...if it's good it's good, right?
No harm in keeping our secrets to ourselves though!
;)
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