How to make vanilla box cake mix better | Doctored cake mix

Make your box cake more delicious. With these simple changes, you can enhance the vanilla flavor and tender, pillow-ey texture of your white cake.

I used Betty Crocker White Cake for this video, but I have tested both Duncan Hines and Pillsbury white cakes too and they worked great.

All recipes, including the White Box Cake Recipe and Swiss Meringue Buttercream can be found here:

To make the cake I made here, select:
-Fluffy White Vanilla (Enhanced Box Cake)
-Cake: 9x13 Rectangular Cake
-Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

The Strawberry Milkshake Buttercream recipe will be up shortly ;)

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[lalocortez]

i’m a baker and i usually only use box cake mix for strawberry cake when my clients request it because i also get a weird after taste with white cake mix i thought it was just me!!! i’m def going to try this out i can’t wait!!!! thank you for all the videos you make!!!

[ashlaraque]

I just made this recipe, didn’t realize that I didn’t press start on the timer so they were a little bit over baked but definitely the best cupcakes lol. I’m kind of weird, I really love grocery store cupcakes. These taste like them but better.

Edit: I decided to do my own version of this recipe with the mangoes. Are use the same measurements but I added mango compote to the batter. Instead of adding the sugar and the egg whites to the batter a whipped them to make a moose/meringue in a double boiler. And I mix all the other ingredients with a mixer. I haven’t folded in the egg whites and made cupcakes out of them. They are cooling right now but I plan on doing a filling of mango compote, a room of cheese cake frosting on top with a little bit more mango compote in the center and may be a little slice of mango to garnish I’m not sure yet. So far they look good!

[LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow]

Thank you so much that’s very nice of you to share your talent with us. Your channel inspired me to learn and grow as a fellow cooking creator! I’d love to continue to learn from one another. Much success to you in 2022! I love cake mix hacks!

[padmashreearahanth]

Hi I couldn't find the recipe on the website. Could you please help 🙂

[doloresjonusas]

Recipe sounds very nice - I found the section in your website that had this cake, but it was the YouTube video - it didn't show the measurements. Any way you could post them? Many thanks.

[kellyw.]

Hey Adriana! This is awesome, going to definitely have to try this. I've seen other box cake hacks but they didn't add extra flour with the other ingredients like you did. Making a cake from scratch isn't all that difficult but the convenience and ease of just picking up a box cake can be a quick "go to". These tips will help make the cake taste so much better. And thank you for doing the white cake...do ya remember that's my favorite. Lol ; ) I'd ask ya before if you had a good recipe for the classic white "wedding" cake? No wedding needed for me to crave that amazing almond white cake with classic white icing!! LOL I just LOVE it. Hee hee ; ) Thanks so much for all ya do. Have a Happy 4th of July...Big ((Hugs)) and Love from Texas!! xoxo : ) <3 <3

[eringobraugh]

Thank you for the recipe. I am baking an 18” x 12” sheet cake, I would like my layers higher, like 2” each, can this recipe be doubled? The leveling agents are safe to double in this? Thank you

[deniseperalta-smith]

Just found you on Tik Tok. You are about to change my life and my family thanks you.

[SaBee]

Hi! Can you use boxed egg whites for this recipe?

[dcordero]

Can u use this hybrid mix with other flavors?....
If using chocolate mix would u add any cocoa powder?

[victoriavalles]

Yum!! I’m excited to try the strawberry milkshake buttercream. Thank you for sharing! ☺️

[ericacruz]

Made this and everyone loved it. It’s not just add an extra egg or instead of oil add butter🙄That’s an old 2012 Pinterest hack and I just wanted something different. Can definitely taste the difference 🍰😊

[sadiyakhan]

Im just ending up on a page that asks me for things to calculate in ur cake calculator. Hiw do i find the recipe?

[icansngthebdyelectric]

when i went to the website for the exact ingredient measurements there were only google ads in place of where the info should be😭 i refreshed multiple times but it didn’t work 😭😭

[missoli]

I'm a little confused, hope you can clarify for me please.

In the beginning of video (9 seconds) you emptied the whole bag of cake mix in bowl. Then at 1:13 minutes you start measuring out from the cake mix bag 🤔

I also went to your cakeculator website, I'm trying to bake a 2 layer 8 in cake using 1 cake mix box and in the written recipe it still only asks for 216g of mix which is half of the 432g in the box but still using 1/2 C of oil & 4 large egg whites needed for a whole bag of cake mix?!
Could this be a typo?
TIA 🙂

[isabellacullen]

Thanks for sharing love the recipe. The cake 🍰 looks so pretty and yummy. 😍💖💕

[AlvaSudden]

I'm famous for carrot cake & so I'm not *allowed* to bring anything else to a party, but these videos are so fascinating. Who knows, maybe I'll do something that's not "allowed."

[angelv]

Can you apply this method to any flavored box cake as well?

[JojoplusBo]

You’re adding more dry ingredients to the box cake mix but no extra wet??

[darlenesmith]

How much cake mix did you use the whole box. ? Where's measurements and ingredients located?