How to Hack Boxed Cake Mix to Taste like Bakery Quality

Bakery-quality desserts don't always require an intensive list of ingredients and steps. In fact, you can hack a box of store-bought cake mix with some simple ingredient tweaks to make it taste as if you made it from scratch!

This brilliant idea takes the packaged dry mix and adds in additional eggs (more than what the box instructions call for) and swaps out vegetable oil with butter... actually, double the butter! These recipe enhancements result in a lighter, fluffier, and richer tasting cake that friends and family will swear you baked up from scratch.

For the icing on top of this bakery-style cake (quite literally!), we made a homemade buttercream chocolate frosting that is also super simple to whip up. This whole recipe is proof that you can hack store-bought dessert mixes to end up with a truly homemade-quality cake!

Check out the video above to see more on this boxed cake mix hack and get the full details in the post below!

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[rebeccagibbs]

Love this recipe, this is the second time I tried it, it came out perfect. ❤

[mrno_name]

Whipping this up with my lovely bug, she’s turns 7 today ❤ thanks for the vid

[susanaskinner]

This recipe was a definite win for my Thanksgiving desert. Light and Fluffy is an

[movieclips]

This will be perfect for my Father’s Day surprise

[kellywolfe]

I'm actually doing this with yellow cake mix right now I got my five eggs out my milk and real butter 💙💛❤💚💜

[marcelousmorgan]

I know this is a older video but one suggestion I'd like to point out, if you use sour cream also it adds to make the cake more moist and decadent

[stephaniewalker]

Can we use heavy cream instead of milk? If so, how much would you say? Same amount as you did w/milk? Thanks for the quick easy video and tips. Can't wait to try this today. 🌼⚘🌼⚘ OH yea, would a small box of vanilla pudding be too much to add to your recipe?

[marciemaldonado]

Did you use salted or unsalted melted butter in the cake batter?

[kubojack]

Soooo I have questions, if you want it fluffy do u add an extra egg even if the box says 3 eggs or just the whites of them???
Im making the butter gold one of Duncan hines but I want if fluffy or at least higher, if that makes sense,
Ingredients:
3/4 of water
3 large eggs
7 tbsp of butter

[WaltHughes]

How long did you cook the cake? What degrees?

[savedbytheblood]

Another blogger used buttermilk instead of milk