Your cakes cracked at the top because they cooked to fast. I noticed you had the rack one notch too high. The higher the rack, the hotter it is inside the oven. Potatoes are yummy on a higher rack because they get crispy, but not a cake. Lower your rack one spot, and I’ll bet those cracks go away. To help keep the frosting from sticking and pulling the cake, dip the knife in ice water, as often as necessary. You won’t get all those crumbs mixed in with the frosting. You’ll find the frosting will spread much more easily! ❤️ I’m going to try your hack tomorrow! It looks delicious! Thanks!
To me it also looks like you may have baked the cakes on convection bake and I always fine that cake bakes better without convection at least imho. And that will have have contributed to the too fast baking; rising with a hump in the middle and cracking. If you’re going to use convection bake you should probably drop the temperature from 350 to 325.
that being said homemade butterfrosting is easy. Just whip icing sugar and butter together, you can add a tablespoon of milk and a teaspoon on vanilla if you want.
Holy moly! Two weeks ago I made a from scratch vanilla cake for my son’s birthday. Lots of ingredients, 15-20 steps and it was average. My kitchen was a complete wreck. I’m usually a clean as I go baker, but not this time. Could be that my four-year old granddaughter was my helper. 😊 Today I made this cake (cupcakes) for my daughter’s birthday and it is EXCELLENT! Easy to swap out ingredients with delish results. Also, the beating of the icing was a game changer. The dark fudge chocolate turned into a beautiful, fluffy, light brown topping that was a perfect complement to the cake. So glad I found your channel. Have a great week.
I love imperfect cakes. I had a babysitter growing up that lived next to a baker. He would bring the “mess up” cakes to us kids to enjoy. He called them Charlie Brown cakes 😊
I love the look of a homemade cake. Why does everything have to look prefect. No wonder women/mothers feel overwhelmed by society standards. You made a lovely cake for your family.
Hi Kelly, I made a box cake today. I always make my cakes from scratch. I wanted to try the one you made. I ordered a box cake added the pudding etc.. I can't get over how good a cake your recipe turned out to be. For those of you who are new or just have not tried it, you are missing out on a great dessert. We will try this with lots of different editable. Thanks for a great recipe. Thanks for sharing. God bless and be safe.
I know the pudding mix hack and where I learned it... I am 45 years Old, when I was 20 i took a Wilton's cake decorating class at michel's arts and crafts. The first class was how to make the cake. The teacher was Wilton certified bakery owner and she told us to use the moist cakes mix with the butter and pudding mix. That was 25 years ago and I'm still doing it today. I have the lost from that class that told what flavor pudding to pout with which cakes. Like apricot pudding with the classic white and vanilla pudding with the butter. Great hack girlfriend! 💖💖💖 it!
I use chocolate milk with chocolate cakes. I've done this for years! Yours is pretty. My favorite flavor! Thank you for sharing. Love from MN. Stay safe!
I took a cake decorating class one time and a hack the teacher told us to do was bring your eggs to room temp before making it. It makes it raise higher.
I love it cold too with COLD MILK. I think it's weird when people eat cake with coffee. For me and our family, hot coffee with a cold cake is a contradiction, UNLESS you can't live without coffee. On a 100 degree day, my x-husband would drink hot coffee all day. WHY? Because that's how they all had it at home.
Kelly, I made this cake for a birthday dinner for my sister. The only thing about this cake is it’s to stinking good.I will never make a regular box cake again. Thanks for this deliciousness. Linda
For people who like the butter and flouring of pans, but don't love the flour residue, remember that for light cakes you can use butter and then dust with sugar and for dark cakes you can use butter and then dust with cocoa.
Don’t want air in my frosting! And want it all FROSTING!! It may whip it up to look like more frosting, but it’s half frosting and half air! No thanks!!
I made this recently, only into cupcakes. I used a box of Hershey's instant chocolate pudding and coffee instead of water. Coffee brings out the flavor of chocolate. I also added Hershey's semi sweet chocolate morsels. All I can say is OMG. They didn't last long.
Beating the eggs prior to adding them to the mix also helps to make the mix fluffier. Like using milk, you can also use buttermilk, sour cream, or cream cheese to make a rich cake. Also there is an oven temperature difference between using a metal/dark pan vs a Pyrex.
I love your bloopers they make me feel like yeah you're just like us instead of just having everything perfect in front of The View and I'm definitely going to try your cake it sounds amazing
Hey Kelly, hope everyone is well. Before you put the cake in the oven gently drop it on the counter a couple of times, it helps get any air bubbles out and may stop the top from splitting. Love the bloopers.
Kelly a favorite hack of mine with chocolate cakes is to dust the pan with cocoa after you’ve greased or sprayed your pan- extra added chocolate flavor 👍👍
I have to tell you, I made a boxed banana cake following ur directions with all ur substitutions and additions plus I added 3-4 real mashed bananas. It's the easiest and moistest, tastiest cake I have ever made!!!! Thank you so much for the tips!!!!! I'll never go back to the boring, tasteless, drier cakes! Success! People u all got to do this!!! You won't regret it! 💜👍🍌🍰☕
Going to make this this week to celebrate my granddaughter’s 1st birthday. Eliana was a premie who wasn’t expected to live through the day, but miraculously she did and now it’s her 1st birthday on May 6. We won’t be together this year, but my husband and I will FaceTime and sing to her.
Only a couple more hours until HER SPECIAL DAY. I want to wish her a Happy 1st Birthday to your sweet, beautiful, miracle. 🎉🎂🎈 Hope all hers and your birthday wishes for her come true. May she have a happy and successful life full of love and laughter with lots of family and friends. You all will be blessed abundantly. 🙏🏼❤️🙌🍀
How I’ve been making homemade chocolate cake since I was 16, along with adding 2oz of instant espresso to the batter. Also a quick Ganache with 2 more oz of espresso as a decadent “frosting” will bring this chocolate cake, over the top. Make sure to have some ice cold milk ready, on the side. 🥰
except for those folks who detest coffee. My mama always said when you grow up and aree old enough you will love coffee. Well, I am not grold enough yet and I am 66, and I still find it highly bitter.
Can't wait to try the cake hack. My kids are grown and all on their own, and I sure do miss having them around. They always goof on me at gatherings and I love it. Enjoy them while you have them home.
Can't wait to try this version... looks delicious, but I would add a few tablespoons of cool whip and softened cream cheese to the frosting... DELICIOUS!!!
I think the way you frosted it is wonderful. There is so much perfection out there and the homespun way of doing things is getting lost. Your cake looks like one someone made with love.
You must try the WHIPPED Betty Crocker frosting. Take it out of the can and whip it, it spreads easier and goes further. That cake hack looks delicious.
Add a little strong coffee to cake mix and frosting. Doesnt add a lot of coffee flavor, just deepens the taste of the chocolate, also warm up the canned frosting and pour over cake. Smooths out beautifully.
oiljackpot , if you do that be sure to refrigerate the cake. Do not let it sit at room temperature or outside on a warm day like at a picnic etc... Cream cheese will spoil being a dairy product that requires refrigeration. Great cake, awesome frosting but people will get sick if not stored properly. Enjoy, it’s a great addition to make❣️👍
I just want to share this with you. My mother was a nurse. She got up really early one Friday morning baked a chocolate cake and cleaned our house as we were having dinner guests that night. Before leaving for the hospital she left a note for my brother and me because we would get home from school before she got home from work by about half an hour. The note said, " Donny, you may have one piece of cake." When she got home there was one small slice of cake on the cake plate. Mother was so upset and asked Donny why he chose to disobey her. He told her that he didn't and that she didn't say what size piece of cake he could have. I was amazed that she didn't punish him. He was fourth grade and I was third. Double chocolate was his favorite cake and he was afraid the adults would eat all the cake and he wouldn't get any. He was already upset that he didn't get to lick the spoon. He also ate our Hershey bars Christmas Day. We each received four 1 lb. Bar in our stockings. He ate one of his before we left to go to our grandparents. When we got back home that night there weren't any bars in my stocking and I had not eaten any nor removed them from my stocking. After questioning from my parents we discover that Donny took his remaining 3 and my 4 in the car with us and ate all of them. He did get in trouble for that, but only because he "stole" mine. He loved chocolate till he died. I took him triple Fudge cake two weeks before he died. I wish I could take him chocolate again.
Patti Shumate Anderson thank you so much for sharing that with me! Wow what amazing memories that can put a smile on your face and in your heart! I know family loss and it hurts I lost my mom unexpectedly 4 years ago and my sister just last year! Hugs to you and thank you again for sharing that with me🧡
I just had to tell you that I made this cake tonight for my family and it was a big hit. For the icing and I scraped it out of the container and put it in a bowl with a half brick of cream cheese and whipped it and oh my God it was the best thing. The cake was super rich and tasty. I followed your instructions to the tea except I added a half a cup of sugar and when I say it was perfect I do mean perfect. Thank you so much. I will make it like this from now on.
When the recipe calls for butter and flour, I also spray my pans but I put some of the dry cake and shake it around and dump the extra in the mixing bowl. For chocolate cake sometimes I use cocoa to cover the bottom of the pan. Love you videos 💕
I've been doing this for years. I also add raspberry extract in the frosting. Triple chocolate fudge is my favorite. I also make carrot cake with spice cake. I add carrots, cinnamon, coconut, pineapple, raisins and walnuts. Make my own CC Frosting they think it's from scratch.
Your Carrot Cake sounds DELICIOUS!! May I ask how much of the ingredients do you use, especially the cinnamon and pineapple (crushed I take it). I would like to try your recipe. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Have a GREAT day!
My mother made her pineapple Upside-down cake by adding pudding to her cake mix, an extra egg, a stick of butter, and the pineapple juice instead of the milk. I've been making it that way for 55 years. It never fails to please! BTW, we all grew up with unrefrigerated cake. Once the dairy ingredients are turned into a cake, it's not necessary to keep them cold. Room temperature cakes have more flavor! 😉
Bakery chef shared tip that a cake cracks because the heat doesn’t evenly dissipate when baking so batter bakes at a different rate on the perimeter than the center. One solution is a wrap you can make or buy that is secured around the outside perimeter of any shaped pan. It helps the entire cake to bake at a more consistent temperature which results is a perfectly flat top‼️. Loved that tip & it really works👍
Karen Andcatz making homemade icing is literally easier than making the box cake is, or about the same as the cake, but is so much better tasting than the can frosting is. I make mine in my kitchen aid mixer but you could also use your hand held mixer and will turn out just as good but may take just an extra couple minutes. Do a google search for “buttercream icing” and trust me, you will never use store bought icing again, especially once you find out how easy it is and how delicious it is! Good luck and enjoy!
Cake looks wonderful!💙💚💜 No one is keeping you in your home, but you. Take your family, & that awesome cake & go to the park! Breathe some fresh air! Get outside & live!
I have to share with you my favorite box cake hack from the days I used to use box mix! The hack I am offering you now is to reserve about 3 heaping Tbsp. of the dry cake mix and then butter your pan(s), and use the reserved cake mix to "flour" your pans. This works with any flavor cake and you have no flour to try brushing off! Great for "naked cakes". This can also work for scratch bakers just by mixing your dry ingredients and reserving the same 3 TBSP. of your dry ingredients. Then mixing the wet and dry ingredients. I also was told to use the milk and butter. But, that was so it would taste like a homemade cake made from scratch! Happy Baking!
Kelly I taught cake decorating for many years. I suggest that you purchase an offset spatula cost under 2 dollars. You will love it and makes putting on frosting and getting your cake smooth.
Years ago, I heard about adding 1/4 of a cup of mayonnaise to any cake recipe. It can be added whether it’s a box cake or a homemade one. It can also be added to any brownie mix. I have done this ever since and it makes the most moist cake ever!!!
I see you put a quarter cup of mayonnaise with me I have been told a half a cup of I'm just wondering if the quarter cup when is the same as the half a cup or if maybe I should just stick with the half cup anyway I know this is three years later I don't know if you're going to see this that I wrote this or not but I was wondering if anybody was going to put down about adding mayonnaise to their cake chocolate before I was ever born my great-grandmother's used to do that or grandmother I grew up with my family doing doing that so naturally it's automatically that I put mayonnaise and all my chocolate cakes p whether they're homemade or I buy a box anyway from me thank you for your input on I was wondering if my family was the only one ever put mayonnaise in their chocolate cake
OMG Kelly your daughter in the blooper was priceless!! What a great child!! I cant wait to try this cake!! It looked wonderful!! Thank you for showing us what a real family is!!
The cake looked so good.. I'm having to diet in this quarantine or I'm gonna be worse off. Lol.. I will remember this hack though and glad to see your spirits are up and your families is, too. God bless..
This is the best recipe ever. I got so many compliments and it’s the best tasting cake I’ve ever had. Definitely my new go-to. I can’t wait to try it with other flavors besides chocolate! I only had vanilla pudding so added a little less with some cacao powder and it still turned out amazing!
@@adrianacanales5924 By using cocoa powder instead of flour the white residue from the flour is eliminated. I was taught this in the 4H club long-long-ago.
You should CUT THE CAKE at the END. SHOW how delicious it looks inside too. It makes people WANT to make and EAT the cake too !! 😋😋Trust me it definitely adds a real nice touch !! Every good baking channel ALWAYS does that. You may even want to take a BITE !! EXTRA BONUS!😉
At the end when she again pointed out that the batter looked different, I said, yes, it does. And I want to see how it looks now! That was disappointing. I could almost smell that cake!
Awesome! Your daughter is as cute as a button and your twin! So funny seeing her in the background kidding around with mom. One thing about this year I think it really has brought families closer together. Thanks for sharing!
Here's something you might want to try sometime. I tried it, loved it, and do it every time I use a can of chocolate frosting. Here's what you do. You scoop out all the frosting from the can into a glass bowl. Then add to the frosting either 1 T of shortening or 1 T of butter (either one works fine (that's T for Tablespoon, not t for teaspoon). Then, using a hand mixer -- mix it up for about 45 seconds only -- on medium speed. You'll be amazed what happens to the frosting. Instead of being thick, pasty, and gloppy like it was in your video -- it becomes very smooth and fluffy, much easier to spread and quite tasty too. I'll bet if you try it, you'll be hooked on it like I am. Thanks for your video.
Sweet lady and enjoy your daughter’s smile. I use your hacks my family now wants me to be there 👩🏻🍳. Keep up with yummy hacks. Thanks for sharing.🍰👩🏻🍳💕😎
My Mom makes this recipe with a "Pecan cake mix and butterscotch pudding" and it's always a BIG success with the family. Never tried it in other flavors, being a chocolate lover I will try this one for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Love the bloopers she was to funny and adorable I just love it. Had a good laugh thank you . Am so going to try it my boys will love that chocolate cake for sure thanks again for the hack !!!
Amen and people just don't think before they speak any more. When someone says I didnt like the colors you used I just want to get on there so bad and tell them that's nice but why don't you just keep that to yourself! I love your videos and you are an extra special creative person so just keep being you.
I think for not having any special tools, that cake is looking pretty delicious. Betty Crocker makes some delicious chocolate icing. I want to make this recipe with super moist spice cake. Thanks!!!
I have been practicing on this same box mix!! I am going to make my wedding cake with it. I like to replace the water with strong brewed coffee and heavy cream, add sour cream + pudding + 1 extra egg yolk. I think I found that all online somewhere. I'll definitely have to try replacing the oil with the butter as well!! I have been making the cake with a caramel filling but a chocolate filling sounds really good too.😋
I made this today, but did three layer cake with peanutbutter frosting in the middle and chocolate fudge frosting on the outside. Cant wait to try it after dinner. Thank you for sharing...
I LOVE that you look at the eye of the camera!! I’m sorry I’ve never said that before because I really appreciate it! Pet peeve when folks look at themselves. LOL!
Kelly, another good way to easily ice your chocolate cake is to pour a bag of chocolate chips over it while it's still warm. When chips are melted just spread with a spatula!
Great ideas, gonna try this, thanks!! Also, as your thinking you have to store in the fridge, the milk & egg used were COOKED into it, not used after cooking. It'll do fine covered & on the counter.
This recipe is my kinda recipe. Here is another tip for you if you dont already have it. I found this one in southern living. You take a german chocolate cake mix add 16 ounces of sour cream 1/4 cup melted butter 2 eggs and tsp vanilla. Batter will be thick and you will have to cook it a little longer than a regular cake mix recipe. It is oh so good and I make a homemade chocolate cream chesse icing with lots of butter in it. Duncan Hines is my cake mix of choice it has more in it than the Betty one does.
I always use this method....easy peasy and so yummy.....I never use canned frosting. I make my own. I also topped with cake with chocolate homemade whipped cream.
Love this! Binge watching the videos of yours I haven't yet seen, today while my son is all set up at our dining room table for "district led distance learning". I love all of your videos and I love your spirit that shines thru!
Kelly, made this with lemon mix and lemon pudding for my son who lives lemon. Iced with cream cheese frosting cuz that's another fave of his. YUMMY! Everyone loved it. Then this week made a red velvet for my other son. Used chocolate pudding and of course used cream cheese icing. Omgoodness! Another big success!
Another little hack is adding instant coffee to a chocolate brownie or cake mix. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of a high quality instant coffee, or if it’s a store or generic brand use 1 tablespoon. Your cake won’t taste like coffee at these amounts, it will just enhance the chocolate flavor.
Going to try this tonight!💗 When I am making a last minute cake that I want to dress up, I take one package of cream cheese and whip it into the icing for an added wow factor! Love your videos!💗
@@jennjennjohnson I add creme chez to alot of my frostings. If not room temp I stick it in microwave for 10-15 seconds them just whip with just a little splash of milk to make smooth then add frosting I whip all together really well. Always love the results & so does the family.
Hi sweety, I’m going to try that cake, and i loved seeing your mini me, she looks just like you, so pretty, hope the guy’s are doing well, and all of you, love your shirt, be safe and stay well, hugs to all, from this cali girl, livin in Texas 😘
Your cakes cracked at the top because they cooked to fast. I noticed you had the rack one notch too high. The higher the rack, the hotter it is inside the oven. Potatoes are yummy on a higher rack because they get crispy, but not a cake. Lower your rack one spot, and I’ll bet those cracks go away. To help keep the frosting from sticking and pulling the cake, dip the knife in ice water, as often as necessary. You won’t get all those crumbs mixed in with the frosting. You’ll find the frosting will spread much more easily! ❤️ I’m going to try your hack tomorrow! It looks delicious! Thanks!
To me it also looks like you may have baked the cakes on convection bake and I always fine that cake bakes better without convection at least imho. And that will have have contributed to the too fast baking; rising with a hump in the middle and cracking. If you’re going to use convection bake you should probably drop the temperature from 350 to 325.
Thanks for your tips!
Is going to bake in a square pan next time for a change
@@lunadargent5292 what about over /under heat? Were to put the cake please?
I never knew that the rack placment made that kind of differnce! Glad I read this. Thx
When you’re using the ready to use icing, whip it with your mixer. This will double the amount of icing.
Thanks Tammy! That's good to know. 😊
There must be a hack for better tasting frosting from the can, especially if you go to the trouble of hacking the cake.
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Napa Moonlight just make homemade ☺️ it’s extremely simple.
@@napamoonlight9997 add room temp cream cheese and whip it together.
that being said homemade butterfrosting is easy. Just whip icing sugar and butter together, you can add a tablespoon of milk and a teaspoon on vanilla if you want.
Holy moly! Two weeks ago I made a from scratch vanilla cake for my son’s birthday. Lots of ingredients, 15-20 steps and it was average. My kitchen was a complete wreck. I’m usually a clean as I go baker, but not this time. Could be that my four-year old granddaughter was my helper. 😊
Today I made this cake (cupcakes) for my daughter’s birthday and it is EXCELLENT! Easy to swap out ingredients with delish results. Also, the beating of the icing was a game changer. The dark fudge chocolate turned into a beautiful, fluffy, light brown topping that was a perfect complement to the cake.
So glad I found your channel.
Have a great week.
Who else is drooling over this cake?
I love imperfect cakes. I had a babysitter growing up that lived next to a baker. He would bring the “mess up” cakes to us kids to enjoy. He called them Charlie Brown cakes 😊
My mother used to call them Sad Cakes - and she loved them best.
@janiefox3458 My mother made sad cakes when I was growing up because she couldn't really bake, but they were the best sad cakes ever.
I love the look of a homemade cake. Why does everything have to look prefect. No wonder women/mothers feel overwhelmed by society standards. You made a lovely cake for your family.
Amen!
@@NiteOwlCrafter i agree.
Carol Brazil ... You are absolutely correct . That was a beautiful cake for anyone to receive and enjoy . Thank you for saying that.
Carol Brazil ..You are absolutely correct . That was a beautiful cake for anyone to receive and enjoy . Thank you for saying that.
@@mlh-w463 😊
I learned to put instant coffee in chocolate cake to intensify the chocolate flavor.
Chocolate + Coffee = Jamocha!!
Which coffee works best?
@@dobycarter8996 I don't think it matters, you could even use decaf. I use a powdered espresso because I can make drinkable coffee with it.
Saw that in another video. They also said soda but i never have soda pop in my house so I guess coffee would be the ingredient
Try a bit of cayenne powder... you'll be amazed!
02:00 - Substitute milk for water, 2 sticks melted butter for veg oil and 4 large eggs instead of 3.
and don't forget the powdered pudding mix.
I do a very similar cake w/yellow cake: milk, 1 stick butter, 3 eggs, pudding mix. If you can get the White Chocolate do that.
French Vanilla works well, too. Has to be Duncan Heinz cake mix, too.
And calories have just quadrupled.
What can u substitute eggs for when you bake boxed cakes and don't have eggs?
Hi Kelly,
I made a box cake today. I always make
my cakes from scratch.
I wanted to try the one
you made. I ordered a
box cake added the pudding etc.. I can't
get over how good a cake your recipe turned out to be. For those of you who are new or just
have not tried it, you
are missing out on a great dessert.
We will try this with
lots of different editable. Thanks
for a great recipe.
Thanks for sharing.
God bless and be safe.
I know the pudding mix hack and where I learned it... I am 45 years Old, when I was 20 i took a Wilton's cake decorating class at michel's arts and crafts. The first class was how to make the cake. The teacher was Wilton certified bakery owner and she told us to use the moist cakes mix with the butter and pudding mix. That was 25 years ago and I'm still doing it today. I have the lost from that class that told what flavor pudding to pout with which cakes. Like apricot pudding with the classic white and vanilla pudding with the butter. Great hack girlfriend! 💖💖💖 it!
I use chocolate milk with chocolate cakes. I've done this for years! Yours is pretty. My favorite flavor! Thank you for sharing. Love from MN. Stay safe!
Chocolate milk? Wow do u make it from scratch ? By adding nestly quick or the one already mixed up in the bottle? And use that?
@@katrinagovan2871 I use chocolate syrup and milk or regular chocolate milk. I make boxed cakes.
Debora, from Iowa myself! Great tip for the chocolate milk!!! I will have to try that!
I do that too and I also do it when I make brownies or instant chocolate pudding
Add chocolate milk! Great idea!!!
I took a cake decorating class one time and a hack the teacher told us to do was bring your eggs to room temp before making it. It makes it raise higher.
How long does it take for that to happen? 30 minutes?
Kristina Tidwell you can warm the eggs up in warm water. It takes about 5 minutes.
Milk, butter and eggs at room temperature
Also the longer you use your mixer, the fluffier the cake will be.
Did they tell you how to prevent it from splitting on top ?
That's a DT measuring cup! 😂 I'm with Jeff. Room temp cake for the win!
Me too!!!
Loved the bloopers. Kids will be kids
Oh yes still warm
I love it cold too with COLD MILK. I think it's weird when people eat cake with coffee. For me and our family, hot coffee with a cold cake is a contradiction, UNLESS you can't live without coffee. On a 100 degree day, my x-husband would drink hot coffee all day. WHY? Because that's how they all had it at home.
Kelly, I made this cake for a birthday dinner for my sister. The only thing about this cake is it’s to stinking good.I will never make a regular box cake again. Thanks for this deliciousness. Linda
YUM!!! I'VE done the pudding and eggs for years but did not KNOW about the MILK & BUTTER THANK YOU⚘😀
For people who like the butter and flouring of pans, but don't love the flour residue, remember that for light cakes you can use butter and then dust with sugar and for dark cakes you can use butter and then dust with cocoa.
Thx!
You can also use a little cake mix to dust your pans with,that's how I always do because I don't like the flour 13:12 taste or look
Whip the frosting, for 2x d amount of light n fluffy frosting!!! Also, add instant espresso , vanilla, n rum extract, it's to die for!!!
Luna, how much instant espresso, vanilla, etc. did you add? Did you add water to the espresso first?
Don’t want air in my frosting! And want it all FROSTING!! It may whip it up to look like more frosting, but it’s half frosting and half air! No thanks!!
Kelly, I call that a mom made cake. There is nothing better. It's identified by the love that's put in it♥️
Best comment yet!
I made this recently, only into cupcakes. I used a box of Hershey's instant chocolate pudding and coffee instead of water. Coffee brings out the flavor of chocolate. I also added Hershey's semi sweet chocolate morsels. All I can say is OMG. They didn't last long.
Coffee?? Yumm . I'm gonna definitely try that
Beating the eggs prior to adding them to the mix also helps to make the mix fluffier. Like using milk, you can also use buttermilk, sour cream, or cream cheese to make a rich cake. Also there is an oven temperature difference between using a metal/dark pan vs a Pyrex.
I like to use half sour cream and half milk
Or even applesauce
I love your bloopers they make me feel like yeah you're just like us instead of just having everything perfect in front of The View and I'm definitely going to try your cake it sounds amazing
Loved the Bloopers 😁 normal everyday life,👍
Would love to see you face when you see the whole thing LOL 😂
And cake looks great 😋
It’s not “just” for the family
It’s most importantly for the family
Lol right? I could care less otherwise.
Mom
Same 🙂
I like baking cake for my loved ones. 😍😍😍
Hey Kelly, hope everyone is well. Before you put the cake in the oven gently drop it on the counter a couple of times, it helps get any air bubbles out and may stop the top from splitting. Love the bloopers.
Kelly a favorite hack of mine with chocolate cakes is to dust the pan with cocoa after you’ve greased or sprayed your pan- extra added chocolate flavor 👍👍
I have to tell you, I made a boxed banana cake following ur directions with all ur substitutions and additions plus I added 3-4 real mashed bananas. It's the easiest and moistest, tastiest cake I have ever made!!!! Thank you so much for the tips!!!!! I'll never go back to the boring, tasteless, drier cakes! Success! People u all got to do this!!! You won't regret it! 💜👍🍌🍰☕
Going to make this this week to celebrate my granddaughter’s 1st birthday. Eliana was a premie who wasn’t expected to live through the day, but miraculously she did and now it’s her 1st birthday on May 6. We won’t be together this year, but my husband and I will FaceTime and sing to her.
Only a couple more hours until HER SPECIAL DAY. I want to wish her a Happy 1st Birthday to your sweet, beautiful, miracle. 🎉🎂🎈 Hope all hers and your birthday wishes for her come true. May she have a happy and successful life full of love and laughter with lots of family and friends. You all will be blessed abundantly. 🙏🏼❤️🙌🍀
Jennifer Johnson Aw, thank you. I made the cake. Fabulous!
Well, Kelly was right. This is the BEST chocolate cake ever!
Enjoy and celebrate your granddaughter
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It looks wonderful and it's perfect because it's made with love
I have an empty spice can that's label Love i add it to stuff my daughter thinks its really cute!
Sounds like spongebob
How I’ve been making homemade chocolate cake since I was 16, along with adding 2oz of instant espresso to the batter. Also a quick Ganache with 2 more oz of espresso as a decadent “frosting” will bring this chocolate cake, over the top. Make sure to have some ice cold milk ready, on the side. 🥰
except for those folks who detest coffee. My mama always said when you grow up and aree old enough you will love coffee. Well, I am not grold enough yet and I am 66, and I still find it highly bitter.
Can't wait to try the cake hack. My kids are grown and all on their own, and I sure do miss having them around. They always goof on me at gatherings and I love it. Enjoy them while you have them home.
Can't wait to try this version... looks delicious, but I would add a few tablespoons of cool whip and softened cream cheese to the frosting... DELICIOUS!!!
I think the way you frosted it is wonderful. There is so much perfection out there and the homespun way of doing things is getting lost. Your cake looks like one someone made with love.
You must try the WHIPPED Betty Crocker frosting. Take it out of the can and whip it, it spreads easier and goes further. That cake hack looks delicious.
Amen 👍🤣 Agreed!!!
Add a little strong coffee to cake mix and frosting. Doesnt add a lot of coffee flavor, just deepens the taste of the chocolate, also warm up the canned frosting and pour over cake. Smooths out beautifully.
Oh yes especially the cream cheese one!
I was thinking that when the frosting came out. It makes it fluffy and light. So yummy. But hey I like it straight out the the tub too!!!
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How much is "a little?" 😕
Your cake came out beautiful. I love what your daughter was doing in the bloopers! Thank you for the cake hack!
It looks very moist and rich...you'll be surprised at how the pudding, butter and milk makes a difference ...thank you for sharing!!!!
"That is just my Jeff"...how adorable. Beautiful cake!
I stand with Jeff!
"Oh my word."The ending was priceless. The cake looks yummy
Suggestion: Add one package of cream cheese to each of those frosting cans. Beat together well and frost cake.
oiljackpot , if you do that be sure to refrigerate the cake. Do not let it sit at room temperature or outside on a warm day like at a picnic etc... Cream cheese will spoil being a dairy product that requires refrigeration. Great cake, awesome frosting but people will get sick if not stored properly. Enjoy, it’s a great addition to make❣️👍
Oh that sounds heavenly!!!!
Sour cream, yogurt & even MAYONNAISE WORKS well too😎
@@Anita3kidsS. a chocolate cake made with mayonnaise several years ago was popular!
All great ideas, guys! Will try.....yay! Loving it!!!
I just want to share this with you. My mother was a nurse. She got up really early one Friday morning baked a chocolate cake and cleaned our house as we were having dinner guests that night. Before leaving for the hospital she left a note for my brother and me because we would get home from school before she got home from work by about half an hour. The note said, " Donny, you may have one piece of cake." When she got home there was one small slice of cake on the cake plate. Mother was so upset and asked Donny why he chose to disobey her. He told her that he didn't and that she didn't say what size piece of cake he could have. I was amazed that she didn't punish him. He was fourth grade and I was third. Double chocolate was his favorite cake and he was afraid the adults would eat all the cake and he wouldn't get any. He was already upset that he didn't get to lick the spoon. He also ate our Hershey bars Christmas Day. We each received four 1 lb. Bar in our stockings. He ate one of his before we left to go to our grandparents. When we got back home that night there weren't any bars in my stocking and I had not eaten any nor removed them from my stocking. After questioning from my parents we discover that Donny took his remaining 3 and my 4 in the car with us and ate all of them. He did get in trouble for that, but only because he "stole" mine. He loved chocolate till he died. I took him triple Fudge cake two weeks before he died. I wish I could take him chocolate again.
Patti Shumate Anderson thank you so much for sharing that with me! Wow what amazing memories that can put a smile on your face and in your heart! I know family loss and it hurts I lost my mom unexpectedly 4 years ago and my sister just last year! Hugs to you and thank you again for sharing that with me🧡
Beautiful and cute story. Thank you for sharing 💕
Can I use perked coffee for the oil plus the butter and use buttermilk.will this work.
Lol he sounds like he was very clever and witty. I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences. 💜
He sounds like he was such an amazing person. What special memories! Thank you for sharing with all of us. ❤
Thx for the cake tips ! Gonna try this soon !! 💙💛💙
I just had to tell you that I made this cake tonight for my family and it was a big hit. For the icing and I scraped it out of the container and put it in a bowl with a half brick of cream cheese and whipped it and oh my God it was the best thing. The cake was super rich and tasty. I followed your instructions to the tea except I added a half a cup of sugar and when I say it was perfect I do mean perfect. Thank you so much. I will make it like this from now on.
mmmm, mixing icing with cream cheese and whipping it sounds totally delicious. i need to try that!!
When the recipe calls for butter and flour, I also spray my pans but I put some of the dry cake and shake it around and dump the extra in the mixing bowl. For chocolate cake sometimes I use cocoa to cover the bottom of the pan. Love you videos 💕
I use powdered sugar instead of flour
Now thats a good idea
Wow that's a super great idea I love that thank you for sharing it oh
@@vivianmadisonmahoney9457 no problem
Genius
I've been doing this for years. I also add raspberry extract in the frosting. Triple chocolate fudge is my favorite. I also make carrot cake with spice cake. I add carrots, cinnamon, coconut, pineapple, raisins and walnuts. Make my own CC Frosting they think it's from scratch.
Your Carrot Cake sounds DELICIOUS!! May I ask how much of the ingredients do you use, especially the cinnamon and pineapple (crushed I take it). I would like to try your recipe. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Have a GREAT day!
My mother made her pineapple Upside-down cake by adding pudding to her cake mix, an extra egg, a stick of butter, and the pineapple juice instead of the milk. I've been making it that way for 55 years. It never fails to please!
BTW, we all grew up with unrefrigerated cake. Once the dairy ingredients are turned into a cake, it's not necessary to keep them cold. Room temperature cakes have more flavor! 😉
Bakery chef shared tip that a cake cracks because the heat doesn’t evenly dissipate when baking so batter bakes at a different rate on the perimeter than the center. One solution is a wrap you can make or buy that is secured around the outside perimeter of any shaped pan. It helps the entire cake to bake at a more consistent temperature which results is a perfectly flat top‼️. Loved that tip & it really works👍
Yes 💯💯💯, I brought the Wilton cake pan wraps and never make cakes without them anymore!
That cake looks so good.
I remember when you posted this before but had trouble finding it when I wanted to make it. Thank you for this revisit!! ❤❤
May have to try this. Kayla was so funny in the background. Have a super day and stay healthy
Ps. After icing your cake you can hit it with a warm hairdryer, it makes it smooth and shiny😋
😂😂😂 Love your bloopers!!
Love this idea! I always wish my icing could look better, but I’m to lazy to make my own frosting! Do you whip it with a hand mixer first?
I warmed my hairdryer but now it's covered in chocolate! ;-)
Another go to for jar icing is whip it you get 10x the amount of icing
Karen Andcatz making homemade icing is literally easier than making the box cake is, or about the same as the cake, but is so much better tasting than the can frosting is. I make mine in my kitchen aid mixer but you could also use your hand held mixer and will turn out just as good but may take just an extra couple minutes.
Do a google search for “buttercream icing” and trust me, you will never use store bought icing again, especially once you find out how easy it is and how delicious it is!
Good luck and enjoy!
Great recipe! Got to love our kids! Loved it. Sometimes being silly is what we need in this crazy world. She looks just like you 😊
Cake looks wonderful!💙💚💜 No one is keeping you in your home, but you. Take your family, & that awesome cake & go to the park! Breathe some fresh air! Get outside & live!
I have to share with you my favorite box cake hack from the days I used to use box mix! The hack I am offering you now is to reserve about 3 heaping Tbsp. of the dry cake mix and then butter your pan(s), and use the reserved cake mix to "flour" your pans. This works with any flavor cake and you have no flour to try brushing off! Great for "naked cakes". This can also work for scratch bakers just by mixing your dry ingredients and reserving the same 3 TBSP. of your dry ingredients. Then mixing the wet and dry ingredients. I also was told to use the milk and butter. But, that was so it would taste like a homemade cake made from scratch! Happy Baking!
Kelly I taught cake decorating for many years. I suggest that you purchase an offset spatula cost under 2 dollars. You will love it and makes putting on frosting and getting your cake smooth.
It’s all about the tools! Even a butter knife is better than that!
Just popped this in the oven! I can't wait to try it!!
You are speaking to my heart! Chocolate on chocolate yummy!
Bonita Sears 🧡🧡🧡😋😋😋😂😂😂
I love her personality
Years ago, I heard about adding 1/4 of a cup of mayonnaise to any cake recipe. It can be added whether it’s a box cake or a homemade one. It can also be added to any brownie mix. I have done this ever since and it makes the most moist cake ever!!!
I see you put a quarter cup of mayonnaise with me I have been told a half a cup of I'm just wondering if the quarter cup when is the same as the half a cup or if maybe I should just stick with the half cup anyway I know this is three years later I don't know if you're going to see this that I wrote this or not but I was wondering if anybody was going to put down about adding mayonnaise to their cake chocolate before I was ever born my great-grandmother's used to do that or grandmother I grew up with my family doing doing that so naturally it's automatically that I put mayonnaise and all my chocolate cakes p whether they're homemade or I buy a box anyway from me thank you for your input on I was wondering if my family was the only one ever put mayonnaise in their chocolate cake
OMG Kelly your daughter in the blooper was priceless!! What a great child!! I cant wait to try this cake!! It looked wonderful!! Thank you for showing us what a real family is!!
You can also add coffee in place of water. You don’t taste the coffee but it enhances and brings out the rich chocolate flavor.
The cake looked so good.. I'm having to diet in this quarantine or I'm gonna be worse off. Lol.. I will remember this hack though and glad to see your spirits are up and your families is, too. God bless..
It looks fantastic and yummy
This is the best recipe ever. I got so many compliments and it’s the best tasting cake I’ve ever had. Definitely my new go-to. I can’t wait to try it with other flavors besides chocolate!
I only had vanilla pudding so added a little less with some cacao powder and it still turned out amazing!
When making a chocolate cake prepare the pans with oil/butter and COCOA not flour.
MussonGal 123 Why?
@@adrianacanales5924 By using cocoa powder instead of flour the white residue from the flour is eliminated. I was taught this in the 4H club long-long-ago.
Never thought of using cocoa powder, thats a great idea! thanks. Can't stand cooking spray
@@mussongal1232 awesome tip, thank you
You can also use regular white sugar after you have oiled or buttered.
Can’t wait to try this. Your daughter is beautiful and funny. Tfs
You should CUT THE CAKE at the END. SHOW how delicious it looks inside too.
It makes people WANT to make and EAT the cake too !! 😋😋Trust me it definitely adds a real nice touch !!
Every good baking channel ALWAYS does that. You may even want to take a BITE !!
EXTRA BONUS!😉
Agreed!!!! I wrote the same thing. I hung on to see the inside of that cake, mannnnnnn.
IKR
At the end when she again pointed out that the batter looked different, I said, yes, it does. And I want to see how it looks now! That was disappointing. I could almost smell that cake!
Yes!
Reen- I want to take a bite before the batter leaves the bowl.
Great tutorial I have never made a box cake I make my own,but will try this ,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
adding vanilla is good too.
I just made that cake today for my 29th birthday! It’s delicious and does taste different and I love it! Thank you!!
Awesome! Your daughter is as cute as a button and your twin! So funny seeing her in the background kidding around with mom. One thing about this year I think it really has brought families closer together. Thanks for sharing!
I made this cake today with my 3 year old grandson! We had a ball!! He was soooo excited to eat it, so we did and it was delicious 😋
Here's something you might want to try sometime. I tried it, loved it, and do it every time I use a can of chocolate frosting. Here's what you do. You scoop out all the frosting from the can into a glass bowl. Then add to the frosting either 1 T of shortening or 1 T of butter (either one works fine (that's T for Tablespoon, not t for teaspoon). Then, using a hand mixer -- mix it up for about 45 seconds only -- on medium speed. You'll be amazed what happens to the frosting. Instead of being thick, pasty, and gloppy like it was in your video -- it becomes very smooth and fluffy, much easier to spread and quite tasty too. I'll bet if you try it, you'll be hooked on it like I am. Thanks for your video.
Sweet lady and enjoy your daughter’s smile. I use your hacks my family now wants me to be there 👩🏻🍳. Keep up with yummy hacks. Thanks for sharing.🍰👩🏻🍳💕😎
My Mom makes this recipe with a "Pecan cake mix and butterscotch pudding" and it's always a BIG success with the family. Never tried it in other flavors, being a chocolate lover I will try this one for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Yum!😊
I've never heard of a pecan cake mix before
@@CB-wq9wp it's pretty much the same as a spice cake You can use it instead. .. can hardly tell the difference.
Love the bloopers she was to funny and adorable I just love it. Had a good laugh thank you . Am so going to try it my boys will love that chocolate cake for sure thanks again for the hack !!!
YES!!!! Bring on the chocolate! 😋😋😋 I wouldn't listen to ANY negative comments. You rock!!! Love the bloopers!
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Teresa Watson ☝🏻
Amen and people just don't think before they speak any more. When someone says I didnt like the colors you used I just want to get on there so bad and tell them that's nice but why don't you just keep that to yourself! I love your videos and you are an extra special creative person so just keep being you.
My mother always put a French vanilla chocolate pudding in chocolate cake mix. Awesome!!!
I think for not having any special tools, that cake is looking pretty delicious. Betty Crocker makes some delicious chocolate icing. I want to make this recipe with super moist spice cake. Thanks!!!
I have been practicing on this same box mix!! I am going to make my wedding cake with it. I like to replace the water with strong brewed coffee and heavy cream, add sour cream + pudding + 1 extra egg yolk. I think I found that all online somewhere. I'll definitely have to try replacing the oil with the butter as well!! I have been making the cake with a caramel filling but a chocolate filling sounds really good too.😋
I can’t wait to try this!!!! My husband is going to love this!!!! Thanks Kelly!!! :-) The bloopers were hilarious!!! You guys are so cute!!!
Also if you have only one can of frosting, you can whipped it and it doubles and still tastes great.
Love the antics of Kayla. I will try this. Thanks Kelly.
I made this today, but did three layer cake with peanutbutter frosting in the middle and chocolate fudge frosting on the outside. Cant wait to try it after dinner. Thank you for sharing...
I LOVE that you look at the eye of the camera!! I’m sorry I’ve never said that before because I really appreciate it! Pet peeve when folks look at themselves. LOL!
I will have to try it your way. Me and my mom and sister always use buttermilk instead of water and it's so good. 👍👍
Missi R I have heard that buttermilk is good but they said not to add extra pudding. Do you add the pudding?
Omgoodness never thought of buttermilk! Love it! I'm gonna try that!
Kelly, another good way to easily ice your chocolate cake is to pour a bag of chocolate chips over it while it's still warm. When chips are melted just spread with a spatula!
Great ideas, gonna try this, thanks!! Also, as your thinking you have to store in the fridge, the milk & egg used were COOKED into it, not used after cooking. It'll do fine covered & on the counter.
This recipe is my kinda recipe. Here is another tip for you if you dont already have it. I found this one in southern living. You take a german chocolate cake mix add 16 ounces of sour cream 1/4 cup melted butter 2 eggs and tsp vanilla. Batter will be thick and you will have to cook it a little longer than a regular cake mix recipe. It is oh so good and I make a homemade chocolate cream chesse icing with lots of butter in it. Duncan Hines is my cake mix of choice it has more in it than the Betty one does.
I always use this method....easy peasy and so yummy.....I never use canned frosting. I make my own. I also topped with cake with chocolate homemade whipped cream.
This quarentine has got me trying to finally learn how to bake, this video has been a great help!
I have been doing that hack for years. When i make the choclate cake i use choclate milk
Russell Bogrett oh good idea!!! I’m going to have to try that
Russell Bogrett love that idea!!!!
Omgoodness...chocolate heaven.
Love this! Binge watching the videos of yours I haven't yet seen, today while my son is all set up at our dining room table for "district led distance learning". I love all of your videos and I love your spirit that shines thru!
Yes! Great idea!
I LOVED your daughter’s antics at the end!!
Soo cute 😁💕
Doesn't matter what uour cake looks like; it looks delicious!! Thank you for sharing!
Ive used this to make a chocolate and a vanilla cake so far. Thanks for sharing.
Kelly, made this with lemon mix and lemon pudding for my son who lives lemon. Iced with cream cheese frosting cuz that's another fave of his. YUMMY! Everyone loved it. Then this week made a red velvet for my other son. Used chocolate pudding and of course used cream cheese icing. Omgoodness! Another big success!
When a cake cracks on top, that means its a good rich cake.
Those cracked cakes are the best cakes I know from experience!!!
Yes, not overly baked, it just happens during baking them.
Another little hack is adding instant coffee to a chocolate brownie or cake mix. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of a high quality instant coffee, or if it’s a store or generic brand use 1 tablespoon. Your cake won’t taste like coffee at these amounts, it will just enhance the chocolate flavor.
I use a combination of pudding and whipped cream mixture for my frostings or sometimes I make a homemade whip cream !! Delicious
First-timer here. Love this tweak to box cake. I'm going to give it a whirl next week. Thank you for sharing!!
Going to try this tonight!💗
When I am making a last minute cake that I want to dress up, I take one package of cream cheese and whip it into the icing for an added wow factor!
Love your videos!💗
Sounds like a good idea. Wonder if that's how the bakery makes cream cheese icing? 🤔 Would you put it in any flavor of icing?
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@@jennjennjohnson I add creme chez to alot of my frostings. If not room temp I stick it in microwave for 10-15 seconds them just whip with just a little splash of milk to make smooth then add frosting I whip all together really well. Always love the results & so does the family.
Hi sweety, I’m going to try that cake, and i loved seeing your mini me, she looks just like you, so pretty, hope the guy’s are doing well, and all of you, love your shirt, be safe and stay well, hugs to all, from this cali girl, livin in Texas 😘
The cake looks delicious, Kelly. Adding a half of a cup of sour cream makes a moist cake. I do it this exact way except I add sour cream.
In addition to the cup of butter or instead of?
Are you saying INSTEAD of the pudding you add sour cream?...
Daisy Henry pudding and sour cream. I use the fudge pudding.
I use sour cream if I don’t have pudding on hand.
@@penney1307 how much sour cream?
Love the added touch of family members wondering into the video 😍😆. Seems so much more family fun and homey🥰
Thank you Kelly for sharing this delicious creation. Baked these today with my autistic son and the cake came out so soft like clouds.