I'm working on 3 sheet cakes for a shower, which is tomorrow, cakes must be ready today.

I had baked the cakes during the past week but one 12 x 18 chocolate cake tasted horrible...so I'm baking another one today, this time from Duncan Hines mix. I am pretty sure I need more than 2 boxes of mix, so I'm thinking I can use an extender recipe to get enough for the pan.

My question: Do I mix the 2 cake mixes separately (uh oh if that's the answerk, since I already put them together in one big bowl ) or can I mix them together, and add ONE RECIPE of the cake extender??? Or do I add TWO recipes of the cake extender???

Please help!

What about adding pudding (2 boxes) and 2 eggs in addition to regular ingredients. If you do the cakes with just one extender, be sure you put the right amount of everything else for the second cake...Does that make sense? Do one like you are doing extender and then add ingredients for the other. I still would add extra egg on the second mix, even if you just do one extender. Hope that helps.

Cindy

I know that may be a ing question, but what is an extender recipe and what is the actual recipe?

Caketease, when you want a bit more cake than you'd get in a mix, you can add extender. That's all I know. To get some recipes, you can do a search in the recipe section, or in this forum and find several good ones.

And thanks Cindy6250, for your suggestion. For the cake I was baking this morning, I needed to extend the two cake mixes I was using, so I finally decided to just add one extender recipe and mix everything all up together. It seemed to work just fine doing it that way, and it was just enough for the 12 x 18 pan. The batter was very light and not heavy or thick, which I liked....the baked cake LOOKS like it will taste good--I will taste it when I level it.

You are more than welcome. Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner. How did your cake turn out? I love the extender because it makes the cake taste more like homemade. I always get compliments when I make cakes using it.

Cindy

Cakes turned out well, I think. At least, they looked good to me. But what do I know? I haven't baked that many cakes for people! The cakes went to the bridal shower this afternoon, and I am hoping to hear that they tasted good too. Two were yellow cakes, baked from scratch using Toba Garrett's recipe, which I love. The third was the chocolate cake using the extender. It tasted good to me, when I sampled the part that I leveled off. Duncan Hines mix with the extender additions. I am still looking for a really REALLY good scratch recipe for chocolate cake, as I just like to bake from scratch. Kind of a challenge.