Unfortunately, trans-fats, or hydrogenated fats, are the only shelf-stable fats out there. And even then, if they sit too long, they can turn rancid.
You may be able to find a cake mix in a health food or organic store, but my bet would be that you have to add fat to it, butter, oil, whatever.
Theresa 
well, it is cake. not exactly what you want to eat everyday in a healthy diet. but it is yummy and good for special occasions. I can't think there are too many people out there who are thinking about whether the cake they are buying is GOOD for them or not.
Just my 2 cents.
I can't think there are too many people out there who are thinking about whether the cake they are buying is GOOD for them or not.
LOL! Good point!!
When availability, price & taste aren't compromised, I like to use a little more "healthy" ingredients (hormone-free milk & cream, when its on sale, for example) for a variety of reasons but I've never mentioned that to a client or had them ask. I was also thinking about this in bed last night and thought about my frosting. The BC I use is 1/2 shortening which has partially hyrogenated oils as its #1 ingredient!
Just another reason to scratch bake for me - I know exactly what is in my cakes! I use good ol' fashioned butter in most things (including my buttercream - I won't let Crisco et al near it!), and yes that's saturated fat, but it beats the nasty trans fats hands down in the health stakes. I also use a liquid margarine in some cakes/cookies that contains Omega 3 & 6 and is made specifically for heart health. But, no-one has ever asked!
Baking from scratch eliminates these problems. You can get the non hydrogenated shortening at health food stores. In Los Angeles we have Whole Foods and they are in other states too.
huh in the devils food i have no trans
Are you looking at the nutritional facts or the ingredient list? I looked at the grocery today and every Pillsbury cake mix at my store, in fact EVERY cake mix there (I looked at every type for each of the three major brands) had trans fats in the ingredient list. Many of them said 0 on the nutritional facts (due to serving size) but they all had 'em in their list.
WOW am i stupid. Has anyone tried the crisco with no trans fat???? Does it work any better>??????
I used the no trans fat crisco to make all crisco buttercream and it turned out just fine. No different from regular crisco.
FatFace.... It's not listed on other boxes that i have recently picked up.... I wonder if they are just trying to fool us?
By law, all products containing trans fats have to have it listed in the ingredients...If it's not listed, it doesn't contain trans fats. I think companies are using that as a selling point now. I see packages advertising "no trans fats".
According to my box of DH Yellow, trans fats are the #3 ingredient in the cake (after sugar & flour) in the form of partially-hydrogenated soybean oil making up the shortening. Has this cake been refomulated?
I see packages advertising "no trans fats".
Often times when that is on a product, it isn't entirely true. They can say that if the amount is small enough per serving. The item can have trans fats in the ingredient list but in a small enough amount that they can say "0" on the label for trans fats. Same goes for total fat, sat fat, calories, sugar, cholesterol and sodium. A bit "sneaky", if you ask me (not htat anyone has! LOL), but legal.
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