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Poll Results: homemade or mix?

 
  • 6% (20)
    Am a professional cook and use Homemade 100% from scratch all the time
  • 2% (6)
    Am a professional and Mostly use a mix not doctored
  • 4% (13)
    Am a professional and Mostly use a doctored mix
  • 5% (16)
    Am a professional and Use homemade and mix both a fair amount
  • 25% (72)
    Am a home cook and make Homemade 100% from scratch all the time
  • 17% (50)
    Am a home cook and Mostly use a mix not doctored
  • 38% (109)
    Am a home cook and Mostly use a doctored mix
286 Total Votes  
post #121 of 124
7/1/07 at 7:04pm
The last time I used a box mix was 13 years ago. I was generally a scratch baken then too, but I had a too full day and so I used the mix for my daughter's birthday. All the girls at the party ate it with no complaints...but my family??? NO WAY. My husband told me that the cake was not up to my usual standards. I had not mentioned using a box and this is a man who will pretty much eat anything that is sweet. After a few days of sitting untouched, the leftover cake was pitched. I've never used a mix since.

My customers tell me that they can smell the difference even before they eat my cakes. Homemade from scratch makes a difference to me. If I am going to go to all the trouble to make a cake look beautiful I want it to taste great too. For me, that means scratch.
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post #122 of 124
7/1/07 at 7:21pm
I have been doing cakes for over a year now. I doctor a cake mix. I am always complemented on my yellow cakes,. I have a 90% order on my yellow cake. It is the moistest cake..They tell me all the time how they have never had such a moist cake.
Good cakes aren't cheap,Cheap cakes aren't good.
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post #123 of 124
7/3/07 at 10:38am
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Originally Posted by MSurina

I usually use boxed mixes that I docor up. I've never had a single complaint about them. My problem with the scratch cakes is that they come out dry. If any of you could help me with that, then I would probably bake from scratch as well. I just don't have the time or the money to waste on dry cakes, when the boxed mixes work out great for me.



I was poring through this thread in hopes of finding the answer to this. Our mixes are so moist & have good flavor, I just haven't found that with a scratch recipe for "normal' cakes. I do scratch for Red Velvet, Italian Cream, but that's it> I'll keep reading!
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Brenda
http://www.freewebs.com/bkdcakes/

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity." ---Konrad Adenauer
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post #124 of 124
7/6/07 at 10:24pm
I think it depends on what type you are making. carrot, chocolate, sweet potato, coconut ,red velvet... from scratch...others like white ,spice , buttered pecan- doctored box -sometimes box is better , but most times homemade rules !!!!!
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