Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mixes
Decorating By unixboymd Updated 10 Jun 2006 , 10:11pm by fearlessbaker
Hi all,
I need a little guidance on a boxed cake mix.
I have a Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Recipe Yellow cake mix and I also have a Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow cake mix. I'm just curious about something.
One calls for 1 stick of soft butter (or 1/2 cup), while the other calls for 1/3 cup of oil.
Are these 2 interchangable in boxed cake mixes? Could I use 2 sticks of butter for both mixes or could I used 2/3 cups of oil for both mixes?
Is there any big differences? I do know that when using butter, it adds a little more water to a recipe (candy making experience here).
I was just wondering about cake mixes.
TIA!
Roger R.
There is a difference. The butter recipe is formulated differently. Don't try to interchange them. The texture is different as well. I "doctor" cake mixes all the time, but those Butter Recipe mixes just don't take to changes very well. They are very good, light and rich, though. You'd be fine to use butter instead of oil in the regular mix, but I wouldn't use oil instead of butter in the Butter Recipe one.
I've never tried interchanging the two, but I find I prefer the taste of the butter recipe over the yellow. Seems to be less chemical "box" flavor.
It never fails to amaze me that in baking you can have so many different results and what works for one person, another person can come up with a completely different result. I have had the same thing happen to me with trying different icings on this site. People rave about a recipe, I try it and end up with yuck. And I will try a recipe a couple of times just to see if I have done something wrong and still end up with yuck. Funny business, eh?
Tiffysma, do you mean that you don't doctor the BC mixes at all or just not the BC butter mix? Thanks
Just Butter Recipe mixes (any brand) I can't say I don't doctor at all. I'll add milk instead of water. But every time I've tried to "doctor" the Butter Recipe beyond that, it winds up a gummy mess. I know others might have done it with success, but it doesn't seem to work for me, and I usually make a pretty darn good cake!
It does seem that some things work for some people and not for others. I've made some things that work for me and they when I tell someone about it, it turns out bad for them. Go figure.
tiffysma, Thanks for answering. Sometime things just have to be spellled out for me or else the effort turns out to be a mess.
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