I am toying around with the idea of making "cupcake kits" to give away as gifts - providing all the dry ingredients in a cute jar, along with instructions. However, I'd like to do more than just plain vanilla and chocolate.
I was wondering if you can add pudding mix to a scratch cake batter, as a flavoring (i.e. lemon, berry, etc.). Will I need to adjust my recipe for the addition, or can it just be dumped in? And do you use instant or regular?
Thanks in advance for any advice/thoughts.
pudding is a wonderful addition to cakes as well as cupcakes! i always use instant. never used it in a "from-scratch" cake, only cake mix. but i would suggest trying it yourself without adjusting the recipe. on tip though: use milk instead of water. mmmmm! i love the combinations that you can try! ther's a lot of options!
just add the powder. I tried a little experiment once... the first time i used the pudding i mixed everything and put it in the oven right away. the second time i wondered if anything would happen if i let it sit a few minutes, like when you make instant pudding it turns into pudding after about 5 minutes. i let the mixed batter sit for a bit and then popped it in the oven. it defintitely made a difference in texture, but i cant recall if it made it expand anymore. Anyway, try it out! hope it works well for you! 
Here are scratch cake recipes which use instant pudding mix as an ingredient:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-20690-.html
HTH
I am going to do dry ingredients only, and let the recipient add the wet ingredients (sort of like regular box mix).
So I guess what I'll do is just make the batches one at a time. I don't need to make a ton (less than ten, probably), so it'll mostly just be measuring and layering ingredients into the jars. I imagine it will take me the most time to make labels and decorate the jars!
Yes, a whole mix for 2 dozen cupcakes, hopefully. I plan to include liners, yep, and maybe a tiny bag of sprinkles or decorating candies.
Steal away! 
Just let me know how they come out! I will probably do a test run in a couple weeks to ensure it will all work.
Love the idea! I don't think you'll have any problems with people being able to mix and bake. You can also use Jell-o gelatin as flavoring instead of pudding if you're looking to up the color factor. There's a good cake mix recipe on here with gelatin as an ingredient.
Yes, you do have to be careful about gelatin with vegetarians. My husband's coworker is Jewish, and he can't eat meat and dairy together (I think) so I always make sure to let him know all ingredients. However, I think Jell-o gelatin may be kosher.
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