Betty Crocker Cake Mix - Not Enough
Decorating By MissRobin Updated 14 Nov 2006 , 7:15pm by indydebi
I am taking the Wilton I decorating class and I have to take a cake tonight to class - so I decided not to get fancy and just bake your basic white cake. I used Betty Crocker and I decided to actually measure the batter into the pans. I am making an 8" cake, so I need 3 cups of batter (according to Wilton Chart) per pan. Guess what I did not have enough batter with one cake mix, I found that quite interesting. How many times have we eyeballed and thought it was the right amount!!!!
my instructor in our class 1 course told us it usually takes 1 1/2 cake box batches to fill your most usual cake pans, and sometimes 2 for your character pans. Interesting how they aren't quite enough to use and most my *homemade recipes* are too much! So I always add a few cupcake holders to my cupcake pans and have *little cakes* for my kids who can't seem to leave my * big* cakes alone! 
I think it was a Duncan Hines cake mix that I used the last two times when making the Cinderella Character pan and it was enough. I used only one cake mix like the directions said. I sometimes use Betty Crocker too. Whichever is on sale at the time.
On most of my pans and readings it says the basic box mix will make 4 cups of batter and the box even says it makes 4 cups doesn't it? Well I had to measure out 11 cups of batter for my sheet cake one day and I noticed the bowl I was mixing in is a very large measuring cup 12 cup I believe, and I mixed up one box mix scraped down the bowl and mixed by hand for a moment and checked the side and it was just below the 4 cup mark. Maybe it varies with different cake mixes. You've made me question alot of cakes now lol I'll be measureing from now on.
I also usually use the cake extender recipe, but since this was for class I was going to just do the basic cake recipe on box, thought It would be a cheaper route to go!! I will have to look on the box and see if it says how many cups it makes!!! Thank you guys for all of your input, I hope this helps someone in the future.
I use Betty Crocker all the time, following the directions on back and I use 1 mix per 8" pan with a little left over for a couple cupcakes. My pan gets overfull but I would rather that than have it too short, I level it right in the pan so I have a perfect 2" cake. I use 1.5 mixes for a 10", 2 for a 12" or 9x13 and half a mix for a 6".
The directions on the back of mixes for pan sizes are for people who are just making a cake they're going to slap frosting on, they don't care how tall the sides are like we do. 
I always have enough. I always split 1 box mix between 2 8" x 2" pans and they turn out fine.
Me too. 1 box = two 8" cake pans. I use the Magic Strips, grease only (no flour) and the cakes usually rise higher than the pan.
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