Pillsbury Cake Mix Didn't Rise Well
Decorating By smileyface Updated 26 Sep 2005 , 1:30pm by smileyface
I baked a 9 x 13 sheet cake last night. This is my first try using Pillsbury (got them on sale .73) and it barely rose 1 inch. This is a freebie cake so I wasn't concerned with making it a full 2 inches so I only used 1 cake mix. In the past, my cakes have always rose around 1 1/2 inches using one cake mix (DH or BC). I am wondering if it was something I did wrong, maybe a bad cake mix, or just a fluke. I used my bake even strips and cooked it at 325 instead of 350. I guess now I should torte it and fill it with BC or bake another layer, it is pitiful, LOL!!
Anyone have this happen or have any idea what went wrong? 
THANKS!!
I just got a bunch on sale too ($.65) I baked a couple of 9X13 cakes and noticed the same thing. The second one I baked I ended up doubling and it barely rose over the top of the 2" pan. Maybe it is just the nature of the mix! They tasted good though! 
Philsbury does not make as much batter as DH. So it may not have been that the mix didn't rise enough, there just wasn't that much mix.
I have found that Philsbury and BC make between 4-5 cups of batter. DH mixes make from 5 to 6 cups depending on the flavor.
I alway use DH, and for the 13x9 I use a cake mix and a half and it rises well above the cake pan. You should use around 7 cups of batter in the 13x9 to get a good 2 inch cake.
Thanks guys, I was sure I had done something wrong. I hope its tasty at least, I didn't have to level it as it baked up nice and level, just too short. I didn't measure my batter this time but now that I think about it, I am sure it wasn't as much as I normally put in it because the cake pan I think wasn't even half full. I do normally use 1.5 cake mixes when I am getting paid (very seldom) but for most family and friends I just use one cake mix. I think I do use DH most often as that is what I have in my pantry now. Lesson learned, measure batter or stick to DH unless I want to use 2 Pillsbury cake mixes.
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