So we baked a chocolate cake mix from every brand we could find in grocery stores and held yet another battle of the batters.
Best yet cake mix brand.
For fans of fluffy cake.
Before we begin though a quick note about flavors.
Sydney kramer insider the best yet batter looked promising and standard as far as cake mixes go.
This mix is one of the more expensive and the brand is usually found in high end and specialty grocers but it s also available online.
It s available in 5 3 ounces 16 ounces or 33 ounces.
As you can see by their boxes those three brands clearly prioritize moisture.
Please forgive our mis matched mixing bowls but we assure you each cake pan was identical.
Like other boxed mixes reviewers note that you can use this as a base for more creative desserts too.
Stonewall kitchen considers this mix one of its best sellers.
This is also the only cake mix that didn t use egg yolks in the batter and so the cake lacked the richness and structure that comes from a batter with yolks.
For an ultra rich buttery cake our test kitchen recommends baker s corner yellow cake mix.
This particular boxed cake mix wins praise because it requires just two ingredients water and a single egg yet yields a full moist cake that tastes like you put way more effort into it.
This cake mix calls for 3 egg whites to be beaten into the batter for 2 minutes in addition to the oil and water.
Betty crocker might not have won our cake taste test but here s where the brand was best in show.
If you stroll down the baking aisle and pay attention to what all the cake mix boxes say you ll soon find that none of the more conventional brands offer a simple.
Next we picked up a box of jiffy golden yellow cake mix which is known for its ease and affordability.
Betty crocker duncan hines and pillsbury.
Gourmet pound cake mix meyer lemon pound cake mix from southern living rich moist buttery tangy sweet pound cake with glaze 3 7 out of 5 stars 34 10 99 10.
This aldi exclusive brand seriously aldi brands are pretty phenomenal produced an exceptionally moist cake with the richest flavor of the eight brands tested the only drawback is that moisture meant that the cake didn t rise as much as others which isn t a.
This was a boxed mix battle so obviously we had to include the giants.
Betty crocker s as noted earlier was a slightly more wet consistency and was also beginning to bubble more similar to the way pancake mix does when you let it sit.