My wife has a box of Betty Crocker spice cake mix and would like to know
whether anyone has a recipe for a fruit cake using that mix. I don't see
one at their website, and I've become overloaded with Google's results
for fruit cakes but not a specific recipe using the above combination.

"Dan Wenz" wrote in message
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My wife has a box of Betty Crocker spice cake mix and would like to know
whether anyone has a recipe for a fruit cake using that mix. I don't see
one at their website, and I've become overloaded with Google's results
for fruit cakes but not a specific recipe using the above combination.


Considering how expensive the ingredients are for a decent fruit cake, I
can't see using a cake mix for the batter. I would tale a look at one of
these recipes. The Christmas fruitcakes look like winners:
http://tinyurl.com/yrlye
Most traditional fruitcakes improve with age, so I wouldn't count on eating
one for about a month.

Dan Wenz wrote:

My wife has a box of Betty Crocker spice cake mix and would like to know
whether anyone has a recipe for a fruit cake using that mix. I don't see
one at their website, and I've become overloaded with Google's results
for fruit cakes but not a specific recipe using the above combination.

a google on 'fruitcake "spice cake" mix recipe' (use the double
quotes) gives these links.

http://southernfood.about.com/librar...3/bl30620e.htm
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,171,1...229205,00.html
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifest...-6608959c.html
http://www.theangelladies.com/angel_...ew.htm#recipes

Googling on '"fruit cake" "spice cake" mix recipe yields
http://www.just-recipes.net/quick,_s...fruit_cake.htm
http://www.baking911.com/_disc10/00000513.htm
http://www.favoritebrandrecipes.com/...3450001160.htm

There may be duplicates, and I've not tried any of them, preferring to
make my fruitcakes from scratch.

You might simply try adding your prepared fruitcake mix to the cake
batter until it 'looks right'. (prepared means chopped, soaked,
dredged, etc.)

jenn
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Jenn Ridley

Dan Wenz wrote in news:l_ednWOB8szdOH6iRVn-
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My wife has a box of Betty Crocker spice cake mix and would like to know
whether anyone has a recipe for a fruit cake using that mix. I don't see
one at their website, and I've become overloaded with Google's results
for fruit cakes but not a specific recipe using the above combination.


As a long time baker of various fruitcakes, I cannot imagine using an
ordinary cakemix for the batter. Fruitcakes are geenrally made with a
batter more akin to poundcakes. If I were forced to use a mix, I would
choose a poundcake mix. Ordinary cake mixes produce too airy and light a
cake to properly support the fruitcake ingredients.

Wayne

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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Dan Wenz wrote in news:l_ednWOB8szdOH6iRVn-
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My wife has a box of Betty Crocker spice cake mix and would like to know
whether anyone has a recipe for a fruit cake using that mix. I don't see
one at their website, and I've become overloaded with Google's results
for fruit cakes but not a specific recipe using the above combination.


As a long time baker of various fruitcakes, I cannot imagine using an
ordinary cakemix for the batter. Fruitcakes are geenrally made with a
batter more akin to poundcakes. If I were forced to use a mix, I would
choose a poundcake mix. Ordinary cake mixes produce too airy and light a
cake to properly support the fruitcake ingredients.

Wayne

I agree completely. Not only is the texture wrong, but the spices in boxed
spice cake mix are very weak and artificial tasting. I think you not only
need a dense batter, but you also need to use fresh, potent spices to
balance the extreme sweetness of the glace fruit and the stronger flavors of
the dates and currants.

Thanks to all of you responders - All comments were forwarded to my wife
to do with them what she will (Been married too long to argue the logic
of fruit cake baking with her)!