Julie Bove wrote:
> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>> On Nov 28, 9:41 am, wrote:
>>>> In the last couple years it seems all brands except Duncan Hines (which
>>>> I don't like as much) stopped selling them at the exact same time. Why?
>>>> Even all the name tags on the shelves were gone to signal they weren't
>>>> coming back. It was my favorite box cake mix, and Betty Crocker,
>>>> Pillsbury, and even the store brands like Shoprite just disappeared.
>>>> Trying to make my own wasn't nearly as good. Is the mix anywhere and
>>>> what happened?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>> Get a chocolate mix and a white mix, mix each according to the
>>> directions, and then make two cakes, putting half of each in a baking
>>> pan and swirling it. Eat one, freeze one.
>>>
>>> N.
>>>
>>> (Marble cake from scratch is really, really easy.)
>>
>> Does Jiffy make chocolate cake mix? Each box only makes one layer, so one
>> chocolate and one white or yellow swirled together would make one marble
>> cake.
>>
>> (Or how about swirling a white cake with some chocolate syrup?)
>
> That's what I used to do, but... I would add more chocolate to the
> chocolate because the marble part seems like darker chocolate. I know they
> do make a chocolate cake, but finding it is the hard part. Last time I got
> any I had to mail order it from Hometown Favorites but I threw all of the
> mixes out when I discovered dead bugs in some.
>
> I have seen other brands of mixes that make a single layer. They come in a
> pouch. I can't remember the brand.
>
>

The more I think about it, the more I like the "chocolate syrup" idea.
Adding cocoa to a mix might make it too dry

Bob