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Default How is Duncan Hines cake mix supposed to taste?

On Monday, May 5, 2014 1:03:56 PM UTC-4, bigwheel wrote:
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> > On a whim I made a cake for the first time ever, in this case a Duncan

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> > Hines Triple Chocolate cake.

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> > Process was pretty straightforward. I used an electric mixer to mix the

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> > batter powder, eggs, oil and water. Used store-brand corn oil. Baked it

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> > in 2 9-inch pans for 30 mins.

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> > The results were okay - tastes pretty good. However the basic texture

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> > isn't like a store-bought cake. By that I mean it's kind of dense, chewy

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> > compared to a store-bought which I would describe as typically being

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> > more light, fluffy.

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> > Is there a way to make it more like store-bought?

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> > Thanks.

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> Should be pretty light textured. Did you follow the directions on the
> box?



Yes. I used corn oil, the recipe says "vegetable oil". Should corn oil work?