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Altered Cake Mix




I made a cake.

Now, with who I am, this news shocks no one. I love making cakes, especially decorating them. This cake, however, was different. I just wanted cake. Chocolate cake, chocolate filling. I had to have it, been craving it for almost two weeks. I tried to fight it to no avail. Here I am, sitting at a table, trying not to devour an entire cake.

Now this cake, I must confess, was made from an altered box cake mix.

*GASP*

I know, I know it's horrifying. But what's even worse is, I am not ashamed of it. Most of the time I will gladly and happily make a cake from scratch, I love to do it! However, with the whole family being sick lately and my son starting preschool I felt way too exhausted to spend the time and energy to make a cake from scratch. I always keep a few boxed cakes on hand in case of an emergency and, well, this chocolate craving definitely qualified as an emergency.

So, without any more useless story or chatter, I give you the boxed cake fix up that will make you forget the cake came from a box!

Altered Cake Mix

Ingredients
1 box of cake mix, any flavor
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
4 eggs (use only egg whites if making a white cake)
1 small box instant pudding mix, any flavor

Directions
Preheat the oven to 325
Parchment paper and grease your baking pans
Place all ingredients in a bowl
Using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, mix on low speed for 30 seconds and then on medium speed for 2 minutes   
Pour batter into pans and place into preheated oven 
Add 10 minutes onto the shortest bake time for your pan size on the box. 

And there you have it!   

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