Cake mix additions

from lauren hedin

Add to any cake mix

some people have said use 4 eggs instead of 3
3 oz of dry pudding mix (vanilla or chocolate)
1 c sour cream, any type of milk substitute(almond, coconut), buttermilk or one time I used plain yogurt
Few tablespoons of mayonnaise

3 T flour

substitute some melted butter in place of oil (more flavor)

Add to the powder cake mix.

OTHER IDEAS-

If its a citrus cake- add lemon/lime zest, OJ instead of water

Others have said add some type of cola or carbonated soda

To make a cake mix into a cookie

I have a Western Family fudge cake mix, recipe for making cookies from a cake box

1 chocolate cake mix
1/2c butter, softened
2 large eggs
2 T oil
1 t vanilla
1 1/2c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.
In large bowl combine cake mix, butter, eggs, oil, and vanilla, mix. Fold in choco chips.
Drop spoonfulls of batter on to ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10min.

Makes 2 dozen

Crispy Chicken Parmesan

FoodNetwork and Delish

1 1/2 c. panko bread crumbs
1/2 c. grated Parmesan

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. canola oil
4 oz. fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
1 1/2 c. marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade
Pound out 6 chicken breasts till flat.
Salt and pepper both sides of chicken.  

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. 

Combine the bread crumbs and Parmesan on a sheet of waxed paper/plate/ziplock bag. Spread the flour on another sheet of waxed paper. Working with 1 piece of chicken at a time, dip both sides into the flour, shaking off excess. Dip each piece into the egg whites, shaking off excess, and then press both sides into the breading to coat. (for a crunchier breading- dip the chicken in an egg then flour mixture and egg mixture then panko and repeat.)

Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken (in batches, if necessary) and cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the chicken, in 1 layer, to the baking dish, cover each chicken breast with slice of mozzarella  Bake in oven 12-15min.  Pour warmed spaghetti sauce on top of chicken right before serving.

Serve with steamed broccoli, spaghetti sauce, salad, defrost frozen rolls in fridge the night b4 (Preheat oven to 350F. Bake rolls 15-20 minutes,),  and spaghetti noodles

2 different cakes mixes

1. Chocolate cupcakes, after cooked, cut the top and bottom of cupcake apart and fill with vanilla pudding, then top with choco frosting. (or who we really kidding, just buy the premade stuff)

2. Made a vanilla cake but wanted a choco swirl in it. So i then mixed part of vanilla cake with choco pudding mix and added 1/2c-1c milk. Put vanilla cake mix in greased 9x13pan, then put plops of choco pudding cake mix in the pan and swirl the mixes together.

3/24/16, thursday, pounded chicken flat and salt and pepper each piece, coat with the breading, saute both sides on stove top, then freeze, put wax paper between each chicken piece.  On sunday pull out chicken, put on cookie sheet, put slices of mozzarella on chicken and bake 425 15min

3/24/16, thursday, make cupcakes, can put in fridge or freezer till sunday. Then sat or sunday, make pudding mixture and fill inside of cupcakes and top with frosting

3/27/16 make the pudding let sit in bowl 30 min, then put into cupcakes, then make sauce pan fluffy frosting  (to make choco frosting- add cocoa powder  or melted choco chips to sauce pan)

Giant Cupcake Candy Melt Base

For katie's birthday she wanted choco cake, with choco chips and choco frosting.

I bought a jumbo cupcake pan on sale a couple of weeks ago, so I'm gona try it for her bday.

Original recipe- Cake Central

I first made a hard chocolate mold in the cake pan.  I bought semi sweet choco chips, then melted them over the stove.  ( I usually melt choco chips in the micro with a little oil, but I did the stove top b/c I had to put layers of choco in the cake pan and freeze each layer in between reapplying.)

So I got a small sauce pan and a small glass bowl that would hold 12oz of choco chips and about 2t of oil. On the cake pan spray non-stick spray then add the layers of choco. I wanted the choco chips to stay warm and not get hardened while waiting to reapply the next layer while the cake pan with choco was in the freezer.

The freezer probably took 15-20 min between each layer of applying choco to harden it.  I layered about 3-4 layers of chocolate.

To get the choco mold out, Attempt #1 fill up the sink with hot water and dip the bottom part of the cake pan for a few minutes and then turn the cake pan upside down to get the mold out.  Attempt #2 the first attempt didn't work, so I put the faucet on hot and rotated the outside of the pan to loosen the choco mold, then put down a clean plate and shook up and down the mold on to the plate. (it worked) Then put the mold in the fridge while I cooked the cake.

When cake is done put it in freezer to cool it down for 30min and then I needed to cut off an inch around the sides so I would fit inside the chocolate hard mold.

Peanut butter Oatmeal Brownie

 From Pioneer Woman

• 1 box (18.5 Ounce) Chocolate Cake Mix 
• 1/3 cup Evaporated Milk
• 1/2c butter (next time use pureed can of black beans)

350 degrees, grease pan, Cook in 9x13 for 30 min

Only optional, not necessary, In a bowl, I stirred Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies and a little of the evaporate milk. (next time I'll omit)

Then press the mixture on top of the brownie, cook 10 min

Mix peanut butter (warm it up)  and caramel ice cream sauce together. Pour over the oatmeal cookie,

Then right after it comes out of oven sprinkle with chocolate chips or melt chips in micro with a little oil and drizzle on.