Betty Crocker Tempting Chocolate Cake Mix, 425g

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Learn more about how we test products at Taste of Home. Our Test Kitchen-Preferred Chocolate Cake Mix Brands Think baking a great gluten-free cake has to be a complicated affair? Think again! You can get a delicious GF cake with minimal effort with Krusteaz Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix. Grease tins and preferably line base with baking parchment or greaseproof paper. For cupcakes line 2 regular muffin tins with cupcake cases. We don’t want to say that Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix was better than homemade, but our Test Kitchen thinks it gives scratch-made cakes a run for their money. Because this cake is so rich, our Test Kitchen pros suggest foregoing the frosting entirely and instead topping with a dollop of homemade whipped cream and tart raspberries

Flavor: How does the cake taste? Does it have a strong cocoa flavor? Is it more of a dark or milk chocolate flavor? How sweet is the cake? Is it a well-balanced recipe? There’s nothing wrong with baking up a cake mix at home for a satisfying dessert, but with just a little effort you can transform a box of your preferred mix into a treat that tastes 100% homemade. With just a few additions, like pudding mix, you can make these basic mixes into even better cakes like our top-rated Chocolate Comfort Cake or Yummy Chocolate Cake. Texture: Is the cake light and fluffy? Dense and indulgent? Is it moist enough or is it dry and crumbly?

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It can be hard to get gluten-free bakes right, but Krusteaz delivered here. The rich chocolate taste and airy texture were so good that it even fooled a few members of our staff into thinking it was a traditional cake mix (now, that’s high praise for GF!). Also, find out the best yellow cake mix. This cake hit all the marks: It was moist and tender—exactly the texture you want when you think chocolate cake. It also had the appropriate amount of lift—not too dense, not too airy. When you slice into a birthday cake, this is the type of cake you want to see.

Just like not everyone likes a crunchy cookie (where are our chewy cookie fans?), not everyone is looking for an airy chocolate cake. If you like your cakes a bit on the dense and decadent side, you have to try King Arthur Baking Company Chocolate Indulgence Cake Mix. This cake mix was a standout because of the great chocolate flavor; many testers remarked that it tasted like good Dutch cocoa was stirred into the mix. But this cake also delivered on texture: It was moist, tender and baked up light and fluffy.After eating 10 slices of cake, our Test Kitchen chose four brands they’d be happy to keep in their pantry. Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix