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Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake Mix

Fribwl — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:03:05 GMT

I am looking to make a Vintage Cake for Christmas. Problem is it calls for 18.25 oz of cake mix. Duncan Hines only makes 15.25 now. So I bought 2 boxes. Anybody know how many teaspoons of tablespoons I have to add to bring 1 st box up to 18.25 oz?

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smb3 — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:14:01 GMT

The difference is 3ounces, so you could measure 3oz of the cake mix in a measuring cup.

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Carmie — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:35:26 GMT

You can only measure liquids in a measuring cup. You need a scale to measure how many teaspoons of cake mix equal 3 ozs.

I will open a cake mix and see if I can figure it out. I have an accurate scale.

update: 1/2 cup plus 2 tea is 3 oz. I measured on a scale

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Reconnaissant — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:20:47 GMT

@Fribwl

6 tablespoons or18 teaspoons

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KingstonsMom — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:21:50 GMT

@Fribwl

Here ya' go!

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Reconnaissant — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:22:38 GMT

@Fribwl

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Add-to-15-25-oz-size-cake-mix-Three-Ounce-Cake-Mix-quot-Upsizer/td-p/344914

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KBEANS — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:25:43 GMT

Everyone here is so helpful! Now I know where to go when I need to find out why my oatmeal cookies came out so crappy!

@Fribwl

As you can see from what I wrote above, I'm not much of a baker. What is a vintage cake? Anyone else jump in if you know. Thanks

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Reconnaissant — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:30:22 GMT

@KBEANS wrote:
Everyone here is so helpful! Now I know where to go when I need to find out why my oatmeal cookies came out so crappy!
@Fribwl
As you can see from what I wrote above, I'm not much of a baker. What is a vintage cake? Anyone else jump in if you know. Thanks

@KBEANS

Vintage=recipe handed down from generations of family or friends. Example:my grandmother

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KBEANS — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:36:13 GMT

@Reconnaissant

LOL Thank you 😊 l thought it was a particular kind of cake. Like a Black Forrest, German Chocolate etc. I feel foolish thinking everyone thinks Idk what vintage means lol EMBARRASSING!

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Reconnaissant — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:38:24 GMT

@KBEANS wrote:
@Reconnaissant

LOL Thank you 😊 l thought it was a particular kind of cake. Like a Black Forrest, German Chocolate etc. I feel foolish thinking everyone thinks Idk what vintage means lol EMBARRASSING!

No worries. Don’t be embarrassed. 😊

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Fribwl — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:43:41 GMT

Reconnalssant, thank you so much!!!

Now I don't have to buy a scale.

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Fribwl — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:49:27 GMT

A Vintage Cake is a cake recipe from many years ago. Duncan Hines had the cake recipe that I am making on the back of their box. It is a Devils Food Chocolate Chip cake. So I will be adding chocolate morsels and a box of pudding to the mix.

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Fribwl — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:54:22 GMT

Don't feel foolish. We all have questions at one time or another. I still do. Lol

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YouGoGirl1 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:15:48 GMT

I have been using the cake-upsizer since I got the recipe. I keep in a freezer container

In the freezer . It works great.

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RedTop — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:33:58 GMT

@Fribwl

I make that cake at least twice a month without any alterations, and it turns out fine every time.

Re: Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake Mix

gardenman — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:31:37 GMT

@Fribwl wrote:
Reconnalssant, thank you so much!!!
Now I don't have to buy a scale.

A digital kitchen scale is a great purchase for the kitchen and they're cheap (typically under $20.) You'll find many uses for them.

If you have multiple people in the household the kitchen scale makes making sure each person gets an equal share of something very easy. (My dad and brother would each be sure the other one got a bigger share of something. Weighing everything out to the gram finally ended that nonsense. They were very large and old six-year-olds around each other when it came to food. "He got more than I did!" Not when I divided things by their weight he didn't.)

If you've got a somewhat heavy envelope to mail and you're not sure if it takes one stamp or more, plop it on the scale and you'll have an answer.

Weighing ingredients is much, much easier and faster than other methods also and many recipes now come with weights. If a recipe calls for six cups of flour and you're measuring it out, somewhere around cup four I'll find myself wondering if that was cup four or if this is going to be cup four and have to go back and start over. With a scale, if it calls for 900 grams of flour you just measure out nine hundred grams of flour. Easy-peasy and much faster and more accurate than conventional measuring using measuring cups and measuring spoons.

Some people cram stuff into a measuring cup while others just very lightly sift ingredients into the measuring cup. If the recipe was written by a crammer and you're a sifter, or vice versa, the result won't be right. It doesn't matter if you're a crammer or sifter if the recipe lists the wights of the ingredients.

Weighing ingredients lets you replicate the result exactly every single time you cook. It's so much easier, faster, and better. Once you've gotten used to a scale, you'll wonder why you never had one before.

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:38:21 GMT

@YouGoGirl1 wrote:
I have been using the cake-upsizer since I got the recipe. I keep in a freezer container
In the freezer . It works great.

This is a helpful idea, Thanks.

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Fribwl — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:50:39 GMT

@RedTop . The cake came out very good. Everybody liked it on Christmas Day. But I am going to make it again and do it your way. Much easier.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:49:19 GMT

@KBEANS wrote:
@Reconnaissant

LOL Thank you 😊 l thought it was a particular kind of cake. Like a Black Forrest, German Chocolate etc. I feel foolish thinking everyone thinks Idk what vintage means lol EMBARRASSING!

@KBEANS

You know what they say? You learn somethimg new every day.

You should check out vintage.recipes online.

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KBEANS — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:52:10 GMT

Thank you @Nightowlz . I will certainly check out that website. Hope you had a nice holiday.