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How much of a thing is using a cake mix? I bake often but just using simple ingredients that I buy separately, but cake mixes seem to be really popular, especially in the states. Is that true?
For people who arent super into baking they are a cheap, fun activity for an afternoon. Just add water and maybe some oil mix it with a spoon and bake it for the time stated on the box. No need to store or buy excess cocoa, flour, sugar, eggs and so on.
Thanks for your reply. I can't say I relate to be honest, I would always want a good amount of all of those ingredients in stock. I can't really see how mixing powder with water for 2 minutes constitutes an activity for a whole afternoon either.
Because there is still baking it and decorating it to be done... I dunno if you are just eating raw batter but like if you are I promise you try putting it in a hot box for some time and it is a whole different experience
Ha. I just meant staring at the oven is not particularly fun. Fair dos on the decorating though.
Common in Canada too.
I can, have and do bake cakes without the use of cake mixes. It's not hard, and I normally have most of the ingredients on hand. But cake mixes are very popular, come in a wide variety of flavors/types, and, generally speaking, are pretty good. They're also cheap. And they store well, and efficiently on the shelf or in a cabinet. So it's just super convenient to have one on hand. It also takes like 30 seconds to make. Add water, oil, egg, mix.