peanut butter and jelly

Cake mix is very popular these days because it is fast, very easy, and almost always comes out perfect. You can buy it in co many flavours such as chocolate, white, angel-food, rainbow chip, lemon… the list goes on. One box usually makes enough for one square cake or a layered round cake and they are great for anyone who isn’t much of a cake baker. But what if you want to make the cake more personal, rather than just buying the mix, coating it in some canned frosting and presenting it to someone for their birthday.

Well, you can easily make your own frosting and can even put some food colouring in it to make it exciting. You can also do an elaborate decoration on it that will draw everyone’s attention and they won’t even realize it was just a simple boxed cake mix. Another idea is making your own filling to put in between the layers, such as a lemon pie filling. If you’d like, maybe you could turn it into a baked alaska, topping it in a mountain of ice cream and mirangue. There are also recipes that use boxed cake mix but make something completely different, or add different flavours.

Whatever you decide, cake mixes don’t have to be plain and boring. They can actually be very delicious and elegant.   

-peanut butter and jelly