Cake Mixes

Recommended

1. Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Recipe Yellow Cake Mix $2.49
This cake, which calls for a stick of butter, was praised for its “rich butter flavor” and “moist and tender”
texture. Very “vanilla-y.”

2. Betty Crocker Super Moist Golden Vanilla Cake Mix $1.69
Tasters appreciated the “very smooth,” “nicely spongy” texture of this cake. Its flavor was deemed “mild but
very good.”

3. Pillsbury Moist Supreme Classic Yellow Cake Mix $1.39
This cake was “extremely tender and moist, with a very even crumb.” So sweet “there's no need to add icing,”
quipped one taster.

4. Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow Cake Mix $1.69
With its “nice flavors of butter and vanilla,” this cake was deemed the best-tasting. However, some tasters
complained about the “chalky,” “mushy” texture.

5. Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Golden Cake Mix $1.79
Some tasters detected hints of “coconut and lemon,” while others complained about a “chemical”
aftertaste. This cake was substantially darker than the others.
Recommended with Reservations

6. Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Classic Yellow Cake Mix $1.69
One taster likened this sample to a “spongy Twinkie,” while other panelists were more generous and praised
its “nice and light” crumb.

Not Recommended

7. Jiffy Golden Yellow Cake Mix $.89 (makes only one 9“ cake)
“Tastes like the box it came from,” said one taster. Overall, this cake mix was panned for its insipid,
stale flavor and “dry and terrible” texture.

8. King Arthur Flour Vanilla-Butter Cake Mix $4.95
This mix contains fewer additives than the rest, but tasters were not impressed by the cake's
“grainy,”“crumbly” texture and strong “almond extract” aftertaste.