Betty Crocker Mixes-i Found Them!

[TrillumHunter]

I found them at Kroger in with the gluten stuff at 4.49 a box

Yellow cake mix

makes 1 layer

You need: 2/3 cups water, 1 stick butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and 3 eggs

Contains: rice flour, sugar potato starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosate, monocalcium phosphate), xanthan gum, salt

MAY CONTAIN SOY (on the box!)

The serving size is 1/10th for 150 calories and 37g carbs and 1g protein.

I'm going to bake it now so I'll let you know what my family thinks. The price isn't that good because Pamela's at 5.49 regular price makes two layers. We'll see about the taste.

I've got the other mixes as well but if I'm going to make a cake I've got to get off here!

[Takala]

Snork. Yeah, if you put an entire stick of butter and enough sugar in rice flour, you could make almost anything taste halfway decent....

[TrillumHunter]

Actually, a traditional wheat-based recipe calls for 1 1/2 for a two-layer cake so that's not too off.

It's cake, baby!

[Silly Yak Pete]

How was it? The reviews seem majorly positive.

[TrillumHunter]

Well, it's good.

It is light and fluffy. It has a very tender and moist crumb. The texture is really right on. It has that gluten-free smell. It's not unpleasant, it just doesn't smell of sweetness and vanilla. It calls for your own vanilla and I use a high quality vanilla so I don't know. They have the texture down pat. I felt through the dry mix and it is silky smooth. I could feel the granulated sugar but no grittiness from the flour. I didn't like the giant crack it got down the middle. I think that's from over-mixing in the stand mixer.

I will keep one on hand mix up cupcakes when the kids need them. It's good and gluten eating kids probably couldn't tell the difference. They aren't keeping the price competitive if you compare it to the two-layer mixes but I imagine it will be more widely available.

ETA-Give me a few days and I try the brownies or chocolate chip cookies depending on what the kids want!

[mushroom]

"MAY CONTAIN SOY (on the box!)" That was my first question. Is that true for all lof them??

[samcarter]

Sounds like a decent product--i know the Gluten Free Pantry's cake mix was dry, dry, dry. Very dry. Did I mention it was dry? My poor family.

I will probably try a box of the Betty Crocker; if nothing else, it would be nice for my kids to be able to make cake for Mom on her birthday.

[TrillumHunter]

"MAY CONTAIN SOY (on the box!)" That was my first question. Is that true for all lof them??

I'm sorry, but it does.

I imagine, but don't know for sure, that they're all produced at the same facility. The soy must come from the soy lecithin in the chocolate chips in the cookies and the brownies. If you take away the chocolate chips, I can't see any other source of soy.

I hate that for you soy-avoiders.