Do you bake cakes from scratch or use cake mix?

[moon29]

it really depends on the time crunch for me i prefer to make everything homemade but when im in a bind i have been known to use a cake mix.

[raven1114]

I've done both, just depends on what I have around the house and how I feel.

[misi49]

I don't bake cakes too often but when I do, I use a cake mix.  I always look for the easy way out. 

[kewl4reals]

Which is easier for you?

i love cake from the xo  8ox

[Penwoir]

Sometimes I bake cakes from scratch and sometimes I use a store bought mix. If I'm baking a birthday cake I will use a store bought mix. This is partly because there is still some decorating to be done so a ready made mix is a help to cut down on time and the potential for anything to go wrong. However if I'm just baking an ordinary cake, some muffins, cupcakes or a jelly roll, I will make up the mix myself. The last jelly roll I made was superb with a mix of crème cheese, vanilla essence and pumpkin flavored sponge.

[carmexqueen]

Cake mix of course! Why? Because it's easy and I don't have to worry about having specific ingredients

[StarlitNirvana]

I am in no way a baker so for me it is  lot easier to just use the premade mixes available. I do however want to try to one day bake a cake from scratch I think that would be a lot of fun, not sure if it will come out edible but it is always worth a try haha.

[myfreebees316]

I do both ways the pre pakaged cake mix is the easiest to do no instructions but i like the other way you can control what goes in and experiment to see what comes out what works and what not

[kingozzy]

If I did bake cakes I am sure I would use the cake mix that you buy in the store

[missplaymate618]

I can't bake really (yea not cool lol) but I use cake mix and even then I mess that up at times.

[lbeery]

I use a cake mix for layer and sheet cakes.....they always turn out better and are so easy.  But, for other kinds of cakes, like coffee cakes I use grandmas standby recipes most often.  Here is a great coffee cake that you can add fillings for ( cream cheese, cinnamon and brown sugar beaten till soft.... or fruit filling with fresh fruit boiled with sugar and cornstarch or just use jam.) It is moist and really good:
Coffee Bread

375 degree oven for 30 minutes

1 cup sour milk (add 1 Tablespoon vinegar to 1 cup milk and let is curdle while you get the rest of the ingredients ready)
when curdled, beat in:

1 egg
1/4 cup melted butter or shortening (my favorite) or lard (what grandma used)

Mix together:
2 cups Flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder

Mix together the milk, egg, shortening  mixture with the dry ingredients and stir til everything is mixed together and no dry flour remains.  Don't overbeat it, it will be lumpy.

Spread in 9x9 greased baking dish.  If adding a filling, spread 1/2 in pan, add filling, then top with rest of mixture.
When mixture is all in the pan, sprinkle the top with cinnamon crumbles.
Cinnamon crumble:

(melt one tablespoon butter then add 1 teaspoon cinnamon, one tablespoon sugar or brown sugar, one tablespoon flour)

This makes a great breakfast or snack cake for lunches or break time.

[reneeclay28]

i use cake mix but one of these days i am  gonna try it from scratch

[pmagalei]

I don't really bake cake but my wife does both. When she is in a hurry she will just use the cake mix, when she has a whole afternoon then she'll just make it from scratch. Although I think the cake mix is too sweet for my taste in the present. We need to keep that sugar low. I do not like too sweet and rich type of cakes.

[kapeh12]

I really don't bake a lot of cakes.  I've used boxes in the past, but have gotten more used to making deserts from scratch.  After making them from scratch, the store bought boxes mixes just don't measure up to me.

[ro901]

Only use mixes. Just me in the house and why bother any more than necessary/