Mixing a Boxed Cake Mix: Tips for Making it Without a Mixer

[kam]

Boy, I feel silly asking this....But I have always made cakes at home where I have a mixer and have NEVER thought about this:

My host tonight has chosen the Molten Choc cake in the Rice cooker (box of cake mix made to boxed directions and half a can of frosting scooped on top and put in the microwave).

The boxed cake mix directions state to mix the cake on such&such speed for x minutes, then such&such speed x minutes.

If you are making this at a show - do you just hand mix - and for how long?? Or do you use the host's mixer??? What effect does hand mixing have on the batter/cooking of the cake???

Any help would be appreciated!!!

 

[DebbieJ]

I use our awesome stainless whisk.

 

[jenm42]

I've mixed up cakes with the whisk lots of times, or even just the mix n scraper if I forgot the whisk... and I've NEVER had a problem. One host's husband was horrified that I wasn't using a standing mixer. =) But the cake always turns out just fine. I pretty much stopped using a mixer at home, too, if I have to make a cake - seems like it doesn't make much difference anyway.

 

[Mwalker]

Tip on the boxed caked: SIFT the cake mix before using it. It settles during shipping and this gives it a little lighter feeling when baked

 

[etteluap70PC]

at a show instead of a sifter do this...
dump mix in bowl use whisk to stir and get out lumps. then add all the ingredients and mix again with whisk. You will get fewer lumps!

ETA: I love my kitchen aid but do not think I have ever used a mixer with a "boxed" mix. I've never had a problem

 

[kam]

OK! Thanks all! The whisk it is!

 

[wadesgirl]

What's a mixer?? Okay, I do own a Kitchen Aid (thanks Grandma for the great wedding gift) but I am so used to doing everything by hand that I don't hardly ever use it. Even before I got it, I just add the ingredients and stir until combined making sure it's all even.

Never heard of shifting it before, good tip.

 

[etteluap70PC]

What's a mixer?? Okay, I do own a Kitchen Aid (thanks Grandma for the great wedding gift) but I am so used to doing everything by hand that I don't hardly ever use it. Even before I got it, I just add the ingredients and stir until combined making sure it's all even.

Never heard of shifting it before, good tip.

Shifting hugh.... LOL .... Yeah I'm pickin on ya....

 

[wadesgirl]

Shifting hugh.... LOL .... Yeah I'm pickin on ya....

That's the funny part I am really good at spelling, my fingers just type faster than my brain!

 

[quiverfull7]

The Mix N Masher is AWESOME for mixing a cake mix together.... I can't believe how great it works.

 

[pamperedposey]

The Mix N Masher is AWESOME for mixing a cake mix together.... I can't believe how great it works.

I am glad to have a use for it now. I've owned one for quite a while, but it's still brand new.

 

[kspry]

You can mash bananas for banana bread with it, too.

 

[climbercanoe3]

I use the mix-n-chop for the bananas, ground beef and potatoes.

 

[kam]

The Mix N Masher is AWESOME for mixing a cake mix together.... I can't believe how great it works.

Whisk worked great tonight - cake turned out good too.

I JUST got the Mix N Masher with KE yesterday and now I know how I can use it. Thanks!