Thread: What do ya'll do to make moist cakes?

I've been trying for the past few weeks...from scratch.

Mostly trying our recipes from the web that claim they're sooooo much better than boxed cake mixes

Ideas?

I remember back in the day, mom used to put pudding mix in hers to make it moister. Of course now box cakes have pudding... so... I've got nothing!

What kind of cake are you trying to make FO? If your preference is for something really moist then find a recipe that uses oil as opposed to margarine or butter.

One of the most moist cakes that I bake from scratch is my carrot cake, here's the recipe...its my very favorite carrot cake recipe, rich and very moist:


Tropical Carrot Cake

http://baking.about.com/od/cakes/r/tropicalcarrot.htm


*I tweak mine a little tho, I don't use raisins or coconut and only use the vanilla extract.

Originally Posted by Susan

I remember back in the day, mom used to put pudding mix in hers to make it moister. Of course now box cakes have pudding... so... I've got nothing!

I remember that, too! She would use two individual cake mixes, a box of pudding mix, about 3-4 eggs, and I think about 3/4 cup of oil. Those cakes were so moist and never dried out! They were good ones!


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I can't think of the last time I baked a cake...maybe 2 years ago. I used coconut oil rather than vegetable oil, so my chocolate pound cake tasted like a mounds bar.

Nothing's been worse for baking in recent years than all the low fat recipes. Adding fruit or apple sauce (or zucchini or pumpkin) helps, but if you want to find super moist recipes, look for heritage recipes... like your gramma used to make.

I have a sour cream coffee cake that my MIL used to make that is delicious, but it has to be made with full fat sour cream.

Use butter and eggs for full flavour... pound cake is super moist, but you know how many eggs in a pound cake? Usually around 6.

The white cake recipe I use, I think it calls for about 5 eggs for a 9x13 pan.

For Chocolate, there's something called a Chocolate Sheet Cake that is amazing.

You can doooooo it!!!

I've used sour cream in box cakes that made them moist (got that from my mom), but the scratch ones I've seen don't use it..so sour cream will be in my next cake

btw ...... you look amazing in your avatar pic. Quite sophisticated and glamorous ...

Originally Posted by A.J.

btw ...... you look amazing in your avatar pic. Quite sophisticated and glamorous ...

Yes, I second that!

Aww, thanks ladies!