I am a cheater. I have been making cakes for years but I have cheated on them all. I have always taken the easy way out and made my cakes from a boxed mix. It just seemed so much easier and saved me a lot of time, so I thought. I'm not sure why I never made my own cakes because I take great pride in making things from scratch. I like following long recipes with all kinds of crazy directions and take hours to complete. For some reason the buck stopped with cake. I have always made my own frosting as I think that's the part that really counts. And I put a lot of effort into the decorating but I always felt it was like the final product fell short.
I recently made a cake for my niece's birthday and followed a Paula Deen recipe (with a little twist) and made a purple velvet cake. It was delicious and since then I have changed my mind on the boxed cake mixes. I will be making my cakes from scratch in the future. There is only one problem with this, I have quite a large stock of mixes already in my pantry. So I decided to use up what I have on hand but doctor them up so they are much more flavorful than the boring mix straight from the box. I'm taking baby steps to wean myself off the box and back into the pantry to make cakes that I can really be proud to call my own.
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