The Best and Worst Yellow Cake Mixes | The Taste Test | America’s Test Kitchen
Yellow cake mix makes for quick and easy baking when you’re in a pinch. But which brands deliver on ideal sweetness, moistness, and texture? Today, Lisa McManus and guest chef and restaurant owner Joanne Chang taste test 10 yellow box cake mixes to determine which ones are worth keeping in your pantry.
The Best Yellow Cake Mixes:
00:00 Intro
02:21 Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Classic Yellow Taste Test
04:31 King Arthur Golden Yellow Taste Test
06:41 Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow Taste Test
09:15 Pillsbury Moist Supreme Golden Butter Taste Test
10:51 Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Butter Golden Taste Test
13:02 Betty Crocker Butter Super Moist Taste Test
15:37 365 Classic Yellow Taste Test
17:28 Great Value Deluxe Moist Taste Test
19:39 Red Mill Taste Test
21:45 Pillsbury Moist Supreme Yellow Taste Test
23:48 Conclusion
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Wow, loved this segment even though I rarely make yellow cake. I feel that most people don't eat cake w/o some sort of frosting and that could throw everything out of whack. Ms. Chang was such a lovely commentator.
As I listen to most of the reviews, I think of a common dilemma I face when eating gluten-free baked goods. I always say, “I like this, but…🤔…something is missing.” You guessed it! Regarding cake mixes, many people have been conditioned to “artificial flavors,” and if companies choose to not use them, when eating the product, we question “what’s missing?”😂😂😂😂
Wow! The creator and owner of Flour Bakery, Joanne Chang. I LOVED that baker when I lived in Boston! Will be in Cambridge, soon. I will definitely treat myself to a Flour Bakery treat from the Mt Auburn shop.❤
Since Bob's Red Mill and 365 were at the bottom, it seems you need the artificial ingredients and dough conditioners to get a decent product. Trader Joes cake mixes are the best followed by Krusteaz.
I took a Wilton cake decorating class back in 2000 and they recommended Dincan Hines classic as the best fir taste and decorating properties. Sadly I am now very gluten intolerant and no longer eat regular cakes. I usually use the Pillsbury GF yellow cake mix. It is pretty good as far as gluten free goes.
This was fun! Great guest taster.
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#1 favorite is my favorite. I frost it with fudge chocolate of the same brand.🎉🎉🎉
I love how she knows her tastes will be different from an average taste tester .
Growing up we always buy Betty Crocker but recently I been buying pillsbury and I think I like it more now.
It was a pleasure to see Joanne Chang again! She has, hands-down, the best recipe for banana bread!! I enjoyed the video.
Love the pillsbury cakes. Can use yogurt in place of egg my allergic son
I feel validated because I’ve always had a strong preference for the #1 pick 😊
Tip: using a hand mixer beat the eggs, oil and water together first. Then add to the box mix. I've done this for years and it makes the cake fluffy. When ppl eat my cakes they always are amazed at their light and fluffiness and ask where I bought it. I tell them it's just a box cake. But they don't believe me. It's the mixing liquids separate tip every time.
I put so much frosting on the cake it doesn’t matter what the cake tastes like.
It not only costs more now, but it's got less product in the box. If you want to bake a regular two layer cake, you need two boxes of mix instead of one.
Also, the only downside of having watched the whole video is that I really want some yellow cake now and it's way too late at night to bake some!
The name of this one was Pillsbury Moist Supreme Yellow, which begins around the 22 minute mark of the full video. I really enjoyed the full thing because there were a few big surprises, so I'd recommend watching the whole thing if you have time.
was the audio captured inside a box cake box??
I used Duncan Hines for years, but switched to Pillsbury a couple years ago. The flavor and crumb is definitely superior.
Beautiful 👌👌👌👌😋😋😋
Enjoyed this video ❤😂🎉😊
I like the Duncan Hines brand. Also, the Dolly Parton Duncan Hines is good, too.
I wonder, can you add vanilla to these mixes to make it taste more vanilla-y, or would it mess up the end result?
Some of these cakes are counting on you frosting them!
I made decorated cakes for children's birthday parties about 30 years ago. I used Duncan Hines, and used milk for the water, melted butter instead of oil, and added a little vanilla extract. It made a dependably tasty cake with a good texture for holding up to icing, and kept well.
Joanne Chang: Gracious, kind, intelligent and beautiful! 💯🥰
I'd like to see you start including Aldi products in your taste tests.
out of all of these, Duncan Hines had a keto version with zero sugar that uses almond flour, and Pillsbury also has a zero sugar version, but high carb.
This was super interesting and helpful to watch.
I would love to have seen the Dolly Parton Duncan Hines vanilla cake mix included. I feel like it would have done really well – it uses 1 stick of butter, 4 eggs, and 1/2 cup of milk. Seriously – it is such a great box cake mix!!
Trader Joe's yellow vanillaa cake mix. It has a fine crumb and natural t flavor and vanilla!
Sorry but box cakes are trash, full of chemicals and fats we don’t need. Baking a cake from scratch is not much harder and clean up is the same for both. ATK panel is not impressive considering they are professional cooks and bakers.