How can I make a white cake mix into chocolate? (2024)

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How to turn white cake mix to chocolate? ›

Yes you can use a white cake mix and make a chocolate cake. Add 1/4 cup of cocoa to the cake mix and add all other ingredients as directed. I have attached another way of getting a chocolate cake using baking chocolate. Either one will work great!

Add Milk, Coffee, or Soda

Boxed cakes often call for water, but swapping it out for equal amounts of milk, coffee, or even soda will give you a moister, more tender, and flavorful cake. For white cake mix, you can use whole milk or your favorite non-dairy milk.

Baking tip #2: adding milk to your box cake mix in place of water adds a dense texture to your dessert leaving it moist and flavorful like a homemade cake. Or, if you prefer, you can add buttermilk, giving your cake a tangy flavor to balance out the sweetness.

CHOCOLATE SLICES

Adding melted chocolate to the sponge mixture gives it a fudgier texture, but you can leave this out and simply use the cocoa paste for a lighter (and cheaper) cake.

Sift cocoa powder into vanilla frosting to turn it into chocolate. Add a generous pinch of finely ground espresso powder to chocolate frosting to help bring out even more chocolate flavor.

Lemon, orange, peppermint, coconut, or almond extract can be added to cake mix batters to brighten up the flavor of the cake or to add an additional flavor. As mentioned, for white cake mix, you can use whole milk or your favorite non-dairy milk.

On their own, boxed cake mixes have a structure that's loose and airy. But if you add ¼ cup flour or half a box of instant pudding mix, the texture of the cake becomes denser and tighter, ideal for a pound-cake-like consistency that will hold the shape of a Bundt pan.

"I never use boxed cake mix in a professional setting UNLESS I am specifically developing a cake that calls for one, like an old-fashioned strawberry poke cake," Jessie Sheehan told Food Republic — Sheehan is a recipe developer, baker, podcast host, and cookbook author of "Snackable Bakes: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes for ...

Sour cream is one of the fattiest dairy products; the extra fat content (for example, adding sour cream to a cake instead of milk) will make the cake moister and richer, says Wilk. "Fat, in any form (butter, lard, cream, etc.) shortens gluten strands, which essentially leads to the most tender baked goods," she adds.

How to turn a yellow cake mix into chocolate? ›

Add ¼ cup (30 g) of cocoa powder to each package of mix. Just pour the unsweetened cocoa powder into a mixing bowl along with the dry white or yellow cake mix. Whisk it for about 30 seconds to blend the cocoa with the mix.

Because eggs help build the cake's structure (don't use them and you're looking at a gooey mess), adding an extra egg yolk makes the cake batter denser. Translation: you'll have a moister confection. Conversely, she suggests an extra egg white for a fluffier cake.

Most box cake recipes will tell you to add water to the mix. Instead, try adding milk using the same proportions. This will make the cake richer and creamier because it ups the fat content. You can even use buttermilk here for a pleasant tang.

Why does oil give cake superior texture? Butter is 18% water, so when the batter is baked, some of its liquid evaporates. Replacing the water from the butter with oil means there's more fat left in the cakes to ensure tenderness.

I'm going to show you how to convert it really easily. all you need to do is mix together the ingredients. that are called for on the box. and then add 1 4 cup of cocoa powder, and that's it!

If using boxed cake mix, according to Leaf.tv, you can add 3 whole eggs and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil to boxed white cake mix to make it yellow. (Add 1/4 cup of cocoa powder and you have a chocolate cake, but we digress.)

If you beat the egg whites until they are dry, they will break down as you fold them into the batter, creating a heavier, denser end product.