Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Had a burning need to make doughnuts on a cold winter day and since it was the first time doing baked doughnuts I opted to use a mix just to see how it works and what the outcome might be. The mix arrived quickly and I got on to the baking. The mix is easy to put together and you have batter in no time at all with only the most minimal of ingredients needing to be added. The flavor was good, somewhat heavier than a typical sugar doughnut, more nutty or richer is how I would describe it. The doughnuts baked up just perfect and were gone before they had a chance to cool. So I consider this mix and that experiment to have been a success. I was, however, disappointed with the flavor options, and honestly they are a bit high priced considering you get 12 doughnuts from the mix. So I set to exploring and tweeking and came up with this option for those who might also be interested in flavors. After looking at this mix and its ingredients, and checking ingredients in basic baked doughnut recipes, it came to my attention that most all of them very closely resemble a boxed cake mix. Um, so I went to the kitchen and pulled a basic chocolate cake mix (one of the 99 cent specials from the local market). I followed the instructions on the box BUT REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF WATER by one-half in order to get a thicker dough mix. Poured the batter into the pan and baked. The result was an outstanding basic chocolate doughnut! Have also done this with cake mix flavors of cherry, strawberry, orange, and banana with excellent results. Just omit the water, and add only enough to arrive at a very thick batter and you have a dozen doughnuts for 99 cents with a wild array of flavor options. The water reduction creates a heavy doughnut like you would expect, not at all tasting like a cake with a hole in it. Enjoy!