Duncan Hines Downsized. :(
So I just came back from the grocery store where I purchased a Duncan Hines cake mix and discovered they've lowered the ounces on it, just like Pillsbury did. :( They've also changed their amounts on the back for water and oil. I went ahead and used my standard recipe of 4 eggs, 1 cup water and 1/3 cup oil and the cupcakes I just baked seem o.k. But I'm wondering if anyone else is having problem with this new amount maybe with WASC?
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Permalink Reply by Keegan Luvs Cake on
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I wasn't aware that Pillsbury did too. So all three have now. How frustrating! May be time to check out the scratch WASC version recipe. :(
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Permalink Reply by Patricia Sweetland on
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oh no, why are they doing this ?
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Permalink Reply by Eileen S on
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My guess is it's a money thing - less product per package, but same price. In fact, I looked and their "classic" line (like the Dark Chocolate Fudge I bought today) is smaller and the same price I was paying ($1.25/box), but the "signature" (like the French Vanilla I use) is still 18.25 oz., but it costs $.25 more. I'd GLADLY pay the extra quarter to get my proper ingredient ratio back.
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I just sent an email to the Duncan Hines company - what the heck - couldn't hurt. If you go to www.duncanhines.com and click on the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page, you can leave them feedback.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Wolff on
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Nooooooo! Say it isn't so! How could they cave like that? Who started this anyway, Betty Crocker? Well, darn! I wonder how that is going to affect our doctored up cakes? I made one with Pillsbury last week doctored with sour cream, the 4 eggs etc...and it barely filled the two pans that I filled-8"! Plus, the cakes came out pretty flat. I wasn't too happy about that.
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Permalink Reply by shuswapcakes on
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Yes, I think this all started when Betty Crocker decided to downsize :( I wish they wouldn't do this! I also believe it's a money thing.... things just keep getting smaller and more expensive these days.
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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on
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I tried a trick that I believe Naheed from CWB shared with me. For every 1-2 cups of batter you use 1 tblsp meringue powder. I believe that is the ratio. I used this for my last cakes, and it worked.
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Well, for the sake of science, I decided to try experimenting with 1 cake mix by adding a little more flour, sugar, eggs, etc. to a standard cake mix to see if it would change the composition any, and to see if I came out with a quality cake. Here is what I did: I used an 18.25 oz. package of Moist Supreme Chocolate cake mix by Pillsbury. Then, I added 1-1/2 cups of all purpose flour, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1-1/2 cups buttermilk, 5 eggs, 1 cup mayonnaise, 1/2 cup veg. oil, 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 1 tbsp. real vanilla, 3 tbsp. dutch chocolate cocoa powder, 2 tbsp. black cocoa powder. I mixed up all of the dry ingredients first to get them all blended throughout the mix, then added the buttermilk, mayo, oil, and eggs. Added the vanilla last. It ended up being a very dense batter, just like the actual mix is on it's own. It yielded just under 8 cups of batter. I poured the batter into 3-8" round pans (after putting cake release on them-no parchment this time) and baked them like normal. I just took two of the pans out and the cakes popped right out of the pans. Since I only have 2 eight inch pans, the other cake is still in the oven. Each cake took about 2-1/2 cups of batter to fill with about a tbs. more added to each pan. I haven't done a taste test yet. My husband is good for that, so when he gets home, he will be the taste tester. I would have tried it with sour cream, but just didn't have any on hand, and I have made mayo cakes before and they are always so moist.
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Permalink Reply by Goreti on
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Hello everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that after I saw this about Duncan Hines, I decided to send them an email voicing my displeasure and also left them a comment on facebook. This morning I log onto facebook and saw this " Hi Goreti Pavao, this is Candy from Duncan Hines. We would be happy to help. Please call us at 1-800-362-9834." Well you can help me by putting the package back to 18.25 oz. Don't know if I'm going to bother calling cause someone commented after that " which number do i press to talk with you? its all automated." What do you think? Should I bother calling? I'm sure there are only going to try to justify the reduction.
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Permalink Reply by Selina on
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that was me, do try, there was one to talk to someone, doubt it will be with Candy though. i didn't get through, perhaps they are busy!!!
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Goreti or Selina, can you post the link to DH on here?
Goreti said:Hello everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that after I saw this about Duncan Hines, I decided to send them an email voicing my displeasure and also left them a comment on facebook. This morning I log onto facebook and saw this " Hi Goreti Pavao, this is Candy from Duncan Hines. We would be happy to help. Please call us at 1-800-362-9834." Well you can help me by putting the package back to 18.25 oz. Don't know if I'm going to bother calling cause someone commented after that " which number do i press to talk with you? its all automated." What do you think? Should I bother calling? I'm sure there are only going to try to justify the reduction.
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