I had a box of Devil’s food cake mix and decided to make a pan of cake box brownies. Online I saw several photographs of the finished product and it made me want a chocolate treat.
The recipe is easy enough just adding some oil and eggs to the bowl along with the cake mix. I decided to give the brownies a little bit of flavor boost by adding some chocolate chips.
How to Make Cake Box Brownies
Ingredients
- Devil’s Food Cake Mix, one 13.25 oz size
- Canola Oil, 1/3 cup
- Eggs, 3 large
- Half and Half, one tablespoon
- Chocolate Chips, 1/4 cup
Directions
- Prepare an 8 x 8 square inch pan with nonstick spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix cake mix, eggs, oil and half and half together for about 2 minutes by hand.
- Add chocolate chip and stir until blended.
- Put mixture into prepared pan and smooth to edges. Bake until done or when a toothpick comes out clean.
Cake Mix Brownies Taste Test & Comments
Cake mix brownies are easy enough to make and look attractive to serve. The cooled brownies also cut easily in the pan.
For some reason, I think the boxed cake mixes my mother made seemed to be more favorable. Over the years, they probably changed the formula to the cake mixes. Or perhaps it is just wishful thinking of good times on my part.
However, I’m a flavor seeker and wanted a bit more chocolate goodness with my brownies or perhaps the addition of a second flavor. To me, the taste is rather one-dimensional–chocolate.
For now, I’ll keep tweaking the recipe to see if I can find a combination, I like better. So, I’ll keep my Readers posted. But for a quick chocolate treat, this is one way to go.
