Bridget Sharkey 2017-04-21 I love cake but mostly because it's a vehicle for buttercream frosting! It’s all about adding ingredients to the cake mix to give the cake better texture & taste. Here are eight awesome ways to make your boxed cake mix taste homemade. The frosting is the point, ask anyone under 10. — in my pantry, so I decided to try out the hack myself. of any flavor pudding mix to the cake batter. You could totally measure the batter for even better accuracy, but I totally just do it by eye. Sign up for the Tasty newsletter today! Buy the moist variety of cake mix. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Sprinkles, colored sugar, sugar strands are great for swirled on buttercream frosting. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Make-Cupcakes-with-Cake-Mix-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Make-Cupcakes-with-Cake-Mix-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Make-Cupcakes-with-Cake-Mix-Step-1.jpg\/aid5733338-v4-728px-Make-Cupcakes-with-Cake-Mix-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":306,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"485","licensing":"