Un Dry Cake Recipes

[circa1978]

I know the "m' word is triggering, so I need your best cake recipe that is the opposite of dry. 

[meanie]

Thank you for not saying it!

I'm no use because I usually stick with a box mix, however if it ends up dry you can poke holes with a skewer and drizzle on some simple syrup.

[Patsy Baloney]

I’ll echo the simple syrup - I usually find the simple syrup drizzle or another drizzle is the only way for a scratch cake to be {redacted}. It’s honestly why I tend to use box cake. I think anything with oil in it as opposed to only butter tends to be a little more m-word.

[sofamonkey]

The Hershey’s recipe from the cocoa container is delish! And “m” un-dry. Lol

[googled]

Sept 29, 2023 15:56:31 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

The Hershey’s recipe from the cocoa container is delish! And “m” un-dry. Lol

I second this suggestion - and don’t cut corners when it comes to boiling the water. It makes a difference!

[shopgirl07]

Texas sheet cake is exactly what you’re looking for, and is super easy to make.

www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a11901/best-chocolate-sheet-cake-recipe/

In general, I find cakes made with buttermilk to be denser, and more dry.

[mala]

What kind of cake? Here are my go to-s


Chocolate Mocha Cake

2 cups packed dark brown sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 ¾ cups sifter all-purpose flour
¾ cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

1 cup buttermilk
1 cup strong coffee, room temperature
½ cup veg. oil
2 eggs

Oven: 350F
Bake:25-30

Grease and flour 2 9” cake pans
Sift dry ingredients together in bowl
Wisk wet ingredients together.
Mix wet into dry ingredients.
Pour into pans.
Bake.

Apple Butter Cake

½ C butter, room temperature
1 C sugar

4 eggs, room temperature

2 ½ C sifted all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
Dash cloves

1 C buttermilk
1 C apple butter

Optional: walnut or pecan halves

Oven: 350F
Bake: cupcakes- 15 min, 3 8-in cakes 30 min

Original recipe: southernfood.about.com/od/applecakes/r/bl50731c.htm

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Add eggs one at a time
Sift dry ingredients together
Add to butter mix alternately with buttermilk and apple butter, add walnut or pecans if desired
Pour into cupcake papers, or cake pans

Buttermilk White Cake

1 ½ cups unsalted butter - room temperature
2 1/3 cups sugar

3 large egg whites
2 tsp. vanilla extract

3 ps cake flour
¾ tsp baaking soda
¾ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 ½ cups buttermilk

Oven: 350F
Bake:23-35

Line three 9” cake pans with parchment/wax paper and butter & flour

Butter & sugar in mixing bowl.
In another bowl egg whites and vanilla.
Third bowl with flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder
Measuring cup with buttermilk.

Cream butter and sugar on med speed until light and fluffy ~~2 min. scrape down bowl.
Add egg whites & vanilla one at a time, allow to incorporate fully after each. Scrape bowl.
Add flour and buttermilk, 1/3 at a time each, alternately until incorporated.
Pour into pans. Bake.
Cool for 10 min before turning out of pans. Cool completely before decorating.

[momin2013]

Hershey’s Perfect is the only chocolate cake recipe I’ve found that’s un-dry (the frosting is good too) - it’s my go-to when I want to make a homemade cake. I haven’t found a vanilla one yet.

[circa1978]

mala,I am open to any kind of cake. The honoree's only request is that it not be dry. We have a family carrot cake that is very not dry and I have a pumpkin dream cake recipe I like but I wanted to crowdsource a bit. I am a scratch baker generally but am not adverse to something like a WASC in a pinch.

[Leeham Rimes]

Box mix, butter instead of oil, milk instead of water and an extra egg yolk (just the yolk) or two.

[Patsy Baloney]

Very disappointed to google and find out WASC didn’t stand for wet-ass simple cake.

[circa1978]

😆

[momin2013]

Sept 29, 2023 16:34:39 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

Very disappointed to google and find out WASC didn’t stand for wet-ass simple cake.

I didn’t google, but in my head I read “white Anglo Saxon cake”, and was pretty sure that isn’t a thing…

[gardengal]

Smitten Kitchens Moms Apple Cake is the bomb-dot-com. So extra NOT dry! And seasonal! It’s not the kind of cake you frost but for ppl with insane sweet tooths, I’ve drizzle caramel sauce over. I think it’s plenty sweet without though

[nicanmatt]

I also use the Hershey but I do the special dark cocoa and hot coffee instead of boiling water. My kids birthday party was on Sunday, and we are still eating cake! It still tastes fresh.

[Bad Dingo]

I use boxed mix but add an extra egg yolk to increase the fat content without adding too much extra moisture (is that m word ok?).

[pierogigirl]

Cakes that have sour cream or pumpkin are usually not dry.

[tacokick]

I think the trick to cake is oil in the batter, butter in the icing (or crumb topping).

[dirtyred]

Just add an extra tablespoon or two of oil. Works like a charm!

[felicity]

Crazy cake is the opposite of dry. It’s also super easy to make and vegan. It tastes really similar to box cake mix.

[circa1978]

Sept 29, 2023 20:15:55 GMT -5 felicity said:

Crazy cake is the opposite of dry. It’s also super easy to make and vegan. It tastes really similar to box cake mix.

We have a family recipe for Crazy Cake that features bran flakes. I never make it because I never have bran flakes but it is very not dry...

[letsgetweird]

Tres leches. Yellow box cake (3 eggs, butter, and milk) and condensed milk, evaporated milk, and whole milk. Super easy. I usually make mine the night before.

[arehopsveggies]

Add lots of booze

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7375/black-russian-cake-i/

[rhian]

This is my favorite cake recipe: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/classic-birthday-cake-recipe

I think part of the key for any cake is weighing ingredients so the proportions are right.

[lilafowler]

I found this while looking for vegan recipes for my dd but this is AMAZING. You would have no clue it was vegan. And super UNDRY

I’ve only made the actual cake re pie and it’s better than most box mixes I’ve made.

www.marthastewart.com/1530847/vegan-chocolate-cake

[circa1978]

Sept 29, 2023 21:26:07 GMT -5 rhian said:

This is my favorite cake recipe: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/classic-birthday-cake-recipe

I think part of the key for any cake is weighing ingredients so the proportions are right.

I agree! I always do. :-) Dry cakes are not an issue for me overall. (If you've seen the Golden Girls, this feels like the moonlight madness episode where Rose and Dorothy discuss cupcakes). This person just prefers a more undry cake than your standard cake.

[circa1978]

Sept 29, 2023 21:03:24 GMT -5 arehopsveggies said:

Add lots of booze

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7375/black-russian-cake-i/

I am very impressed with the amount of alcohol in this. Marking it for future events where I have to deal with frustrating family...

[jennybee1018]

I am a huge fan of Ina's chocolate cake - best on flavor, not dryness, etc! 

barefootcontessa.com/recipes/beattys-chocolate-cake

Additionally, red velvet is one of my go-to's for super delicious, not dry cake :-)  I'm a smitten kitchen fanatic, so I use her recipe. 

smittenkitchen.com/2007/09/red-velvet-cake/

I do think anything with oil, buttermilk, etc will keep things from being dry! 

[m15]

For a basic white cake, I doctor up a cake mix with extra egg and sour cream. I have a recipe saved on Pinterest and it always turns out delicious.

[rhian]

Sept 30, 2023 7:34:16 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Sept 29, 2023 21:26:07 GMT -5 rhian said:

This is my favorite cake recipe: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/classic-birthday-cake-recipe

I think part of the key for any cake is weighing ingredients so the proportions are right.

I agree! I always do. :-) Dry cakes are not an issue for me overall. (If you've seen the Golden Girls, this feels like the moonlight madness episode where Rose and Dorothy discuss cupcakes). This person just prefers a more undry cake than your standard cake.

Got it! I think the suggestion of a tres leches cake might work well in that case. I've never made it so no specific recipe suggestions, but I have this bookmarked: www.thepancakeprincess.com/2023/04/23/best-tres-leches-bake-off/