面包师发布了一些简单但有效的方法来改进你的蛋糕

There are those who are masters in the kitchen, whipping up cakes and gourmet meals, seemingly, out of thin air. Then are their extreme opposites, those who manage to set a bowl of cereal on fire Homer-Simpson-style. And then there are us, mortals, with a decent amount of skill and experience to make a pancake, but not enough finesse to impress anyone (especially not Gordon Ramsay).

有些人是厨房的主人，似乎凭空就能做出蛋糕和美食。然后是他们的极端对立面，那些设法把一碗麦片放在火上的家庭煮的风格。还有我们，凡人，我们有足够的技能和经验来做煎饼，但却没有足够的技巧来打动任何人(尤其是戈登·拉姆齐)。

If you have ever tried baking a cake or a pan of cupcakes using a box cake mix you’ve snatched at the local grocery store, you might have come to a disappointing (but not surprising) result. It’s no news that box cake simply doesn’t cut it, compared to bakery goods that were made from scratch. They taste a little bland and dry out quicker than you can have a second bite. Well, the box mix game is about to change.

如果你曾经尝试过用你在当地杂货店里抢来的盒装蛋糕粉烘焙蛋糕或纸杯蛋糕，你可能会得到一个令人失望(但并不令人惊讶)的结果。与从零开始制作的烘焙食品相比，盒装蛋糕根本不能切已经不是什么新闻了。它们尝起来有点平淡无味，比你再吃一口的速度还要快。那么，盒子组合游戏就要改变了。

One Tumblr user decided to share some ingenious baking hacks using box cake mix

一位Tumblr用户决定分享一些使用盒装蛋糕粉的烘焙技巧

Image credits: Dennis Sylvester Hurd

Tumblr user “docholligay” claims to be a state champion baker and whether her credentials are credible or not, this lady has some practical baking tips to turn your box cake mix into a gourmet dessert.

Tumblr用户“docholligay”自称是国家烘焙冠军，不管她的资历可信与否，这位女士有一些实用的烘焙技巧，可以把你的盒装蛋糕粉变成美味的甜点。

Image credits: Matthew Bland

Doc’s simple set of tips, to replace water with milk, vegetable oil with melted butter and toss in an extra egg, started an avalanche of replies with people not only swearing that this “hack” works, but also sharing their own tips and tricks. And for those still questioning why should they doctor their box mix if they can just make something from scratch, there are legitimate arguments to sway them to the box-cake-mix-hacked side.

博士提出了一系列简单的建议，用牛奶代替水，用融化的黄油代替植物油，再加一个鸡蛋。这些建议得到了大量的回复。对于那些仍在质疑，如果他们能从零开始做一些东西，为什么要修改他们的盒子组合，有一些合理的理由让他们转向盒子蛋糕组合被黑掉的那一边。

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After all, making a decent cake involves a set of tools, skills, and patience. And that’s only the biscuit part! Why bother so much with the creation of complex chemical reactions to make your cake have a fluffy and moist texture when you can pour your heart out into icing? Or decorating?

毕竟，做一个像样的蛋糕需要一系列的工具、技巧和耐心。这只是饼干的一部分!当你可以把心倾注到蛋糕上的时候，为什么还要费心创造复杂的化学反应来让蛋糕变得松软湿润呢?还是装饰?

Image credits: Andy Melton