Duncan Hines Spice Cake from the Moist Deluxe collection is one of the best cake mixes to have for holiday baking. It’s also the perfect autumn cake when frosted with homemade penuche frosting (which is also called brown sugar icing).
For my review of the Duncan Hines Spice Cake, I tested it by making a layer cake. The cake itself was incredibly moist. It had a sweet, spicy flavor. I also loved the fact you can play around with the spice cake recipe and turn it into an applesauce cake recipe if you like. Add raisins, walnuts or other favorite ingredients for a twist.
I could smell the nutmeg and ginger in the cake.
Cake Mixes With No High Fructose Corn Syrup
Unlike so many store-bought cake mixes, the Duncan Hines brand Moist Deluxe Spice Cake did not appear to contain high fructose corn syrup in their list of ingredients. This is important to so many consumers right now.
Here are some things to know about the Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix that I learned from my review:
No. 1: Duncan Hines Spice Cake calories: One serving, which is 1/12 of the cake (without frosting) contains 270 calories when you follow the directions.
No. 2: Duncan Hines Spice Cake fat: This spice cake recipe has 12 grams of fat, but you can substitute applesauce for the oil for a light spice cake.
No. 3: Duncan Hines Spice Cake sugar: The spice cake mix contains 20 grams of sugar.
No. 4: Duncan Hines Spice Cake nutritional facts: This spice cake recipe has 3 grams of protein, 8 percent Calcium, 6 percent Iron, 310 mg sodium and 310 mg cholesterol.
No. 5: Duncan Hines Spice Cake ingredients: sugar, wheat flour, vegetable oil shortening, leavening, wheat starch, spices such as cinnamon, allspice, coriander, ginger and nutmeg, salt, soybean oil, and other ingredients. It does contain wheat so it’s not appropriate for people with celiac disease or those on a gluten-free diet. If you are on a gluten-free diet, try the Amy’s Dairy-Free Gluten-Free cakes.
Duncan Hines Spice Cake gets a major thumbs up for not using high fructose corn syrup.
Applesauce cake recipe: To make the spice cake recipe you will need the mix, water, vegetable oil or applesauce for a light spice cake recipe as well as three eggs. I recommend baking in two nine-inch pans for a half hour.
Their low fat spice cake recipe calls for 1 cup water, 1/3 cup applesauce and 3 eggs. I like to frost the spice cake with a frosting made of butter, brown sugar, vanilla, powdered sugar and a little milk.
If you are in a hurry, frost with the cream cheese version of the Pillsbury East Frost or any favorite frosting.
For taste, I give the Duncan Hines Spice Cake 4.8 out of 5 stars.
