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Q. Help! My grocery stores all stock extra-moist cake mix. No plain ones anymore. What can I do? – Donna Nelson

A. Duncan Hines cake mix says "moist deluxe" on the package, but it is plain cake mix. Hope this helps!
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Q. I have a recipe for a banana chocolate chip Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix and banana pudding. The cake is very light and moist but it has a cloying artificial banana flavor to it due to the pudding. Do you have any suggestions as to how to make a similar cake to this but with real bananas rather than pudding? Any help will be greatly appreciated. This is my husband’s favorite cake, but it’s just too fake tasting for me to serve to guests. – Annie Hesser
(Annie’s recipe calls for 1 package yellow cake mix, 1 package instant banana pudding mix, 1 cup oil, 4 large eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup whole chocolate chips and 1 cup chopped chocolate chips).

A. Annie, use vanilla instant pudding mix instead of the banana. Then substitute mashed fresh bananas for some of the oil and milk. Use 1 cup mashed bananas, which is about 2 large ripe bananas, then use just ½ cup oil and ½ cup milk. Keep the chocolate chips the same.

Annie followed my instructions and reports great results. She turned the batter into cupcakes, 24 of them, baked at 350 degrees for 22 minutes. She suggests a chocolate frosting, and I am thinking cream cheese frosting would also be yummy!

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