Q: <strong>What Does Sour Cream do for a Cake Mix Recipe?</strong>

We love sour cream in both cake mix recipes and cake recipes from scratch ! It is an ingredient that adds richness and softens the texture of the cake. It also makes it slightly more dense. In the case of cake mix recipes, it gives the cake a from-scratch texture.

Question 1

Do you Have to Use Almond Extract in this WASC recipe?

Accepted Answer

We love almond desserts and so for us, the hint of almond in this cake recipe is delicious.

However, if you are not a fan of almond, no problem! Simply leave the almond flavoring out and you will have a fantastic White Sour Cream Cake recipe to serve your friends and family. You can substitute extra vanilla if you'd like!

Question 2

Do you have a Scratch version of WASC Cake?

Accepted Answer

Yes we do! Don't miss our White Almond Sour Cream Cake from Scratch!

Question 3

Where did the WASC Cake Recipe Come From?

Accepted Answer

We discovered this popular White Almond Sour Cream Cake from cake mix years ago on CakeCentral.com. If you hop over to their site, I'm sure it is still there, along with years worth of variations and conversations about it ;0)!

Some variations call for vegetable oil in addition to the sour cream, others don't.

We have changed our White Almond Sour Cream Recipe over the years to include canola oil just for a bit more moisture (although the additional fat from the sour cream in the recipe does a good job off this also!)

Question 4

What Does Sour Cream do for a Cake Mix Recipe?

Accepted Answer

We love sour cream in both cake mix recipes and cake recipes from scratch! It is an ingredient that adds richness and softens the texture of the cake.

It also makes it slightly more dense. In the case of cake mix recipes, it gives the cake a from-scratch texture.

Question 5

Is this WASC Cake White?

Accepted Answer

No, this popular WASC cake is not a true white cake. Although it starts with a box of white cake mix, it uses whole eggs. The egg yolks add richness but also a yellow shade. I consider this recipe to be a vanilla cake. Still delicious! We hope that you enjoy it! (As a side note, our scratch White Velvet Cake is our lightest "white" cake.)