{Faux-Made} Banana Cream Cake

I wanted to share a quick way to doctor up a cake mix for an elegant cake. It may not be homemade...but it's certainly faux-made. And nobody will be able to tell the difference!

{The need for faux-made started out of the fact that I don't keep real flour or sugar in the house because of our off-beat eating lifestyle. However, my husband wanted "real cake" for his birthday last week. Real as in...with gluten, with carbs and with all the "bad" stuff I spend every other day trying to rid our systems of...I truly don't blame him. It was his birthday. And I knew if I made a real home-made cake...I would have to buy "normal" flour, sugar, etc....and then it would be sitting around the house tempting me for weeks to come.}

So, enter my tried-and-true, learned-it-in-college-to-impress-a-boy-and-make-him-think-I-was-uber-domestic, faux-made cake {it can get you places, friend}:

You'll need:
- 1 bottle of Duncan Hines Amazing Glazes {back in the college days, we'd use canned cream-cheese frosting and mixed an extra teaspoon or two of vanilla extract in to make it taste homemade...because this glaze stuff didn't exist way back then. I welcome even more slothfulness with open arms in the form of bottled glaze.}
- 1 banana flavored cake mix {omit all of the ingredients on the back}
- 5 eggs {that was not a typo...FIVE}
- 1 1/3 cups of milk {if you want a creamier cake, use half & half or heavy cream...sooo naughty!}
- 1 stick + 3 tablespoons butter {melted}

First combine your wet ingredients {except eggs} in your mixing bowl.

Next, break eggs into the same measuring cup you used for both the butter & milk {less dirty dishes that way}...whisk the eggs with a fork to make sure all of the yolks are broken before adding them to the bowl.

After adding the eggs to the bowl, cover the ingredients with the cake mix and turn the mixer on {carefully to avoid a cake mix shower} until everything is incorporated.

Prep a bundt pan in any way you like...I prefer the spray that has the flour incorporated.

Pour your cake into the pan and bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes, checking for doneness. Allow cake to cool completely before glazing.

Follow directions on the glaze bottle for prep {I often add a teaspoon of vanilla extract before the shaking part...just to give a little somethin'-somethin'}.

Oh yeah....and from a box! {gasp!}

You can do this with any box mix...it's fun to get creative!

 And....it was birthday boy approved!

"I serve mine with (whipped) cream to cut the sweetness." 

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