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3. Bake the cake until it springs back
R when lightly pressed with your finger, 32
to 37 minutes. Remove the pan from the
the Cake Mix Doctor says oven and place it on a wire rack to cool
completely, 30 minutes.
There are several types of toffee-
flavored chips in the baking aisle. 4. Poke holes, 1 inch apart, in the cake
Heath is one brand name; Skorr is with the handle of a wooden spoon. Fill
another.One is chocolate-coated, one each hole with caramel ice cream topping.
contains almonds. It’s your choice! Let the topping settle into the holes, then
go back and fill them once again. Using a
rubber spatula, spread the whipped top-
minute. Stop the machine and scrape ping smoothly over the top of the cake.
down the sides of the bowl with a rubber Sprinkle the toffee-flavored chips evenly
spatula. In crease the mixer speed to over the top. Cover the pan lightly with
medium and beat 2 minutes more, scrap- waxed paper and place it in the refrigera-
ing the sides down again if needed. The tor to chill until it’s time to serve.
batter should look well combined. Pour
the batter into the prepared pan, smooth- Store this cake, covered with waxed
ing it out with the rubber spatula. Place paper or plastic wrap, in the refrigerator for
the pan in the oven. up to 1 week.

Lumps in the Cake Mix

ake mix manufacturers say not to you add the rest of the ingredients. Should
C worry about some lumps in the cake lumps still be present after mixing the
mix. The lumps are normal—they form batter, don’t fret. They will bake out, and
when the cake mix settles during shipping it’s better to have a few lumps than to
and will bake out. But if lumps in the cake overbeat the batter. Overbeating causes
mix do worry you, go ahead and work big holes—tunneling—to form while the
them out with a whisk, the back of a cake bakes.
wooden spoon, or a pastry blender before