Does cake mix expire?!
Does cake mix expire?
I had a box of chocolate cake mix that didn't have an expiration date...there was a label on it about a contest though that ended in 2004...so the cake mix is 3 years old but doesn't have an expiration date and it looks and smells fine....is it bad?
Answers:
Since it is sugar, it would take like a million years to expire. But, still, I would be wary, cake mixes are not expensive, I would throw it away and buy another.
It can expire
I think it will be ok.
i dont think its bad... have some cake!
eeewwww....i dont now....but it might be good still....but i wouldn't cahnce it.....(throw it away):)
cake mix doesnt expire. because u put all the fresh ingredients in when u bake it
Check the igredients. If it contains egg products toss it.
the expiration date is etched on the lid of the box- throw it out or not, and the docs in the e.r. will have some laffs
Yes it does. There's usually an expiration date stamped on the box. I wouldn't use it if I were you.
Three years? I wouldn't eat it!! Spend a dollar or two get a new cake mix...better yet make one from scratch. They taste better!!
Feel it if it feels very hard then it's bad, but if it's still soft then it's good.
Depends on the brand..
it is not allowed to be on the shelf at that time.
Did you know if pancake expires it could be poisonous? (that is what my grandmother said) I guessing that it would be a bad choice to use it
It should be OK, but the cake may not rise. The baking powder will go inactive after 2 years or so.
I made a pineapple upside down cake with expired cake mix one time. It still turned out delicious, like a blond brownie with caramel & pineapple.
no ure fine
It won't really "go bad", but it's leavening agents might not do what they're supposed to do properly (the cake might not rise like it should). Go ahead and make it...see what happens.
Most cake mix boxes have an expiration date on the top. And, most will be good for about a year...after that, the finished product will not be as good as it should be, often not rising or having a somewhat bitter taste. My advice is to toss out the cake mix after a year/year and a half...(In the future, when you buy a box, if it doesn't have an expiration date on it, write the date you bought it, in permanent marker, on the box top and use it no later than a year and a half after that date---or, write your own expiration date on the box top)
No, they never expire, but the boxes do weaken. Most kinds of mixes are fine for at least 4 years