Naturally Nora Cake Mixes
All Natural
Cake Mixes
 As simple as
cake mixes may seem, the
ingredient lists are often laden
with chemicals, artificial
flavors and colors, not to
mention unhealthy fats. Finally,
there are some alternatives for
those who need convenience, but
demand quality in the foods they
consume.
Healthy and
delicious convenience foods?
Naturally Nora
set out to create a line of all
natural cake mixes that were as
delicious -- and visually
appealing to kids and adults
alike -- as anything available,
but with none of the
questionable food additives that
abound in most commercial
brands.
Transfatfree
recently had the opportunity to
sample several of Naturally
Nora’s products and we were
suitably impressed!
Baking your
cake and eating it too
Have you ever
looked at the ingredients of a
cake mix? Not only are they
filled with, hydrogenated oils,
preservatives and artificial
ingredients, they use totally
unnecessary artificial colors.
And, of course the “confetti”
style cakes so popular with kids
are the worst offenders. The
Pillsbury “Funfetti” cake mixes
use four food dyes (Yellow 5,
Yellow 6, Red 40 and Blue 1)
that the Center for Science in
the Public interest is
petitioning the FDA to ban. Even
“plain vanilla” yellow cake
mixes often use these colorants.
But your kids love the bright
colors? Never fear. Nora brings
you bright and cheerful colorful
confetti in both Alot'a Dots
cake (and frosting) -- without
the fake colorants. How does she
get the appealing dots?
Naturally Nora uses natural
ingredients like berry juice and
spinach extract to get their
appealing colors.
The Naturally
Nora Cake Flavors
With five
tempting cake flavors and four
frostings to top them off,
Naturally Nora has a variety
that will appeal to any cake
lover:
Cake Flavors:
* Sunny Yellow
* Cheerful
Chocolate
* Alot’a Dots
* Cookie
Cookie
* Surprising
Stars
Our Review
The junior
member of the family was
enthused about the cheery look
of the cake mixes
and petitioned to make the
"Surprising Stars" cake and
frosting first. The instructions
were as easy to follow as any
mainstream commercial brand,
although they called for milk
instead of the customary water.
We have also tried the Cheerful
Chocolate cake and frosting and
the Alot'a Dots cake and
frosting mixes.
All of the results were very
tasty and enjoyed by all
testers. The cakes were moist
and the frostings were smooth
and creamy with a "homemade"
texture and flavor. Note that
the frostings are softer (and
easier to spread) than the
prepared "tubs" of frosting in
the mainstream brands. The cake
is a little denser than that
made with a typical cake mix but
is not heavy.
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