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Expirated cake mix...

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amother

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:33 pm

I have cake mix that is exp since jan and feb 2010, can I still make it, eat it without any problems?

chaylizi

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:35 pm

january & february? how can it be both?

btw I think the word is 'expired'.

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:35 pm

was it stored in a cool plce ?

DefyGravity

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:39 pm

I've been using mixes that expired in 2006-7.

amother

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:39 pm

Yes its both because I have 2 boxes: 1 is exp jan the other one feb

it was stored in a cabinet so im not sure.

DovDov

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:40 pm

chaylizi wrote:

january & february? how can it be both?

btw I think the word is 'expired'.

Two packages -- one is January, one February. At least, that's how I read it.

OP, what does the package say? "Sell by"? "Best if used by"? Is it whole wheat?

My understanding is that most food is good for quite a while past the expiration date, and I'd think cake mix, properly stored would be among those foods.

sky

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:43 pm

I would use it.

amother

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:44 pm

DovDov wrote:

chaylizi wrote:

january & february? how can it be both?

btw I think the word is 'expired'.

it says "best if use by" and I just realized I have another box from 2008 Confused

DovDov

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:51 pm

If it's wrapped in a sealed plastic bag (like, say, Dunkin Hines) I'd have no hesitation about using it one or two months out.

If it was straight in a box or paper bag, I'd still have no hesitation about using it if I knew it was stored in a dry place. If I thought it was stored in a particularly damp place, I'd worry about using it whether or not it had passed the expiration date.

DovDov

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 2:59 pm

I meant the stuff from 2010, not 2008. Not sure I'd risk it with something that expired two years ago, even if just for flavor/rising issues. A box of cake mix on sale is $1; the eggs and oil + time + electricity to bake an old one just for it to flop is worth at least that.

DefyGravity

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 3:09 pm

All I know is I've been using my DY cake mixes that I stocked up on several years back before the "dairy scare". They expired in September 06 and I'm still using them. In fact, I made a chocolate cake for a party less than a month ago and nobody got sick from it. I also used a brownie mix a couple weeks ago that I bought in 2005 with no ill effects afterward.

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 3:13 pm

I doubt anyone would get sick. the worst would be that the baking powder wouldn't rise.

Lady Godiva

Mon, Feb 22 2010, 3:23 pm

You better make sure there are no worms in the cake mix.

(I would throw it out.)

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