I added sour cream to my yellow cake mix instead of oil. 45 minutes later, this is what happened

tweak next time, and whether I’d do it again.

  1. The exact swap I made

I started with a standard 15.25-ounce box of yellow cake mix. The instructions on my box called for 1 cup water, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, and 3 large eggs. Since I didn’t have oil, I used 1/2 cup full-fat sour cream in its place and kept the water and eggs the same.

I didn’t thin the sour cream, melt anything, or make any other adjustments. I wanted a true one-for-one test so I