I don’t generally like cake mixes but I recently bought Trader Joe’s gingerbread mix. It came on a recommendation, although the person said it was not overly spicy.
Liking my gingerbread a little bit spicy and damp and rich, I used melted butter instead of “oil,” added two more teaspoons of powdered ginger, 1/4 cup of molasses instead of water and then grated some fresh ginger into it as well. (I’ve found out that most of the flavor of fresh ginger is in the skin.)
It came out very well and despite everything was still not too hot - just spicy and delicious.
SAJ official gingerbread tip: substitute half of the molasses called for in your recipe with **honey**. Tastes great and makes the dough MUCH easier to work.
I heard good things about TJ’s brownie mix, too.
Happy New Year to y’all!
There’s no such thing as too much ginger!
I don’t like cake mixes at all but my wife orders mixes online from King Arthur and they don’t have all the preservatives and junk in them that usual grocery store mixes have. Their biscotti is delicious, in fact everything I have had from there has been great and the mixes are fool are relatively fool proof. Their scones are really good. If you get on their mailing list they frequently have good sales with free shipping.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/landing.jsp?go=Home