Recipe: Easy Cake Bread (using cake mix, bread machine)

EASY CAKE BREAD

"Rebecca O'Dea had her bread machine for only 10 days when she experimented with this recipe. She says it reminds her of the Hawaiian Bread from a local deli. The bread rises quite a bit during the baking program, and is very light and fluffy with a crisp crust. The variations to this are endless - try using different cake mixes such as devil's food, white or vanilla, etc. Orange or lemon peel (1/4 to 1 teaspoon) could be added or even an extract (1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon) for added flavor. This is an easy bread to make as all the sugar and salt are in the cake mix!"

FOR A SMALL (1 LB.) LOAF:
7/8 cup water or milk
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2/3 cup (dry) yellow cake mix
1 1/4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon active dry yeast

FOR A MEDIUM (1 1/2 LB.) LOAF:
1 cup water or milk
1 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3/4 cup (dry) yellow cake mix
1 3/4 cups bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

FOR A LARGE (2 LB.) LOAF:
1 1/4 cup water or milk
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup (dry) yellow cake mix
2 1/2 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

cycle: white, sweet
setting: light

VARIATIONS:
You can also use other flavor cake mixes and be creative! For lemon poppy seed use lemon cake mix and add two tablespoons of poppy seeds.

Adapted from source: The Bread Machine Cookbook III by Donna German