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What qualifies as "homemade"?

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I was at a  first birthday party this weekend and the host kept saying he made the cake. Well it was a box cake with canned icing. I would be fine if it were someone with no cooking experience, but he is a good cook. I just thought it was weird about how everyone just kept going on and on about how the cake was homemade.

So do you think a box cake qualifies as homemade? 

EDIT: This wasn't to make fun or to hate on box cakes. Just wondering if you call box cakes homemade. 

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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    Technically it is homemade, yes.  It was not made from scratch.
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  • MrsBalletStar05MrsBalletStar05 member

    He made it at home.

     

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  • clineakclineak member
    Sure! After all, it was made at home. ;) I guess I'd have a problem with it if it had been a box cake, but the maker claimed it had been made from scratch. Box does not mean scratch. I usually bake from scratch, but if I do use a box cake mix, I always alter the directions--adding ingredients--to put a more homemade spin on it. Interested to hear what others think!
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  • lindslalalalindslalala member

    imageArnegard:
    Technically it is homemade, yes.  It was not made from scratch.

    I agree. 

    ETA: Although I don't think I'd be bragging about making something if it was just from a box. 

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  • toadstooltoadstool member
    I always use a box and if someone asks me I do say "I made it."  But I never say it's from scratch or anything and I don't use the term "homemade."
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  • LynsiBHMLynsiBHM
    well, it's not store-bought...
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  • NKR717NKR717
    I really have far more things to worry about, but it was made at home just not from scratch. Sheesh, I am a pretty good baker and cook, and I have been know to make a boxed cake from time to time.
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  • Que*SyrahQue*Syrah member

    Well, technically not I guess but I would never expect someone to say they used a box as opposed to from scratch unless asked. He did make it at home as opposed to purchasing an already made cake...

    I suppose then if you use canned fruit mixes for pies and/or pre-made crusts you can't call your pies homemade either. But I do.

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  • stargirljuliestargirljulie
    imagelindslalala:

    imageArnegard:
    Technically it is homemade, yes.  It was not made from scratch.

    I agree. 

    ETA: Although I don't think I'd be bragging about making something if it was just from a box. 

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  • Mom2Mack1Mom2Mack1 member

    imagetoadstool:
    I always use a box and if someone asks me I do say "I made it."  But I never say it's from scratch or anything and I don't use the term "homemade."

    Ditto.

     

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  • Rebekah1021Rebekah1021

    imagetoadstool:
    I always use a box and if someone asks me I do say "I made it."  But I never say it's from scratch or anything and I don't use the term "homemade."

    This. The canned frosting made me want to gag. I despise canned frosting. 

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  • MadameFancyPantsMadameFancyPants member

    I like to say things were "homemade" or "home baked."

    Home baked categorizes things like boxed cake mix, break n bake cookies, etc.  

    Homemade means I measured the flour and cracked the eggs (usually all over myself LOL!)

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