Cake Mix Reprise

I have learned a few tricks to making a boxed cake mix taste a little more homemade!

* Use milk instear of water
* Use butter instead of oil
* Add a cup (a child's snack pack) of pudding


And to make a container of store bought icing taste better, add any of the following:

* powdered sugar- works best in vanilla
* peanut butter- works best in cream cheese
* cream cheese- works best in chocolate

Do you guys have any tricks like this?