UPDATE 10/2019: Naturally Nora is no longer in business. Check out our other baking reviews.
Naturally Nora produces all-natural baking mixes for dessert-lovers of all ages. We use NO artificial ingredients, so our products don’t contain any hydrogenated oils or trans fats. – Naturally Nora
Nora is actually a person! She worked hard to find the exact ingredients that would not only be healthy, but tasty too! She states: “It sounds easy, but I assure you it wasn’t! Finding unbleached, un-bromated wheat flour was hard. I also learned that the “perfectly moist” texture that kids love is typically the result of thickening agents and chemical fillers. All-natural cocoa (processed without alkali) isn’t readily available. And the vanilla. Oh, the vanilla! That alone was months of sampling before finding the ideal one. And I still wasn’t done! I wanted a delicious all-natural confetti cake. But all-natural dots like that didn’t exist! That is until I convinced a terrific company to create the perfect colored dots with all-natural colors and ingredients just for me.”
I was sent several products in the Naturally Nora Baking line. The boys wanted to try the Alot’a Dots Cake with Alot’a Dot Vanilla Frosting first. I made 24 mini cupcakes and 12 medium-sized cupcakes. Well, I left them out to cool before I frosted them and by the time I went to make the frosting half of them were gone! The kids were off of school that day due to a snow storm so we were stuck inside all day. The joke was on them though because the icing was the best part. They wished they would have waited! I love buttercream frosting, that is the only kind I order on my cakes. But this icing was rich and creamy and had a great vanilla taste. I was kind of glad they ate the cupcakes without the icing because it just left more for me.
My little one was disappointed that he could not eat them as they are produced in a facility that also uses milk, soy, peanuts, and tree nuts. However, they are free of dairy and soy! The Fantastic Fudgy Brownies do NOT contain soy or dairy. The Doubly Fudgy Brownies do NOT contain dairy but they do have soy, so make sure you read the label.
Naturally Nora offers 5 different Cake Mixes: Sunny Yellow, Cheerful Chocolate, Cookie Cookie, Surprising Stars and Alot’a Dots. They have 4 different Frostings and 2 Types of Brownie Mixes: Double Fudgy and Fantastic Fudgy.
carole
January 26, 2011 at 10:53 amI”d like to try the cheerful chocolate
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January 26, 2011 at 10:53 amsubscriber
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Nora
January 26, 2011 at 12:15 pmI would like to try the cheerful chocolate mix. Although the doubly fudgy brownies look tempting too!
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Sue H
January 26, 2011 at 6:35 pmI choose Naturally Nora chocolate cake mix and vanilla or chocolate frosting.
Amber
January 26, 2011 at 6:35 pmVanilla!
Tina W
January 26, 2011 at 10:10 pmFantastic Fudgy Brownies sound pretty darn good to me!! (especially the Peanut Butter Brownies recipe you can use them in!)
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Jo
January 27, 2011 at 7:47 amI would like to try the cookie cookie cake mix
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Tara
January 27, 2011 at 9:40 pmoooh yummm! these look divine! I’d love to try the fudgy fudgy brownies and the cookie cookie cake mix.
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Minta
January 27, 2011 at 10:52 pmI’d like to try the Cheerful Chocolate frosting mix. Sounds so good.
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January 27, 2011 at 10:55 pmI like Cincinnati Coupons on Facebook(Minta D)
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Stephanie V.
January 27, 2011 at 11:04 pmyellow cake mix
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January 27, 2011 at 11:56 pmi liked cincinnati coupons on facebook
nicole
January 28, 2011 at 12:28 amI would like to try the surprising stars cake batter.
Tami Vollenweider
January 28, 2011 at 2:26 amI would like to try The Surprisng Stars!
Tami Vollenweider
January 28, 2011 at 2:28 amLiked Naturally Nora on Facebook(Tami Vollenweider)!
SANDY
January 28, 2011 at 5:44 amcheerful chocolate
Jordan
January 28, 2011 at 8:37 amI would like to try the alot’a dots.
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January 28, 2011 at 8:39 amemail subscriber
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Maureen
January 28, 2011 at 10:11 amI would love the Sunny Yellow.
River
January 28, 2011 at 10:23 amI’d like the vanilla mix
felecia
January 28, 2011 at 1:09 pmI would like to try surprising stars
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January 28, 2011 at 1:09 pmemail subscriber
Kimberly
January 28, 2011 at 3:16 pmI would like to try the Doubly Fudgy Brownies too.
Sue Farrell
January 28, 2011 at 3:31 pmI would like to try Alot’a Dots cause it just looks happy and fun.
Jennifer Barr
January 28, 2011 at 3:47 pmthe brownie mix
susan varney
January 28, 2011 at 6:16 pmdouble fudgy brownies mverno@roadrunner.com
Alicia Webster
January 28, 2011 at 7:09 pmI would love to try the Fantastic Fudgy Brownies also.
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January 28, 2011 at 7:11 pmI subscribe via E-mail
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jolene
January 29, 2011 at 10:47 amid like to try cheerful chocolate
DeeAnn S
January 29, 2011 at 11:40 amI’d like to try the Cookie Cookie cake. Thanks
Carrie K
January 29, 2011 at 1:31 pmI’d like to try the Surprising Stars cake with the Alot’A Dots frosting.
Darcy Keith
January 29, 2011 at 9:03 pmI would like to try the Fantastic Fudgy.
Penny Snyder
January 29, 2011 at 10:04 pmWould love to try the Cookie Cookie cake…..grammypenny@frontier.com
ria
January 29, 2011 at 11:44 pmA lot a dots cake and frosting
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Christina Almond
January 29, 2011 at 11:49 pmI would love to try the Fantastic Fudgy Brownies! Sounds yummy! 🙂
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January 29, 2011 at 11:52 pmI like Cincinnati Coupons on Facebook. (Christina Almond)
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January 29, 2011 at 11:54 pmI like Naturally Nora on Facebook. (Christina Almond)
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Cindy Merrill
January 30, 2011 at 5:59 amThe Surprising Star mix is something I’d love to try! I’d use this prize for our Senior Center’s bakesale: We’re trying to raise funds for the Arts and Crafts room.
Paul
January 30, 2011 at 9:10 amI like the idea of a cake with little bits of cookies in every bite.
Joanna
January 30, 2011 at 3:55 pmCheerful Chocolate!
Amber G.
January 30, 2011 at 6:58 pmI would LOVE to try any of these, but the Double Fudgy Brownie Mix sounds the best to me! Thanks for the opportunity to win such a tasty treat!!!
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Christine
January 30, 2011 at 10:10 pmlike to try the cheerful chocolate mix
Mary J
January 31, 2011 at 12:40 amI pick the Surprising Stars .
Mary J
January 31, 2011 at 12:43 amI like Naturally Nora on FB.Mary Jaco.
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January 31, 2011 at 12:43 amI like you on FB. Mary Jaco
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Ms. T
January 31, 2011 at 2:59 amLike cheerful chocolate..
Courtney S
January 31, 2011 at 2:31 pmI’d love to try the cookie cookie flavor.
Molly K
January 31, 2011 at 5:19 pmI would love to try the Double Fudgy Brownies.
Valeen Ni
January 31, 2011 at 7:08 pmI’d love to try the Double Fudgy Brownie Mix!
Yum!
Erin G
January 31, 2011 at 7:50 pmI would like to try the Cheerful Chocolate
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January 31, 2011 at 7:51 pmLiked you on FB (Erin Greenup)
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January 31, 2011 at 7:51 pmLiked Naturally Nora on FB (Erin Greenup)
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Kerry
January 31, 2011 at 8:27 pmI’m dying to try the cookie cookie!!!
Shannon McGrew
January 31, 2011 at 8:32 pmI’d love to try the Doubly Fudgy Brownies… They sound awesome!
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Becky
January 31, 2011 at 8:59 pmI’d love to try the Cookie Cookie cake flavor – sounds yummy!
shawna
January 31, 2011 at 9:07 pmI would like the alota dots
Amanda S.
January 31, 2011 at 9:25 pmI’d like to try the Fantastic Fudgy Brownie Mix
Ed Nemmers
January 31, 2011 at 9:33 pmI would like to try the Cookie Cookie Cake mix!
Erin E
January 31, 2011 at 9:55 pmI would love to try the Cookie Cookie Cake Mix. Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
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Erin E
January 31, 2011 at 9:57 pmI like you on Facebook (Erin E)
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January 31, 2011 at 9:58 pmI like Naturally Nora on Facebook (Erin E)
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Jacob LaFountaine
January 31, 2011 at 10:17 pmCheeful Chocolate
Elisa
January 31, 2011 at 10:25 pmI would like to try the Cheerful Chocolate mix.
Linda Lansford
January 31, 2011 at 11:44 pmyellow cake mix with dots
Cynthya P
February 1, 2011 at 12:29 amI’d like to try them all, but I’d start with the Sunny Yellow cake mix.
valerie
February 1, 2011 at 1:59 amChocolate! 🙂
shemp
February 1, 2011 at 3:15 amAlot’a Dots
susan smoaks
February 1, 2011 at 4:44 ami would love to try the sunny yellow yellow cake mix
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February 1, 2011 at 4:46 amsubscriber
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Jennifer
February 1, 2011 at 7:33 amI would like to try the Cookie Cookie mix.
Jennifer
February 1, 2011 at 7:34 amI follow you on Twitter. (redjen76)
Melissa B.
February 1, 2011 at 7:41 amI would love to try Cheerful Chocolate.
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February 1, 2011 at 9:59 amthese cakes look great! i would love to have the surprising stars.
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Veronica Garrett
February 1, 2011 at 10:35 amI would like to try Cheerful Chocolate.
Susan Smith
February 1, 2011 at 11:03 amDouble Fudgy Brownie Mix
Kristi
February 1, 2011 at 11:24 amI’d like to try Alota Dots Yellow Cake Mix
sheri
February 1, 2011 at 11:47 amI would like to try the cookie cake!
Candie L
February 1, 2011 at 11:53 amI would love the double fudgy brownies. Thank you
Nancy
February 1, 2011 at 12:22 pmI’d like to try the Cookie Cookie Cake Mix.
Nancy
February 1, 2011 at 12:23 pmI am an e-mail subscriber.
Mya Brooks
February 1, 2011 at 12:48 pmSunny Yellow!!! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!!
susanmeep
February 1, 2011 at 1:22 pmthe cheerful chocolate would be great to try! suelee1998 @ gmail.com
Beth Runions
February 1, 2011 at 2:13 pmthe cheerful chocolate looks yummy!!
Beth Runions
February 1, 2011 at 2:16 pmI like Naturally Nora on facebook! I saw her on 2 different new stations last week and she has some great ideas to do with these products. The cake on a stick is cute! We are making it this weekend!!
ERICA
February 1, 2011 at 3:50 pmVANILLA!
leslie
February 1, 2011 at 4:01 pmi would like to try sunny yellow. I am going to buy some even if i don’t win.
Diane Baum
February 1, 2011 at 4:05 pmFudgy fudge brownies please
Jennifer Jozwiak
February 1, 2011 at 8:31 pmI’d like to try Cheerful Chocolate!
Lynn
February 1, 2011 at 8:48 pmI would like to try the ‘Cheerful Chocolate’ flavor.