Boxed cake mixes are a great option for any home baker looking to throw together something special, but you should be ...

The distinctly chocolate scent wafts through the room before a bite is even taken, and the cake was spongy, moist, and an ...

I always keep a box of angel food cake mix in my pantry because it's just so convenient. While I technically could make angel ...

Long before TikTok baking hacks and viral kitchen tips, home bakers had their own secret weapon for making boxed cake mix taste better: instant pudding mix. This baking trick has actually been around ...

The dot cake trend reminds us of the whimsy and nostalgia behind a longstanding baking shortcut ...

Use low-sodium soy sauce. If you’re making a cake from scratch you can adjust the salt in the recipe to account for the presence of the soy sauce. But because chocolate cake mix already has some salt ...

Looking for an easy recipe for baked donuts with cake mix? These fluffy cake mix donuts are simple to make, easy to customize ...

These rich, tender, chewy, and buttery funfetti cookies come together in under half an hour, and they're as fun to make as ...

"I've been making this cake for over 10 years," says one reviewer. "It's such a big hit at work that I make it two to three ...

Adding instant pudding mix to boxed cake mixes creates moister, richer cakes. Side-by-side taste test proved the difference: Pudding mix produced a noticeably moister, bakery-style texture. The ...

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Erin Merhar is a professionally trained chef, food writer, recipe developer, and stylist, with more than 16 years of culinary experience in both restaurants and food media. Ugly Duckling Cake is a ...