There are some straightforward things you can do to make a bakery-style cake from a boxed mix, all without having to add any ...

While baking a cake from scratch will produce delicious results, it’s not the only option for making dessert. We love to use cake mixes; the only problem is: How do you make box cake mix taste ...

Cake mix can make dessert feel a lot easier. With just a few extra ingredients, it turns into cookies, bars, cakes, and other ...

Southern bakers have always been crafty with the ingredients they have on hand and the time they have to use them. Even if Mama is a diehard from-scratch baker, there are times when everyone has to ...

There are many easy ways to improve boxed cake mix and make it taste homemade. Replacing the water with milk adds fat, richness, and flavor. Mix-ins, flavor extracts, and spices can take the texture ...

This carrot cake trifle recipe has layers of spiced carrot cake, whipped cream cheese, vanilla pudding, cookies, and walnuts.

Today’s Apple Crisp Cake offers a delicious way to celebrate apple season. Beyond highlighting fiber-rich apples, the thing I love most about this recipe is the shortcut ingredient you probably ...

If you don’t have time to make brownies from scratch, you could use a boxed brownie mix to get the job done. The Pioneer Woman star actually uses a cake mix for her rich brownie recipe, adding just a ...

Imagine a homemade cake mix that kickstarts a dizzying variety of cakes. Caroline Wright's latest cookbook, Cake Magic! ($17.95, Workman), delivers on that dream. With a make-ahead dry mix as a base, ...

In the 1950s, it was said that when an elderly woman died, the "flour and shortening" business lost a customer, while when a young woman married, the cake-mix industry gained one. In short, two ...