Sometimes the best homemade tasting recipes start with something as simple as a boxed mix. With a few extra ingredients and small tweaks, you can turn that basic mix into something that tastes like it ...

Cake mixes have some real advantages over home made. For instance, they’re much more forgiving. Over-beat the batter and they ...

What follows is a list of additions—some recommended, some acceptable, and some we most definitely advise against using—all ...

If you have a box of cake mix, and a couple other pantry staples, you have everything you need to make a moist dessert that ...

A pound cake?  What is that? The earliest record and recipe for pound cake was found in the 1700s English cookbook called ...

A birthday without cake feels like opening a gift box and finding socks. Useful, sure, but not what anyone was hoping for.

I love making new cakes and experimenting in the kitchen, but sometimes, I just want something simple—especially on a busy weeknight when I’d like to surprise my family with a fun dessert without ...

There’s a problem with boxed mixes, and it’s impacting grandmas’ most beloved recipes. At some point last year, shoppers noticed Betty Crocker cake mixes shrank (again), this time from 15.25 ounces ...

There’s something incredibly comforting about a box cake mix. It’s the kitchen version of an old trusted buddy there to assist when you need it, with no bother. But come on: occasionally that cake ...