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 ...

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 ...

The holidays come with so much cooking and food prep that getting everything on the table — hot and on time — can feel like a choreographed dance. Whether you're handling the entire meal or just ...

This trick, like many kitchen origin stories, came from necessity. A friend and I were preparing a Funfetti cake for a birthday party, and realized we only had two eggs instead of the requisite three.

As a former pastry cook, I stand firmly in the belief that pie is vastly superior to cake. But when an occasion necessitates a cake, boxed mixes are a great way to deliver a surefire success with ...