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 ...

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As an avid baker, I’m tired of being embarrassed to admit that I am a huge fan of cake mix. There’s no doubt that homemade cake has superior flavor, but there's also no denying the ease of a quick and ...

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, ...

Pumpkin spice cake from cake mix is a moist, flavorful dessert that’s incredibly easy to make. With just a boxed mix, pu ...

The next time you use a cake mix, you might chuckle — or groan (as I did) — thinking about how this staple of American kitchens was first marketed to women. A molasses company, O. Duff and Sons, ...

A woman shared the process of baking her wedding cake using a boxed mix in a now-viral TikTok video, but viewers' opinions were split. Laura Saxe posted the video to her account @darlinggoose. She ...