Make boxed-cake mix taste better by swapping out ingredients to add richness and body, or by adding ingredients for a flavor and texture boost.

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There are very few desserts that make my kids' eyes light up quite like a soft, warm, homemade cake. They are all about that soft, fluffy texture and the sweet vanilla flavor. But the frosting? That’s ...

Goldman recommends adding some fruit and spice to your boxed cake mix to take it to the next level. “Toss in some chopped up apples and some cinnamon, and do an apple cinnamon cake—or swirl in some ...

When it comes to texture, “some yellow cake mixes can yield a doughy, heavier, more dense cake, but not Betty Crocker’s,” ...

Is it Easter without a freaky-looking homemade cake? Can you have a celebratory post-church brunch and not include a mutant lamb on a bed of green-dyed coconut grass? In my family, we observe a bunny ...