Three colored layers, white frosting, red and blue sprinkles all over — and it all starts with a box from the grocery store.

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 ...

Chocolate, vanilla, confetti, and more!

It's unbelievably easy.

Swap the oil for brown butter to instantly add rich, nutty, caramel-like flavor. Let the brown butter cool slightly before mixing to avoid scrambling the batter. This simple 5-minute step makes boxed ...

Adding instant pudding mix to boxed cake mixes creates moister, richer cakes. Side-by-side taste test proved the difference: Pudding mix produced a noticeably moister, bakery-style texture. The ...

From great to extraordinary.

Boxed cake mix is a pantry classic for a reason: It delivers a crowd-pleasing cake with almost no effort. The basics haven’t changed much since John D. Duff of P. Duff and Sons, a now-shuttered ...

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 ...