Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Luckily, there are ways to dress up boxed cake mix. I know quite a few, but food magazine and media brand Bon Appétit shared one ...

Vegetable oil was saved for frying in her house (and mind you, my grandma wasn't even Southern). The neutral oil has its place in baking, but when it comes to cake mixes, she always used melted butter ...

Looking for something sweet to brighten a winter day? Bake this upside-down citrus cake. Made with a convenient boxed cake mix and crowned with a layer of shining orange and grapefruit wheels, this ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We're going to let you in on a secret: Even the most accomplished home bakers probably have a box of cake mix tucked away in their pantry.

Not only are you adding more flavor, you’re obscuring the more synthetic tasting notes you often get with a boxed mix. Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

She never followed the instructions on the back of the box exactly, and neither should you. My grandma didn’t always use boxed cake mixes, but when she did, they were never made following the ...