Boxed cake mixes rated with brutal honesty—from dry disasters to bakery-worthy brilliance. Find your next shortcut or steer ...

Americans eat a lot of cake from boxes — 214 million were sold last year, according to the research firm NielsenIQ. And yellow cake is far and away the most popular flavor, with chocolate at second.

Cake decorating can be an intimidating process. Sometimes, it seems as if all the elements conspire against you to make your cake look like a sloppy, off-kilter mess. And that's more than ...

This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now.. Let’s not beat around the bush: This is a $25 box cake ...

Layered cakes are impressive, but can also be a little intimidating to execute. So, let's break them down. Most boxed mixes make enough batter for two 9-inch cake tins.

1 teaspoon baking soda. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 3/4 cups sugar. 3/4 cup olive or avocado oil. 4 eggs. 3 cups grated carrots. 1 cup chopped walnuts. 3/4 cup pineapple tidbits, drained ...

In a pinch, Jeffra has also used cardboard boxes, modified to fit the cake. “If you have a box that is the right diameter, you can cut it down to a more manageable height using scissors or a ...