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Apr 26

Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This is a terrific, all-purpose pound cake recipe. Notice the added flour because the 18.25-ounce cake mixes are now 16.5 ounces. If you want to turn this into a lemon pound cake, substitute 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon zest (from one large lemon) for the almond extract and use the juice from the lemon for [...]

Apr 06

Last-Minute Coconut Cake

Use your favorite white cake for this recipe, whether it be from scratch or from a mix. I use my yellow cake mix and turn it white by adding egg whites and sour cream. A great coconut cake needs coconut flavor in the cake, so add ½ teaspoon coconut extract. And the frosting, too, is [...]

Feb 07

Anne’s Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

This recipe begins with your favorite box of yellow cake mix. The 21.6-ounce cake mix is the Cake Mix Doctor’s Old-Fashioned Yellow cake mix, which you can find in stores near you or order online.

Nov 30

Holiday Pumpkin Cake

I baked this yummy cake in two 9-inch layers, but you can easily turn this into a 13- by 9-inch pan or make cupcakes. For a more festive cake, add 1 teaspoon grated fresh orange zest or 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the frosting. Add a tiny dollop of cranberry sauce or a few red raspberries [...]

Aug 08

My Orange Birthday Cake

Use whatever orange juice you have – fresh or from the carton. If you have a fresh orange or two, zest them and add the zest to the cake batter and frosting for a bigger orange flavor. If not, don’t worry, as this cake is still delish with carton orange juice. For the garnish, cut two thin [...]

Jun 06

Chocolate Praline Cake

The secret to unmolding a perfect praline topping is to spray the bottom of the pan with vegetable oil, line with a round of parchment paper, then spray again. You can bake this cake with any brand of cake mix, but I will say it is amazing with my new chocolate cake mix. If you [...]

May 04

Margarita Cake

The three components of a margarita are in both the cake batter and the glaze – tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Use either fresh squeezed lime juice or buy the bottled Key lime juice for this easy Bundt cake. It’s perfect for Cinco de Mayo parties, potlucks, and picnics all summer long – anytime [...]

Apr 14

Hummingbird Cake

This is absolutely the best Hummingbird Cake in the world! Use very ripe bananas, the blacker the better. Bake this for spring picnics and potlucks, Easter brunch or birthdays, or just because you are hungry for Hummingbird Cake. The recipe calls for my Old-Fashion Yellow Cake Mix which you can purchase here.

Mar 10

Maple Nut Coffee Cake

My mother always told me imitation was a fine form of flattery. And now I’ve figured out an even finer form – when someone bakes your recipes and then feels comfortable enough with them to change up the ingredients to suit their own tastes. That’s what Betty Minton of Princeton, WV, did after she baked [...]

Feb 02

Fresh Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

I can’t imagine a spring birthday without a strawberry cake. It has been the cake of choice for my girls, and my guys love it, too. And we’re all in favor of this gluten-free version. I think it’s even more intensely strawberry flavored. Plus it’s pretty, fancy, fun–all the right elements for a great party [...]

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The doctor's back, and now she's curing dinner woes! Anne Byrn, the award-winning food writer and author of The Cake Mix Doctor and Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor does for dinner what she did for dessert-shows how to take common, convenient supermarket ingredients and turn them into meals that taste like they're made from scratch.

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Put on your favorite apron, plug in the mixer, and get ready to bake some memories. I've dreamed of creating a yellow cake mix that gets its color from butter and eggs, not artificial colors, and its scent from Madagascar vanilla.

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