You don't have to be a seasoned baker to make any of our easy from-scratch dessert recipes that everyone will love and make you always look like a master baking wizard. While a big project bake can be ...

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Let's start here: There's nothing wrong with boxed cake mix. It's the secret ingredient in Ree Drummond's super easy chocolate cake and it can even be used for so make cake mix desserts. But if you're ...

Imagine a homemade cake mix that kickstarts a dizzying variety of cakes. Caroline Wright's latest cookbook, Cake Magic! ($17.95, Workman), delivers on that dream. With a make-ahead dry mix as a base, ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to making a successful cake recipe, Ree has a few baking tricks up her sleeve. One of the ...