(And, honestly, who isn't?) When I began my preliminary research, I was surprised to find there weren't that many carrot cake mixes out there. Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker were on the shelves of ...

It was when I was trying to manipulate boxed cake mix to make thick, soft black and white cookies that I made this crucial discovery: All boxed cake mix wants to be cake. I used Duncan Hines ...

Carrot cake doesn’t usually ask for much. It’s a humble, nostalgic dessert—spiced and sweet, cozy under a thick blanket of cream cheese frosting. It shows up at Easter or maybe at a spring ...

Hetal Vasavada invites cardamom to mingle with the usual warming spices in her tender, moist carrot cake; sweet golden raisins and crunchy pistachios bring texture and even more flavor.

Pillsbury with its Doughboy, Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines — only the latter was an actual person. Yet he personally ...

Just a simple name in a simple font. Of the three, only Duncan Hines actually existed. Yet he personally had nothing to do with cake mixes, cooking or baking. So, how did it happen? There was no ...