cake mix

Just add eggs

Cake mix is a prepackaged blend of dry ingredients—flour, sugar, leavening, flavorings—that simplifies home baking.

Add eggs, oil, and water, then bake: She used a box of cake mix for the birthday party.

The term sometimes implies convenience over craft: It's not from scratch, just cake mix.

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Betty Crocker · prepackaged · flour · chocolate · vanilla · cupcakes · sprinkles · shelf stability · eggs · easy · sugar · ingredient · General Mills · birthday · bake sale · oven · whisk · convenience

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cake mixfrom scratch

Starting with nothing prepared

homemade · made from scratch · scratch-made · traditional baking · scratch

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G