Save time, money, and your sanity with the 216 easy-to-make recipes that taste as good as baked goods made from scratch-just ask the folks who submitted the recipes and the home economists at Taste of Home magazine. Each recipe includes a full-color photo so your dessert selection will be easy-as-pie as you see just how impressive a no-fuss dessert can be. In addition to effortless cakes, there are incredible cookies, easy scones, simple biscotti, and yummy coffee cakes- each starting with a store-bought mix, but end up with a professional bakery look with a homemade taste.


Try this sweet-tooth-pleasing baking book and amaze your family with:
A Cookies-and-Cream Cake made with everyone's favorite Oreo cookies
A fruity Apricot Layer Cake that will surprise everyone when they learn that it starts with a white cake mix
Butterscotch Pecan Cookies that will be ready in just 30 minutes
Sweet Jack-o'-Lanterns cupcakes for Halloween
Plus, Lighter than air Angle Food Cakes, classic Bundt Cakes, old-fashioned Rhubarb Custard Cake, Raspberry Lemon Torte, trifles, cobblers, and ice specialties, and more.


Whipping up a luscious dessert will be snap for anyone with little or no baking skills when you start with a boxed cake mix. This creative cookbook will add a wealth of ideas for even the most experienced baker, and will turn your kitchen into a first class bakery.