If you’re craving chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate, this is it. The combination of cake mix and chocolate pudding ...

There are many easy ways to improve boxed cake mix and make it taste homemade. Replacing the water with milk adds fat, richness, and flavor. Mix-ins, flavor extracts, and spices can take the texture ...

Use low-sodium soy sauce. If you’re making a cake from scratch you can adjust the salt in the recipe to account for the presence of the soy sauce. But because chocolate cake mix already has some salt ...

Goldman recommends adding some fruit and spice to your boxed cake mix to take it to the next level. “Toss in some chopped up apples and some cinnamon, and do an apple cinnamon cake—or swirl in some ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Mace Dent Johnson Mace Dent Johnson is a writer on the kitchen team. To test ...