Cake mixes are more popular than ever and it's no surprise. Pressed for time, today's bakers love the quality, dependability and convenience that a cake mix offers. Better still, cake mixes are incredibly versatile. Keep one or two in the pantry along with a few other basic ingredients and you'll be ready to bake everything from cakes to squares, muffins and even cookies.

In Cake Mix Magic 2, you will discover more ways than you ever imagined to transform a good cake into a great cake or a mouthwatering dessert, simply by adding tasty but readily available ingredients such as nuts, chocolate, sour cream or fruit. As she did in her first best seller, Cake Mix Magic, Jill Snider provides you with the perfect shortcut solution. Now you can have delicious cakes that taste homemade in less than half the time it would take to bake from scratch. An no one will ever guess that your delightful desserts came from a box.

Here is just a sampling from the wide variety of baked treats: Cookies 'n' Cream Cake, Triple Raspberry Treat, Lemon Cream Torte, Chocolate Carmel Pecan Cake, Pineapple Coconut Dream Bars, Apple Crisp Cake, Cranberry Almond Coffee Cake, Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, No-Bake Bumbleberry Cheesecake, Almond Crisps.

• More than 125 delicious cake mix recipes
• From single layer to special occasion cakes
• Know your ingredients section
• Baking equipment essentials
• Tips and techniques for perfect cake baking every time
• Everything from cheesecakes to cookies
• 16 color photographs

Jill Snider has decades of baking experience, including 25 years as the Test Kitchen Manager for a major flour maker She is a highly respected food stylist and recipe developer She is also the author of Cake Mix Magic, Complete Cake Mix Magic and Bake Something Great

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Desserts that don't taste like they came from a box... desserts children and adults love, or will love as soon as they taste them.

Appleton Post-Crescent

I've been experimenting with cake mix-based desserts, with excellent results. I recommend these books.

Arlington Advocate

Great for baking with kids.

Contra Costa Times