How To Cake It. Cake Mix Showdown! Testing Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, and More! Posted: 18 July 2025 \| Last updated: 18 July ...

It’s a boxed cake battle royale! We taste-test three of the most iconic cake mixes — Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, and Dolly Parton’s Southern-style mix — to find out which one truly delivers ...

That might not be a problem if you’re using that cake mix to make the cake according to the back-of-the-box instructions -- which is going to turn out noticeably smaller, by the way.

Aldi’s entry into the boxed-cake-mix game, Baker’s Corner Classic Yellow Cake Mix, is a winner. It makes attractive cake layers with balanced flavor for pennies per ounce.

Boxed cake mix is designed to be delicious even if you foul up the liquid measurements. I ran some tests to find out how far you can go.

The new Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Celebrations Cake Mix is available now in the baking aisle at Walmart, with more national retailers coming soon. The product retails at Walmart for $3.98 (19.4 oz Box).

It tasted good! All thanks to an ingenious food scientist at Pillsbury who came up with a brand-new recipe for a very old frosting mix. I had not been excited about baking the Tunnel of Fudge again.

Food It Was Once America’s Favorite Cake. Why Is It Now Impossible to Bake? The “Tunnel of Fudge” was a beloved midcentury Bundt—but making it today drove me to the brink of madness.