Duncan Hines Complete Cake Mix Magic [Spiral-bound]

Jill Snider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2005

The 300 best cake mix recipes, in a new concealed wiro format!

Cake Mix Magic and Cake Mix Magic 2 have sold a total of 300,000 copies and still continue to sell. The books' winning recipes transform a basic cake mix into a great cake that tastes homemade, simply by adding a few readily available ingredients.

Complete Cake Mix Magic combines these two original cookbooks with 30 new recipes, and is now full color throughout.

Here is a selection of the great cakes:

• Single-Layer Cakes: Apple Crisp Cake, Triple Lemon Cake, Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake
• Multi-Layer Cakes: Black Forest Cake, Apricot Hazelnut Cake, Mocha Toffee Cake
• Tube and Bundt Cakes: Chocolate Macaroon Ring Cake, Butterscotch Swirl, Hummingbird Cake
• Special Occasion Cakes: Choo Choo Train Birthday Cake, Chocolate Yule Log, Pumpkin Pie Squares
• Cookies: Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Crispy Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Hazelnut Biscotti
• Bars and Squares: Raspberry Dream Bars, Toffee Chocolate Bars, Cherry Cheesecake Bars
• Frosting, Fillings and Glazes: Very Peanut Buttery Frosting, Chocolate Ganache, Lemon Butter Cream

These 300 recipes provide results that taste homemade in less than half the time it would take to bake from scratch. Practical tips and techniques throughout the book ensure perfect results every time.

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Editorial Reviews

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I highly recommend Complete Cake Mix Magic -- I promise, you WILL shine! (Irene Watson Reader Views )

Illustrates that no hocus-pocus is required to consistently produce outstanding results with a minimum of time and effort. (Trenton Trentonian )

About the Author

Jill Snider was the Test Kitchen Manager for a major North American flour maker for 25 years. She is a recipe developer and food stylist and lives in Toronto, Canada.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 287 pages
• Publisher: Robert Rose (August 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 077880125X
• ISBN-13: 978-0778801252
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as the "Cake mix Doctor", August 4, 2008

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D. Matlack "Guidedog" (in Wild Wyoming) - See all my reviews
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Only not as extensive or suggestive as the Cake mix Doctor.

However, this is a nicely chosen selection of dessert recipes designed to jazz up your standard cake-mix. I would say I am more partial to this over the Cake-Rx books for three reasons:

1.) The book has color pictures, call me immature, but if I'm too lazy to make a cake from scratch, I'm going to want color pictures/diagrams to show me what I should have come up with.

2.) The recipes are easier to read. The layout is concise and the bold print lends a helping hand to "tired eyes".

3.) And this is a big one: the book lies perfectly flat when in use. Even after I broke the spine of my Cake-Rx book to lie flat the pages still danced about on their own accord. That really annoyed me.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT CAKE BOOK!, August 25, 2008

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K. Lohr "wickedly good!" - See all my reviews
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Since purchasing, I have used this book over and over again. Recipes are simple and the cakes turn out delicous each time!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best One!, April 7, 2010

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Joan Ross (Jupiter, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I have read, and own many cookbooks based on boxed mixes. This is definitely the best!