Part of Duncan Hines' retro "Early American" line of ... As the ad says, "You get cake mix and pudding mix both in one package" to make for a fantastically delicious and decadent dessert.

This beauty immediately conjures up visions of '50s and '60s kitsch, but the recipe has been around for close to 100 years now. Though usually a one-layer cake, this Duncan Hines double-layer ...

It appears as though shrinkflation is coming for boxed cake mixes. You may have seen the change in size for yourself or ...

This plum pudding recipe involves cooking the cake in a water bath (or “bain marie”) inside a covered stockpot; the boiling water and steam keep the pudding incredibly moist despite the hours ...

Though made famous by the show, the chocolate cake is a star in its own right and won over our recipe testers and editors with its airy chocolate mousse filling, cocoa-forward frosting ...

Although adding the mincemeat gives both an extra dimension and flavour, feel free to leave it out and rely instead on the naked cake itself to create the Christmas pudding appearance.

If you can’t get hold of the value sponge cake mix, use another chocolate sponge mix. You will need 300g/10½oz of the made-up batter for a 1 litre/1¾fl oz pudding basin. Use value milk ...

Nico Hines covered U.S. politics in Washington, D.C. for The Times of London and was London Bureau Chief for Newsweek before becoming The Daily Beast World Editor. As a foreign correspondent he ...