The Cake Mix Doctor

By doctoring up packaged cake mix with just the right extras-a touch of sweet butter here, cocoa powder there, or poppy seeds, vanilla yogurt, sherry, eggs, and grated lemon zest for the Charleston Poppy Seed Cake-even the least experienced baker can turn out luscious signature desserts, time after time. The proof is in the taste, and the taste never stops-from Toasted Coconut Sour Cream Cake to Devilishly Good Chocolate Cake; from a to-die-for Caramel Cake and a Holiday Yule Log to cheesecakes, coffee cakes, sheet cakes, pound cakes, bars, brownies, and those all-important frostings, here are 175 fast, foolproof recipes. No one will believe these cakes came out of a box!