Americans eat a lot of cake from boxes — 214 million were sold last ... We gave each panelist a bowl of vanilla buttercream frosting to spread on top, to get the most accurate read on how ...

The box also had instructions for an egg ... The cake wasn't too sweet but also didn't taste strongly of any vanilla. With frosting, the cake felt balanced as the frosting added the perfect ...

Initially, he followed a recipe from his mother, Kathy Pinsky: a combination of pistachio pudding mix and boxed vanilla cake. It was too sweet. Then, he made it entirely from scratch.