21.   Cake mixes are convenient because you can simply dump all the ingredients in the bowl, mix and pour.

22.   Choosing the right cake mix is important.

23.   Combine cake mix, water, oil and eggs in large mixer bowl.

24.   Combine cake mix, oil, gelatin, apricot nectar, juice, lemon extract and egg yolks.

25.   Commercial cake mixes, like many convenience foods, arose from military and corporate research just before World War II.

26.   Copeland says Betty Crocker cake mixes now have illustrations on the back showing the number of eggs and the amount of oil and water to add.

27.   Debbie Erdmanczyk asks by e-mail for a cake made with apricot nectar and a cake mix.

28.   Decades of supermarket cake mixes have inflicted some real harm at home, of course.

29.   Fifty years ago this year, the first commercial cake mixes were introduced.

30.   For Cake, in a large bowl, combine cake mix and margarine at low speed until crumbly.