Its a nostalgic, widely available, and affordable classic.

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Every year I make my children’s birthday cake from scratch.

I always assumed they didn’t like cake.

Overhead view of a hand using a spreader to frost over a single layer of chocolate cake in a square metal baking pan all on a marble countertop

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Or maybe it’s because I exposed them to vegetables first rather than fruit.

Turns out that my kids don’t like MY cakethe one from scratch.

Was I mildly offended?

Box of Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Devil’s Food Cake Mix on a green and blue speckled background

Simply Recipes / Duncan Hines

Which cake to buy!

If we switch from scratch-made cake to boxed cake mix, it at least has to taste good!

At$1.47 a box, its very hard to beat the price.

Once it cooled, shed dust it with powdered sugar, and life was good.

The experts I spoke to agreed about the nostalgic flavor of this mix.

Sheehan said, My favorite chocolate cake mix is Duncan Hines Devils Food Chocolate Cake.

The cake is moist and chocolatey and the crumb is light and soft.

Similarly, Fiorentino pointed out its a favorite in her family, too.

And my dad wants it every year for his birthday because it reminds him of childhood.

I am totally here for boxed cake mix as Im much more of a cook than a baker.

She loves it for its reliability and consistency.

Its worth noting how easy it is to pick up a box of this stuff.

This box is widely available, even at convenience stores and pharmacies.

Splawn agrees by saying, My go-to brand of cake mix is Duncan Hines!

It is usually the cheapest, and it is so easy to find.

The Devil’s Food variety is my go-to for chocolate!

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