As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

With these delicious dessert recipes that lean on box cake mix, no one will know you had a little help from the baking aisle.

She whipped up a box of yellow cake mix and frosted it with a tub of chocolate frosting. Now, I make it from scratch: a rich yellow butter cake with lots of egg yolks, a generous glug of vanilla and a ...