Cooks of all caliber have used boxed pudding mix for decades to make their bakes taller, fluffier, and more moist. This "secret" ingredient makes even a novice baker look like a pro.

As a child, my grandmother would make this exact chocolate pudding pie for our Sunday family gatherings. The moment she’d ...

One of my favorite desserts growing up was my aunt’s chocolate-amaretto bundt cake. It’s rich and fudgy crumb, speckled with melty chocolate chips and perfumed with a faint almond aroma, was unlike ...