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Blueberry bundt cake from a mix: yellow cake jazzed up with lemon yogurt, applesauce, and 3 cups of fresh blueberries, with a hidden cinnamon-sugar-nut layer in the middle.

Lemon cake mix topped with a sweet ricotta and cinnamon spread that tastes just like cannoli filling. All the Italian bakery flavor with a fraction of the fuss. Dot with cherries for a festive finish.

Homemade birthday cake better than any store-bought cake.

A four-layer chocolate butter cake with ganache filling, whipped cream frosting, and a glossy dark chocolate glaze poured over the top. Bakery-level elegance made at home.

According to NBC sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, men and women behave very differently in the kitchen. "When men cook, it usually looks like a disaster area,"; says the former Minnesota Viking. ";And there's no rhyme or reason to what they make. My father sometimes cooked chicken for breakfast. And when he cooked, everything came out six times bigger than when Mom cooked.";

Chicken and Dumplings that is just like Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Hungarian pastry cookies made with a flaky sour cream dough, filled with prune lekvar or apricot preserves, folded into pockets, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Ricotta and cream cheese blend with amaretto liqueur and vanilla in this lighter cheesecake where a graham cracker crust supports creamy filling that's less dense than New York style but just as satisfying.

Buttery cranberry lemon scones with chunks of cold butter, dried cranberries, fresh lemon zest, and buttermilk. Eight golden wedges from one round of dough. A tea-time classic.

Rich chocolate Bundt cake made with Dutch process cocoa, espresso, buttermilk, and five eggs, topped with a glossy bittersweet chocolate glaze. A deeply chocolatey, bakery-quality cake.

Applejack apple slab pie bakes 25 sliced tart apples with cinnamon and butter between a shortening pastry crust in a sheet pan, then drizzles with a sweet cream glaze. Crowd-feeding holiday pie.

Peanut butter and jelly muffins with chunky peanut butter baked into buttermilk batter, then topped with melted jelly and chopped peanuts fresh from the oven.

No-bake blueberry torte layered with a vanilla wafer crust, rich buttercream filling, blueberry pie filling, and a thick layer of whipped cream. Comes together in 30 minutes with a quick chill, and it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

A soft, savory yeast bread baked in a casserole dish with cottage cheese, dill, and onion. No kneading required, just mix, rise, and bake for a tender homemade loaf with herb-flecked flavor.

Spiced apple bran muffins with shredded apple, walnuts, bran flakes, brown sugar, cloves, and nutmeg. Baked in 20 minutes for a hearty breakfast.

Oatmeal chocolate chip cake with cocoa, walnuts, and a double hit of chocolate chips baked into a dense, fudgy 9x13 sheet cake. No frosting needed.