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Step-by-Step Guide: How to Tier a Cake
Learn how to tier a cake with this easy step-by-step guide! From choosing the right tools to stacking layers perfectly, you'll get pro tips for making a stunning tiered cake.
Easy Caramel Banana Cake
Warm, nutty, buttery, loaded with caramelized bananas. . .this rich cake is perfect all year round!
Lemon Burst Cookies (Lemon Sugar Crinkle Cookies)
Light, fluffy, lemony. . .these Lemon Burst Cookies are absolutely perfect because they hit all of the spots!
Traditional German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan Frosting
If you love the sweet flavor of German Chocolate cake and you're nuts about coconut pecan frosting, you've definitely come to the right place! In this post I'm going to give you my tips and tricks for one of the...
Peanut Butter Nutella Sandwich Cookies
Peanut butter cookies sandwiched together with Nutella in-between and coated in semi-sweet chocolate wtih chunks of peanuts? Yes, please!
Apple Spice Skillet Cake
This apple spice cake is a no-bake recipe! It's made in a skillet on your stovetop. So easy, and so delicious, especially on a cold winters' day!
Easy Holiday Peppermint Bark
Minty, cool, sweet. . .this peppermint bark recipe is perfect, and not just at Christmas-time!
Cloud Bread Pavlova (sugar free)
This cloud bread "pavlova" is a healthy sweet treat. . .but sugar free!
Chocolate Covered Oreos Using a Mold
These chocolate covered Oreos are gorgeous, tasty, and so easy to make!
Easy Mexican Wedding Cookies (Snowballs)
These cookies go by different names. Some call them Mexican Wedding Cookies, some call them Snowballs. Some call them Pecan Sandies, others call them Pecan Balls. Some folks call these soft bites of wonderment Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian Tea...

About Janice
Let’s Step Out of the Box, Y’all!
If you love to bake and you’re looking for great hacks that start with a boxed mix, you’ve come to the right place! Out of the Box Baking is the brain-child of Janice Thompson (yours truly), an inspirational author of over 165 books and self-proclaimed cake and cookie expert.