All my life I have been making different kinds of cakes and now have outgrown the entire process of beating, creaming and mixing cake batters. With ready cake mixes available in the market making elaborate cakes now require no pre- planning and life seems to be much more easier and quicker. Just combine the cake mix with the ingredients mentioned on the packet and bake. An extremely spongy cake is ready in no time! Serve it layered with icings, fresh cream, fruits or flavoured custard.

This is the time to create your own signature cake recipe using one of the cake mixes from Betty Crocker or Pillsbury. The three best recipes will each win exciting prizes worth Rs. 1,000 from Betty Crocker and will be entitled to win a free copy of my latest book Eggless Desserts. Just mail your entries to my Mumbai office* along with the empty pack of cake mix by 20th December 2005.

Try your level best whip up a gooey chocolate cake, sizzling scrumptious brownies embellished with honey icing, or nuts and fruits which you always thought involved a very tedious process.

Check out the given recipes for some inspiration.

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*Sanjay & Co.: A1, 353 Shah & Nahar Industrial Estate, Dhanraj Mills Compound, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai 400 013,