> seem cake mix in stores my whole life

I checked my lagest local grocery store chain and they do have one brand of cake mixes. They never really crossed my mind before.

Chocolate chip and two types of pundcake.... though that's both among the simplest baking recipies so i still don't quite see the point.

There's also pre-made pie dough, that i could see using.

Pie dough is quite simple, but I imagine they use some chemistry to improve, as per the other food chemistry posts...

	▲	aDyslecticCrow a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yes and no. Its usually butter based dough needing to be kneaded finely and left to rest an hour before use, prefferably pre-baked in pan before adding filling for best result. You can get it quite quick with a food processor or a kitchenaid mixer, but kneading such a dough by hand and having the time to let rest, flatten with a rolling pin and pre-bake in pan, push pie up a bit in the effort ranking. So i feel there is real value in quickly putting a pre-flattened doough sheet in a pan, especially if some chemistry can skip the pre-bake step. So i see the appeal much more for this product over pound cake mix which is just four, sugar, egg and leveling agent.