cake mix
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- noun
- /keɪk mɪks/
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- In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, milk, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla.
- packaged cake mix
- box of cake mix
- buy cake mix
Add sour cream to cake mix for richness and flavor.
- Add sour cream to cake mix for richness and flavor.
- OK, I'm going to put the cake mix in now.
- So she ends up getting a cake mix for it and that's the recipe we were going to do.
- After graduating from Harvard, Steve wound up selling Duncan Hines cake mixes, which I mean, let's be honest, they sell themselves.
- All right, so the first thing I'm going to do is pour the cake mix from the box cake into the bowl.
Examples
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Add sour cream to cake mix for richness and flavor.
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I found a box of cake mix in the cupboard, Frank.
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Mix cake mix, water, oil and eggs in a large bowl.
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Mix the cake mix with the soda according to the regular instructions on the box.
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In a separate bowl, combine cake mix with water and beat until thoroughly blended (about 2 minutes).
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I picked the Betty Crocker brand, but any white cake mix will do.
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Just throw the cake mix into the cart or we'll miss the train.
Synonyms
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A packet of dry ingredients you add liquid to
A packet of ingredients for bread or cakes that needs only a little extra
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'cake' (the baked dessert) + 'mix' (a prepared mixture); a learner who knows both words can infer it is a mixture for making a cake, typically a packaged product. This noun-compounding pattern (X mix = a mix for making X) is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so the expression is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Cake mix comes from the idea of a ready mix for making a cake: companies packed dry, already measured ingredients in a box so you only had to add water or eggs. That's why it means 'a packaged mixture that makes baking a cake quick and easy'.