Baking a cake, while rewarding, can be difficult and time-consuming. On the other hand, buying a store-bought cake with no customizations can make the event it's served at, especially one like a child ...

Since childhood, the visage of Costco's bakery has reverberated in my mind's eye as a happy place full of giant muffins, croissants sweating slightly in their plastic clamshell, and the grocery outlet ...