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Figure 1 demonstrates the most efficient way to accomplish the mixing process.

Figure 1. Mixing Process
Now, perhaps the most important task in baking a cake is actually putting it in that big hot box known as an "oven." To prevent spilling catastrophes, the mix should be contained in a metal baking pan. These come in packs of 2 for the astonishingly low price of $2.50. You should grease it up first, and as you can see in Figure 2, this is an extraordinarily exciting process.

Figure 2. Greasing it up
Smiling and thumbs up is recommended, but not necissary. However, Figure 2 illustrates just how estatic one can get when it comes to non-stick cooking spray from Market Basket.
Then, the cake got baked, and that's the end of the line. Until it got eaten. I am a firm believer in the fact that the digestion process is truly the shining moment in its short yet sweet lifetime.