So I was eating Chocolate Cake for One tonight  and it occurred to me that this would be a great Christmas gift. You can mix up several different batches (i.e. yellow cake, chocolate cake, devil's food, lemon) so that you could give a "sampler" mix. You could even package it with a cute over-size mug to make it. (I just use a bowl -- the mug was sort of hard to use, but one of those soup mugs would work well, the more shallow wide kind. Keep in mind most people have WAY too many coffee mugs as it is, so look for something unique that would make them want to keep it.)
One problem? I'm not sure how long the mixes would stay good. I mix them together and store in tupperware and they've kept for months, but since the cake mix typically has some kind of fat, I imagine once you open it they might go bad.  So not sure about that one.
One other thing ... making this requires an egg white or Eggbeaters. What would make this even more awesome would be to figure out a way to make it work with a powdered egg substitute that you could mix in ahead of time. That way all the recipient would have to add would be water, and how cool is that? (I rarely buy Eggbeaters 'cause they're like quadruple the price of eggs, and I'm lazy enough that I hate the mess of cracking eggs.) I have some meringue powder in my cupboard, I should do some experimenting! 
Anyway, if you can figure out the perishable factor, I think this would be a terrific Christmas gift. You'd have to experiment with flavors. Most Jello puddings are safe, most Duncan Hines cake mixes are safe. I've tried several combinations. Next on my list is white cake mix (DH isn't safe, but I found a generic brand that is) with Jello white chocolate pudding mix!  I just made a batch today using DH dark chocolate fudge w/ Jello chocolate fudge mix. Very dark and chocolatey! Oh, and the different chocolate favors do produce different results. I am still pondering what something like butterscotch pudding mix with white cake mix would be, but every butterscotch mix I've found has dairy. 
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jen
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