Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and was advertised as the first "ready-mix" cooking product.
1909 ad showing unidentified actor as Aunt Jemima, and rag doll family promotion
1935 Quaker Oats magazine advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancake mix, featuring Anna Robinson as Aunt Jemima
"Jemima" character on 1899 cakewalk sheet music cover
1920 Saturday Evening Post ad with N.C. Wyeth illustration
A baking mix is a mixed formulation of ingredients used for the cooking of baked goods. Baking mixes may be commercially manufactured or homemade. Baking mixes that cater to particular dietary needs, such as vegan, gluten-free, or kosher baking mixes, can be bought in many places.
The contents of a chocolate cake baking mix
Duncan Hines baking cake mix being mixed together
Betty Crocker orange madeira cake mix, New Zealand, 1940s-70s.
Grain elevators at the Chelsea Milling Company, manufacturer of Jiffy mix products, in Chelsea, Michigan