Cake and bread mixes are aimed at busy people who don’t have enough time to bake from scratch. Such mixes are popular among working people and students, but you’re usually better off baking from scratch. After all, you made a smart decision in buying the best bread making machine, so are you going to cheat yourself out of further pleasure by using only bread machine mixes with it? It is not difficult to put in raw ingredients like flour and yeast. If you think about it, the machine will do all the work for you, so you should devote your time and imagination to think of new flavors and additions to the bread. Don’t be lazy!