Transform Boxed Cake Mix with These 27 Genius Recipes
Think baking a gourmet dessert has to be complicated? Think again. With a simple box of cake mix, you can create desserts that rival any bakery’s offerings. If you’re in the mood for gooey cookies, rich cakes, or something in between, these boxed cake mix recipes turn basic ingredients into something extraordinary. Perfect for when time is short or you just want to make dessert a little easier without sacrificing flavor.
Strawberry Lemonade Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
One of the best things about these strawberry lemonade cake mix crinkle cookies is how simple they are to make. Using lemon cake mix makes light work of this recipe. These lemon and strawberry cookies are so good. Pink lemonade crinkle cookies are always a hit!
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Funfetti Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
Funfetti and buttercream ice cream cone cupcakes are fun and cute. These homemade cake cones are easy to make using Funfetti cake mix.
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Valentine Crinkle Cookies
I made these Valentine Crinkle Cookies for Valentine’s Day. These cake mix cookies are the best easy Valentine’s crinkle cookies. Pink cookies with pink hearts are definitely the way to celebrate with your Valentine.
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Cherry Cheesecake Icebox Cake
Not only is this cherry cheesecake icebox cake super-simple to prepare and assemble. It’s also really fruity, creamy and delicious.
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Boston Cream Poke Cake
Get ready to fall in love with this amazingly rich and delicious Boston cream poke cake, as it will definitely be love at first bite.
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Cake Mix Coffee Cake
This easy yet impressive cake mix coffee cake is so easy to whip up. The cake is moist and light, and the streusel layer is really tasty too!
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Chocolate Peppermint Cake
If you want a delicious holiday cake that has minimal ingredients is easy to whip up and is absolutely delicious then you need this Chocolate Peppermint Cake!
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Easy Cake Mix Cookie Bars
It is easy to make Cake Mix Cookie Bars with just a few staple ingredients! These cookie bars are chewy, delightfully cakey, and rich.
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Peanut Butter Cake With Cake Mix
Loved by everyone who makes it, this peanut butter cake has been made in dozens of homes, and is always a huge hit. It’s the easiest peanut butter cake recipe you’ll ever make, because it starts with a store bought cake mix!
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Strawberry Earthquake Cake
Super easy, flavorful and fun this Strawberry Earthquake Cake is a breeze to whip up and is swirled with a delicious cheesecake and strawberry filling.
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Gooey Honey Bun Cake
This Honey Bun Cake recipe is a simple and buttery cake has a cinnamon spiced swirl and a sticky sweet glaze! Just like a honeybun!
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Red Velvet Cookies
These easy red velvet cookies start with a cake mix and are loaded with white chocolate chips. A simple yet impressive cookie that yields fabulous results. Sometimes you just want a quick and easy treat without spending hours in the kitchen. These chewy red velvet cookies couldn’t be any easier to make. They’re an eye-catching dessert that everyone goes crazy over on Christmas or Valentine’s Day! And it all starts with a red velvet cake mix.
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Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
These Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are made from a few simple ingredients and are so delicious. They are topped with a drizzle of white chocolate and sprinkles, making them perfect for Valentine’s Day or any time you need a quick and easy dessert!
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Birthday Cake Blondies (Made With Cake Mix) Recipe
Birthday Cake Blondies combine rainbow sprinkles, a yellow box cake mix, and 4 pantry staple ingredients to make a deliciously chewy treat!
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Lemon Cheesecake Loaf
This easy Lemon Cheesecake Loaf recipe is the perfect dessert for lemon lovers. It combines an easy shortcut of lemon cake mix and instant lemon pudding for a light and tangy base, and the cheesecake filling is swirled throughout the loaf for a delicious surprise in every bite. The cake is topped with a simple tangy and sweet icing, adding the perfect finishing touch.
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Apple Cranberry Cobbler
This cranberry apple cobbler topped with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream is one of my favorite desserts. This recipe is asy to make, you can turn an ordinary cake mix into this extraordinary cranberry apple cobbler dessert.
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Quick Copycat Piecaken
Piecaken is a pecan pie, topped with a pumpkin pie, topped with a spice cake, topped with frosting and apple pie filling. It’s fantastic.
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Lemon Blueberry Dump Cake
Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect dessert for spring! With both gluten-free and refined sugar-free options and made with just five ingredients, this is the perfect recipe to fit all your baking needs.
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Fudgy Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies
These rich and fudgy red velvet cake mix brownies are easy to make with only 4 ingredients. White chocolate chips add even more flavor!
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Funfetti Cake Mix Whoopie Pies
Not only are these funfetti cake mix whoopie pies a lot of fun to make but they’re also really easy. Oh, and they taste really good as well!
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Easy Chocolate Cake
The best chocolate cake from a box couldn’t be easier, thanks to 4 simple tweaks that take that mix to the next level!
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Dump Cake
A dump cake is a quick and effortless fruit dessert with canned pie filling and a cake mix topping. It’s a crowd-pleaser and freezes well.
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Birthday Cake Mix Waffles
Cake mix waffles are the best birthday breakfast. Doused in whipped cream, maple syrup and sprinkles. these waffles are easy and fun to make!
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Red Velvet Cookies
Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Cookies are an easy-to-make dessert with a boxed cake mix base that is decorated with chocolate and sprinkles!
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Puppy Cake Pops
These puppy cake pops are not only super cute, they’re actually extremely delicious, with a peanut butter and chocolate flavor combo.
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Apple Spice Dump Cake
Our Apple Spice Dump Cake is an instant hit – sweet, moist, and a breeze to prepare. Enjoy this delicious blend of sweet apple filling, spicy cake mix, and a pop of fizzy ginger ale, creating a textured and flavorful dessert.
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Coconut Cream Poke Cake
If you want to bite into something heavenly and tropical, this coconut cream poke cake tastes like paradise! And it’s easy to prepare.
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