This classic coffee cake is filled with pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon and drizzled with a sweet glaze.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cakes with Yellow Cake Mix
Start with a box of yellow cake mix and using the recipes below create a new gourmet favorite! No need to bake 100% from scratch (and no one will know you cheated and used a mix!). Delicious cakes can be made easy.
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Sock It To Me Cake
7-Up Cobbler Bake
A delicious dessert with only three ingredients. Cherry pie filling is topped with dry yellow cake mix and 7-up soda is poured over the top then baked until done.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Cherry Dump Cake
Dump cakes are not only easy to make, but everyone loves them! This version is made with cherry pie filling that's topped with dry yellow cake mix and pecans.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Applesauce Cake With Cake Mix
This simple 3-ingredient Bundt cake is amazing! Made with just cake mix, eggs, and applesauce yet turns out flavorful and moist.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Hummingbird Cake
This cake is a Southern favorite and is made with cake mix, mashed banana, crushed pineapple, nuts and frosted with a rich cream cheese frosting.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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Cheesecake with Cake Mix
Cheesecake with a twist! The crust is made from dry cake mix and it also uses cake mix in the cheesecake batter. Top with your choice of fruit pie filling flavor.
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Sinful Cinnamon Bundt Cake
This delicious cake mix cake has ribbons of cinnamon running through it.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cake Mix Carrot Cake
A light carrot cake made with yellow cake mix, shredded carrots, pineapple, and spices and topped with cream cheese frosting
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Copycat Sara Lee Butter Coffee Cake
Make your own copycat version of Sara Lee's famous butter coffee cake starting with a box of yellow cake mix.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
7-up Cake
7-up replaces the liquid in the cake batter, giving it a lighter texture and slight citrus flavor.
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Cake Mix Banana Pound Cake
Pound cake made easy. It calls for yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, mashed bananas and spices.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Frangelico Rum Cake
Made with pecans, sugar, instant vanilla pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, rum, Frangelico liqueur, yellow cake mix
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Jell-O Poke Cake
Poke cakes let the topping sink down into the cake creating layers of flavor (and a fun design when you cut into them)
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Beach Cake
Unwinding at home can sure feel luxurious with a slice of beach cake in hand. By the time you finish making it, you might find yourself dreaming of sandy shores and sunshine.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cake Mix Coffeecake
There's nothing quite like a warm, freshly-baked coffee cake. This recipe uses a yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, and sour cream for an easy version that tastes like homemade.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Dutch Oven Dump Cobbler
Fruit cobbler is one of the most delicious and easy-to-make desserts that you can prepare using a Dutch oven.
Method: campfire, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Sour Cream Swirl Cake
This recipe is a great example of how you can dress up a simple box of cake mix to taste like homemade
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Daffodil Cake
Made with nuts, cool whip, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, milk, cream cheese, instant vanilla pudding mix
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Lemon Pudding Pound Cake
The lemon flavor in this cake really pops. Yellow cake mix with lemon pudding mix in the batter yields a delicious cake, topped with a sweet lemon glaze.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Graham-Streusel Coffee Cake
Made with graham cracker crumbs, pecans or walnuts, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, butter or margarine, yellow or white cake mix, water, oil, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Boston Cream Cake
Made with salt, vanilla extract, butter, water, cocoa powder, yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, sugar, cornstarch
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Black Russian Cake
A moist blend of yellow cake and chocolate pudding mix, spiced up with Kahlua and vodka. Topped with a Kahlua glaze, this cake is perfect for any occasion.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Strawberry Dump Cake
Dump cakes are made by topping a fruit filling with dry cake mix then baking. This version uses strawberry pie filling combined with crushed pineapple.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Easy Cinnamon Nut Cake
Whip up this delightful cinnamon nut cake using a basic yellow cake mix, enhanced with layers of crunchy walnuts and warm cinnamon.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Rum Bundt Cake
A rich and moist rummy cake batter gets baked in a Bundt pan and glazed with a sweet rum icing. You'll never know it started with a box of yellow cake mix!
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
This iconic whiskey is a "Jack of all trades" when it comes to cooking. Toss it in some pasta, as a savory dipping sauce, and even bake it into something sweet.
Ah, the unassuming envelope of onion soup mix. It's more than just for onion soup (or dip). It adds tremendous flavor (and convenience) in all these recipes.
Love buffalo wings? Get that same hot, zippy flavor in everything from deviled eggs to enchiladas. And of course: wings.