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April 11, 2016

25 amazing cake mix hack recipes

Ok, I’m generally a from-scratch kind of girl, but when it comes to cakes, I’m totally cool with starting with a boxed mix. With a little love, those boxes produce pretty darn good cakes. What’s even better is that with the right recipe, they can produce all sorts of other delicious desserts, from donuts and cookies to waffles and bars and truffles and muffins and sweet rolls, oh my! Here are 25 amazing cake mix hacks: recipes that are as easy as they are amazing thanks to a boxed cake mix.

25 delicious cake mix hacks. These delicious cake mix recipes are easy and turn out amazing!

Note: If you’d like to pin a photo below, please click through to the original blog post to do so. Feel free to pin the collage image above to remember where to find all these recipes in one place – thanks!

1. Orange cake mix sweet rolls from No. 2 Pencil.

orange cake mix sweet rolls in a pan

2. Funfetti gooey bars from Crazy for Crust.

funfetti gooey bars stacked up

3. Cake mix donuts from It’s Always Autumn.

three cake mix donuts stacked up on a table

4. Red velvet pound cake from The Recipe Critic.

red velvet pancake slices

5. Chocolate hazelnut cake mix bars from Cookies and Cups.

chocolate hazelnut cake mix bars

6. Cake mix waffles from Cooking Classy.

chocolate waffles with strawberries and cream

7. Cake mix cookies from It’s Always Autumn.

chocolate cake mix cookie broken in half on a cooling rack

8. Peanut Butter cup cookie bars from The Gunny Sack.

peanut butter cup cookie bars made with a cake mix

9. Red Velvet brownies from No. 2 Pencil.

red velvet brownie dusted with powdered sugar

10. Cake mix lemon bars from Oh My…Sprinkles!

cake mix lemon bar dusted with powdered sugar

11. Blueberry dump cake from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom.

blueberry dump cake

12. Heavenly lemon cookies from It’s Always Autumn.

these crazy delicious lemon cookies only take a few minutes to make since they start with a cake mix

13. Chocolate ooey gooey cake from I am Baker.

Slice of chocolate ooey gooey cake on a plate

14. No bake cake batter truffles from Deliciously Sprinkled.

Cake batter truffles covered in white chocolate and pink sprinkles

15. Pumpkin pie cake from It’s Always Autumn.

easy pumpkin pie cake recipe: this is even better than pumpkin pie! great for holiday dinners because it serves 20.

16. Lemon cake truffles from Butter with a Side of Bread.

lemon cake truffles covered with with chocolate on a cake stand

17. Cake mix peanut butter brownies from Today’s Creative Blog.

peanut butter brownies on a red napkin

18. Mini cake batter cheesecakes from Catch My Party.

mini cake batter cheesecakes with whipped cream and sprinkles

19. Chocolate raspberry magic bars from Back for Seconds.

chocolate raspberry magic bars

20. Cake batter cheese ball from Like Mother Like Daughter.

cake batter cheeseball covered in sprinkles with vanilla wafers

21. Chess squares from Kevin and Amanda.

chess square dessert on a plate

22. 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins from Double the Batch.

pumpkin muffins

23. Sour cream coffee cake from La Creme de la Crumb.

sour cream coffee cake with cinnamon sugar topping

24. Earthquake cake from Cookies and Cups.

Cake mix hacks! 25 amazing easy recipes that start with a box cake mix: donuts, bars, waffles, cookies, muffins, truffles, and more!

25. Peanut butter cookie dough cupcakes from Crazy Little Projects.

peanut butter cookie dough filled chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting

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Chocolate cream cheese bundt cake

you won't believe how easy it is to make this chocolate cream cheese bundt cake! it starts with a cake mix, and it ends up amazing.

Decadent double chocolate banana bread

double chocolate banana bread loaf on a cooling rack

collage of desserts made with cake mixes

collage of desserts made from a cake mix

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  1. leslie reis says

    October 18, 2016 at 9:51 am

    How do I get the recipes???

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    • autumn says

      October 19, 2016 at 7:47 am

      Hi Leslie. If you click on the link above each photo it will take you to the blog post that has the recipe for that photo. Thanks!

      Reply
  2. leslie reis says

    October 18, 2016 at 9:50 am

    Am I stupid? I can’t get the recipes and the pictures are so great. can you telll me what I have done wrong

    Reply

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