Cake Mix Creations

No need to turn on the hot oven! Make a cake right in your air fryer. Quick, simple and delicious. My youngest child is 11 years old. He really loves to bake. He loves to bake so much that I gave him a section over at Table for Seven. He is “My Budding Baker”. Every …

Making a layer cake in your instant pot is simple! All you need is a box of your favorite cake mix and your creativity. When I decided to bake a cake in my instant pot, I was hesitant.  I mean, a cake?  A layer cake?  In my instant pot?  Yep. Well, like the brownies..I was …

The delightful combination of chocolate and mint make up these soft bars. Be warned – it’s impossible to eat just one! Ingredients Needed: Chocolate cake mix Butter Egg Water Plain gelatin powder Powdered sugar Shortening Mint extract Chocolate chips Green food coloring (optional) Chocolate Cake Mix: Any brand or chocolate variety will work. Just be sure …

An easy and fruity cobbler cooked in your crock pot. You only need a few simple ingredients for this delicious dessert and it tastes even better served with cold vanilla ice cream! Berry season is in full swing in my area and I am taking full advantage of it. Strawberries, blueberries and raspberries have been …

Take a shortcut with your red velvet cookies! These start with a cake mix and are filled with mini marshmallows, chocolate chips and mint candies. Ingredients Needed: Red velvet cake mix Butter Eggs Chocolate chips Mini Marshmallows bits Peppermint crunch candies Sprinkles Mini Marshmallow Bites: These are not regular mini marshmallows. They are dehydrated mini …

A moist chocolate cake bursting with rainbow colors and fun sprinkles! A cake that is simple to create, but, makes a big impression. My Budding Baker is back again! Today, he made you guys this crazy fun and delicious rainbow cake. It’s really easy to make, but, does have a few steps, so, let’s get …

Soft chocolate cookies that start with a cake mix. Plus, they are filled with creamy peanut butter and chocolate chips! I can’t believe how long it has been since we’ve done a Budding Baker post! The last one was Cake Batter Truffles and they were a crazy huge hit at my house. Today, My Budding …

Fun and festive! Soft red velvet cookies that start out with a cake mix and need just three simple additional ingredients to create. My Budding Baker has made up a batch of cookies for your holiday enjoyment. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are a cinch to make and are just about the perfect cookie for this …

Soft cake batter bars with a creamy chocolate filling. They are crazy good and no, you won’t be able to “leave them alone.” ; ) Holy Cow! These bars are really delicious and quite addicting. The title “can’t leave alone” is spot on. The Ingredients List: White cake mix ( just the dry mix) Eggs …

4 layers of chocolaty goodness that’s filled with a fluffy vanilla custard and topped with a creamy chocolate frosting. My Budding Baker has made you guys a cake ⬇️ A four layer chocolate cake that’s filled with vanilla custard and topped with a creamy whipped chocolate frosting. It’s a semi-homemade cake, which means, yes, we …

Dive into a moist chocolate cupcake with a little less guilt. Made with fresh spinach, egg whites and a cake mix…a delicious sweet treat! Cupcake time 🧁 🧁 😋 Let me just get right to it ⇢ ⇢ NO, these cupcakes do not taste like spinach. But, they are deeeeeelicious. Plus, you only need five …

Grab a cake mix, then, get to baking this fun and festive bundt cake! An easy cake that is not only delicious, but, a great activity for baking with kids. For Budding Baker’s final recipe of the year, he made you guys a bundt cake. A bundt cake that is totally exploding with all things …

Soft, fun cakes that taste just like the boxed treat. You won’t be able to eat just one! A few months ago, I came across a really amazing and simple dessert over at Mighty Mrs. It looked delicious and I just had to give it a try. Angela made a Twinkie bundt cake, but, I’m …

Yep, you just need three ingredients for this moist, chocolaty bread. Have it for dessert or a sweet treat for breakfast. A few years ago, I shared Two Ingredients Muffins here on the blog. We still make them to this day and adore them. For a switch up, I decided to take the same idea …

Jazz up your ordinary box of cake mix and make an amazing cake that tastes just like your favorite homemade recipe. A few additional ingredients give this cake a moist texture and a delicious chocolate taste. Creamy chocolate buttercream frosting makes it even better! I ❤️ 💚 💛 cake mixes. Of course, if you have …

Chocolate Whoopie Pie Cake with Marshmallow Filling! It’s a fun whoopie pie..but, in cake form! Two layers of delicious chocolate cake with a fluffy marshmallow filling and a smooth chocolate frosting. An awesome cake for a special dessert and can feed a crowd. Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Marshmallow Filling is a pretty popular recipe here …

Soft cake with an amazing pumpkin spice flavor! It starts with a cake mix and is baked in your crock pot. It’s topped with a creamy cheese frosting and crunchy walnuts. You need this one on your holiday dessert menu! TGIF! Let’s have cake..in the crock pot! This cake is amazingly easy and perfect for …

Attention citrus lovers! A soft,lemon cake with a sweet orange glaze baked in your iron skillet. I purchased my iron skillet about 4 years ago and use it all the time. I love it and have been using  it regularly ever since. If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you …

Fun, festive and just in time for Christmas! Ingredients Needed: Vanilla Cake Mix: Any brand or vanilla/butter/white variety will work. Just be sure to stick with a “standard” size box of cake mix. Anywhere from 15-18 oz is fine. Plain Greek Yogurt: If desired, it can be replaced with sour cream. Oil: Use a neutral tasting oil. …

Double Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake is a chocolate lovers dream! Double chocolate cake with a fudge filling and frosting. Friends, welcome to a new week! I made you a cake. Chocolate layer cake. Double chocolate layer cake. I know what you are thinking and yes, it is really good. Yes, this is typically “pumpkin and …

Chocolate cake topped with chocolate chips, vanilla frosting and caramel soaked right in! Hello internet friends! How was your weekend? Ours was really nice, kinda busy and super warm. It was about 90 degrees. Thank goodness for air conditioning. 😌 On Saturday, we had our local summertime parade. It is the first neighborhood we have …

Peppermint Layer Cake is a soft white cake loaded with peppermint. Perfect for the holiday season! I’m kinda proud of myself this holiday season. My Christmas shopping is done. Well, sorta. All my kids gifts are done with the exception of their stocking stuff. The kids are the major part of my shopping and to …

Chocolate Marble Gooey Butter Cake is so good and gooey! The classic butter cake with a swirl of chocolate. I mentioned a few months ago, that, over the summer, we had a big, family reunion with my Mom’s side of the family. Lots and lots of cousins and lots and lots of food. My older …

Amazing chocolate cake topped with marshmallows and super fudgy frosting! Is it really August? Summer sure has flown by! My husband will be back to work in just about 2 weeks already. Crazy. It seems like it was just Memorial Day. I guess it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. We have been super …

An easy and delicious Banana Bread Dump Cake with white chocolate and tons of banana flavor! Thank goodness it’s Friday! You know, TGIF and all of that. Whew..it’s been a week. Nothing too overly stressful, but, busy. Lazy days of summer?! That person obviously has never been to my house. A sick kid, loads of …

A moist pumpkin cake with a crunchy top. Don’t forget to add a dollop of whipped cream for the finishing touch…it’s a must! This cake is probably the quickest and easiest pumpkin cake you will make for the entire fall season. Dump Cake? Yes, because, we are “dumping” many of the ingredients in the pan. …

Soft cookies with cream cheese and butter! Using a cake mix gives you a nice shortcut for these amazing cookies. Well, I’m stumped with a bit of writer’s block today. I keep staring at these cookies and hope that something besides “wow, they are super good!” comes to me. But, alas, it’s not. In my …

Delicious brownies made right from a simple box of cake mix! Today, we have brownies! Yes, you could just buy a box of brownie mix. But, imagine you have a brownie emergency and no way to get out to buy anything you need to make homemade brownies or brownie mix. It could happen. Ingredients List: …

Take a shortcut with your banana bread! Use a cake mix! If you haven’t noticed, I’m borderline obsessed with cake mixes lately. Like here. And here. Also, here. Obsessed, I tell ya! Today’s cake mix recipe is another easy peasy one, guys.  Banana bread.  Mm..or is it banana cake? It’s made with a cake mix, …

Soft cookie bars that require zero effort and taste amazing! Proving that, yes, it’s OK to be lazy with your baking. These have been flying around Pinterest for a loongg time and I finally decided to give them whirl a few weeks ago. You see, my oldest son is a total dessert fanatic (wonder where …

An easy cake that starts with a cake mix and is filled with fresh sweet rhubarb and strawberry flavor. Top it off with a dollop of whipped cream for the perfect finishing touch. I never realized the joys of rhubarb until a few years back. We moved into our new home and smacked dab in …

Grab a box of cake mix and make some doughnuts! Easy, versatile and baked..not fried! Making homemade doughnuts is a cinch with this recipe. After doing some checking, I realized that there hasn’t’ been a main dish recipe posted here since March?! Can that be right? Well, there was some Broccoli Salad, but, that’s more …

Two ingredients muffins?! Yes..for real. These may possibly  not be muffins. Some may call them cupcakes. I wasn’t too sure what to call them. Perhaps, it depends on the flavor you chose when you make them? Mine, of course, are chocolate.  Yours? They could pretty much be any kind you want. That is the great …

A light layered cake with a creamy filling and topped with a generous dusting of powdered sugar. It’s mirrored after the classic bakery coffee cake and can feed a crowd! Growing up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, a favorite at the local bakery was Swedish Flop. It wasn’t a cake, it was a coffee …

Soft, simple dinner rolls that start with a cake mix! Yes, another recipe this week that has cake mix. Don’t hate me,OK? It’s only a little bit of cake mix..nearly a smidgen. This time we are putting it into some dinner rolls. Yes we are, and you guys should be really excited. Because,these are soooo …

All you need is 3 ingredients for this delicious and fun dip! Let’s face it, sometimes the best part of the cake is the batter, right? Admit it You sneak a few swipes from the bowl before you pour it into the pan, don’t you? No judging here. You can count me in on that one. …

Simple, fun, no bake granola bars made with cake batter and loaded with white chocolate chips. Last week, I was sharing about our pursuit into home ownership. We had a bid accepted on a giant 100 year old house. Well, the inspection took place over the weekend. It was a little nerve racking. Apparently, our …

A moist chocolate pudding cake topped with the fluffiest white frosting. Perfect for a weeknight dessert or a whole party! Chocolate Cake= Best Stuff Ever! Ingredients Needed: Chocolate cake mix Dry instant chocolate pudding mix Buttermilk Eggs Mini chocolate chips Egg whites Light corn syrup White sugar Salt Vanilla Chocolate Cake Mix: Any brand or chocolate …

A soft, chewy, orange cookie that only requires a few simple ingredients! Hey, we have cookies for you today! Are you excited? Yes?! That’s such good news, because,these cookies are really delicious and require just a few ingredients to whip up. Here is what you need: Cake mix. Whipped topping. Egg. Powdered Sugar. That’s really …

Just two ingredients for a delicious, easy,fruity, angel food cake! Really, quick post for you guys today: 1 box of angel food cake mix + 1 can of raspberry pie filling=  super, duper, easy, delicious cake. Topping it off with powdered sugar makes it even better! 🙌 Happy Weekend 🙂