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27 Things to Do With Cake Mix

August 7, 2012 by

When I first got married, I didn’t know how to cook, but I did know how to follow directions on a cake mix.   I’d fix a lousy dinner with a 9×13 cake for dessert.

Jim and I would still be hungry after the pitiful dinner, so we’d eat half the cake.  No kidding.  It wasn’t healthy, but it was cheap.  It worked for us then, since we were college students.

I’ve come a long way since then, but I still love a cake mix.  It’s a fast way to make all kinds of cookies, bars, cakes of all types…  The possibilities are endless.

Cake Mix Cookies and Bars

Pina Colada Cookies

Lemon Pineapple Cookies with Pineapple Glaze

Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies

Spiced Chai Cookies with Vanilla Cream Frosting

Butter Brickle Pecan Cookies

Strawberry Lemonade Cookies with Pink Lemonade Frosting

Gooey Turtle Bars

Apple Pecan Toffee Bars

Tuxedo Bars with Buttercream Frosting

Cakes

Streusel Cake

Maraschino Cherry Cake

Butter Pecan Crunch Cake

Apple Cider Cake

Cherry Coffee Cake

Double Chocolate Bundt Cake

Apple Spice Cake with Caramel Glaze

Coconut Cake

Pudding Cake

Old Fashioned Spice Cake with Caramel Glaze

Caramel Pumpkin Cake

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cake with Strawberry Icing

German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Apricot Pound Cake

Peach Pound Cake with Peach Nectar Glaze

Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

Chocolate Cake with Cappuccino Frosting

Pound Cake from a Mix and 10 Ways to Top It

How do you like to fix up a cake mix?

 

 

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Spiced Chai Latte Cake Mix Cookies with Vanilla Cream Frosting

July 24, 2012 by

If you like chai, you will like these cookies.  They are spiced and go perfectly with the vanilla cream frosting.

I love cake mix cookies and this one combines the cake mix with spiced chai latte mix.  The cookies are soft and full of flavor.

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Pound Cake from a Mix + 10 Ways to Top It

June 26, 2012 by

You are going to want to check in here on Friday, because that’s when I’m sharing the ultimate way to top this pound cake.  Sorry to tease you like that, but it was truly scrumptious (not to be confused with the character in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).

However, we managed to only eat half of this pound cake so I put the rest in the freezer for another time.  And that had me thinking of other ways to top this versatile cake.

I’ll add the recipe for Pound Cake from a Mix at the end of the post.  First, let’s get to some delicious toppings.  [Read more...]

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Pina Colada Cake Mix Cookies

June 5, 2012 by

Pineapple and coconut baked into a soft cookie.  Complete with pineapple-coconut glaze.  Sounds like a summer treat to me!

I love cake mixes.  They are so versatile.  Cake mix cookies are one of my favorite things to make with a boxed mix.  It’s near instant gratification for your sweet tooth.

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Peach Pound Cake with Peach Nectar Glaze

May 22, 2012 by

You may have noticed over the last few days that my site has been slooooooow.  I couldn’t even get it to load for me in order to write a post or approve a comment.  So frustrating.  But I’ve switched hosting companies (switch should be complete sometime today) and hopefully, the site will work fantastically from now on.  Thanks for your patience while we were having problems!

Now for the cake.  This is a peach variation on the Apple Spice Cake.  It starts with a cake mix and a can of peach pie filling.  The result is a moist cake studded with peaches and drizzled with a sweet, peachy glaze.

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Streusel Cake

September 9, 2011 by

This is my sister’s absolute favorite birthday cake.  The moist, yellow cake is marbled with sweet, cinnamon swirl.

It’s easy to make too, because it starts with a cake mix.  Have I ever mentioned how much I love cake mix?

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Lemon Pineapple Cake Mix Cookies with Pineapple Glaze

June 9, 2011 by

What to do with the lemon cake mix hanging out in my pantry?  Cookies, of course!

This was an experiment.  I wasn’t at all sure how the crushed pineapple would work in a cookie made from cake mix.  I was afraid it would be too much liquid.  But they turned out wonderfully.  Soft and lemony with a sunny flavor.

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Maraschino Cherry Cake

May 17, 2011 by

Isn’t that the prettiest pink cake?

I’m not known for beautiful cakes.  They usually turn out lopsided with crumbs in the frosting.  So I’m really happy with how this turned out.

The idea is not my own.  I saw the Cherry Vanilla Cake on Jam Hands and couldn’t resist trying it.  I altered Ali’s recipe in several ways.  She used the seeds of a vanilla bean, which sounds scrumptious, but I didn’t have any.  I swapped water for milk and butter for oil.

And I decided to frost it with whipped topping.  My original plan was to use Cool Whip, but then I remembered a recipe shared a few weeks ago on Ingredient Spotlight for homemade whipped topping.  That’s what I decided to try and I’ll share the recipe on on Thursday. [Read more...]

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Strawberry Lemonade Cookies with Pink Lemonade Frosting

January 27, 2011 by

Craving a pink-pink, sweet, sunshine-y bite of Valentine’s?

Here you go!

I woke up one morning a few weeks ago and the idea for this recipe popped into my mind.  I’m not sure why that happens to me sometimes, but it’s a lovely way to wake up.  That’s how the idea for S’mores Pie came to me too.

Anyway…I’d seen this post for Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies.  It brought to mind the strawberry cake mix that I’d had in my pantry.  I decided to combine it with pink lemonade. Flavor blast!

At first bite, the cookies taste almost too sweet and lemonade-y.  But then you want another bite and another.  Then pass me another cookie please.  These are good!  Like dropping bites of sunshine right into the middle of winter.

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Butter Pecan Crunch Cake

January 13, 2011 by

I’ve had a Butter Pecan cake mix in my pantry for a while now, just waiting for the perfect inspiration.  I originally thought to make a bar cookie with it, but decided a snack cake/coffee cake type dessert sounded better.

I need to do a bit more testing on this recipe.  The crumb topping needs more butter and I’d like to work on the cake batter a bit too.  But, this tasted wonderful, so it’s worth testing.  The cake has a sweet, nutty flavor and is topped with buttery crumbs that also have a bit of crunch from the nuts and toffee chips.

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