35+ Easy Cake Mix Recipes - Hacks Using A Box Cake Mix

Find over 35 of the best easy cake mix recipes along with hacks to make your boxed cake mix taste like it came from a bakery!

The Best Easy Cake Mix Recipes

With showstopping flavors, you’d never guess that the treats below start with a box of store-bought cake mix! I’ll show you how to whip up amazing desserts with these doctored-up box mix recipes for store-bought quality desserts.

Start with my 10 tricks to make a box cake mix taste homemade. Then, pick and choose your favorite recipes below to satisfy all your cravings.

You’ll never go back to store-bought or complicated homemade options again!

35+ Easy Cakes That Start With A Box Cake Mix

Heath Bar Cake

Made from a doctored-up cake mix and a few simple store-bought ingredients, this easy Heath bar cake recipe is ready in just 30 minutes.

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EASY PEACH POTLUCK CAKE

Easy Peach Potluck Cake should be called the Disappearing Potluck Cake! When you make this easy, light and fluffy peach cake with a whipped cream vanilla frosting, your family and friends won’t be able to resist!

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Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

This Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake is the most delicious and easy dump cake recipe you’ll ever try! Made with only 4-ingredients – just dump all the ingredients into a baking pan, bake and eat!

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Caramel Apple Poke Cake

Caramel Apple Poke Cake is an easy to make, decadent cake that is perfect for a potluck, office party, or a picnic! This delicious caramel apple potluck cake will impress your friends and satisfy any sweet tooth!

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7UP Cake Recipe

For a moist and flavorful bundt cake try this 7UP Cake Recipe the next time you need an easy and delicious cake recipe from a box mix!

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BERRY JELLO POKE CAKE

What I love most about this Jello Poke Cake is that it looks incredibly impressive, but it’s actually incredibly easy to make!

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chocolate cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting

Chocolate Cupcakes (From a Doctored Cake Mix)

For super moist chocolate cupcakes, try this Chocolate Cupcakes (from a doctored cake mix) recipe. It really does make the absolute best chocolate cupcakes! Top with my homemade buttercream frosting and chocolate shavings.

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Coconut Rum Cake

This Coconut Rum Cake adds even more Caribbean flavor to the classic cake recipe with the sweet infusion of coconut and a buttery glaze.

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CHOCOLATE KAHLUA CAKE RECIPE

I love that this cake is perfect for almost any occasion. We’ve served it for birthdays or casually with a cup of coffee. It’s light and fluffy because it doesn’t have a rich frosting.

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Peach Dump Cake

This Peach Dump Cake Recipe is a quick and easy dessert that only includes 3 ingredients! Canned peaches, yellow cake mix, and butter are all you need to make this delicious dessert a smashing hit!

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German Chocolate Poke Cake

This German Chocolate Poke Cake takes the classic dessert recipe to a whole new level with a tender chocolate cake soaked in sweetened condensed milk and topped with a rich chocolate ganache and sweet coconut pecan frosting!

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LEMON BLUEBERRY LOAVES

Our Lemon Blueberry Bread recipe is easy to make quick bread! It turns out so creamy and moist and is perfect for a morning snack with coffee or a light and delicious dessert.

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Coconut Cream Cake

Make this easy coconut cream cake, or coconut poke cake, with four simple ingredients for a crowd-pleasing dessert!

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Easy Strawberry Banana Poke Cake

Refreshing Summer Poke Cake!

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CHERRY POKE CAKE RECIPE

This Cherry Poke Cake recipe is perfect for your spring gatherings. The red color, moist cake and fluffy marshmallow topping make it a great dessert for Easter or your patriotic summer holidays.

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Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

Ooey Gooey Butter Cake! This sweet treat made from a box cake mix is a classic dessert made popular by Paula Deen but originated in St. Louis – made with just a few ingredients, it's one of the easiest cake recipes around!

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Luscious Strawberry Pineapple Cake

Made with a yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, light whipped topping, fresh strawberries, and pineapples, this pineapple cake is the perfect, easy summer-time treat with a tropical twist!

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Easy Coffee Cake

Easy Coffee Cake – A delicious and easy coffee cake made with a doctored-up yellow cake mix and filled and topped with crumbly, buttery cinnamon streusel!

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Pumpkin Dump Cake

This Pumpkin Dump Cake recipe is a quick and easy dessert that is made with simple ingredients. The perfect fall dessert recipe!

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Sock It To Me Cake

This Southern Sock It To Me Cake recipe pairs a moist and buttery cake texture with a cinnamon brown sugar pecan swirl that is to die for! The vanilla glaze brings it all together perfectly!

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blackberry dump cake

You will make this easy blackberry dump cake over and over again! It’s tastes like an blackberry cobbler with cake mix, and so easy to make!

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Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Curd Buttercream

Super moist layers of lemony cake are frosted in an amazing homemade buttercream flavored with lemon curd & fresh lemon zest in this Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Curd Buttercream

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Apple Dump Cake

The best Apple Dump Cake! Apple Pie meets apple cake with only 3 ingredients. Simple cake mix recipe in under an hour!

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Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake

With its rich & chocolaty cake layers frosted with a fresh raspberry buttercream, you certainly cannot go wrong with this crowd-pleasing Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake for your next party or celebration

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Not Your Grandma’s Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Marble Cake with Red Velvet Oreo Cream Cheese Bavarian Filling. A mouthful to say but EPIC all the same.

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Lemon-Pineapple Poke Cake

Lemon-Pineapple Poke Cake is the perfect dessert for potlucks! and family gatherings. A moist lemon cake with sweet pineapple and lots of whipped topping, you won’t be able to resist a slice or two!

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Pumpkin Caramel Poke Cake

Pumpkin Caramel Poke Cake!! Made from a doctored up cake mix, filled with jarred caramel sauce and topped with an easy homemade cream cheese frosting – you're going to love this easy, moist cake recipe!

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Root Beer Float Cake

This Root Beer Float Cake is a vanilla and chocolate marbled cake with a layer of chocolate cream and a root beer whipped cream.

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Pistachio Cake

This Pistachio Cake recipe is a super easy dessert! Made with 7up soda and pudding, so it turns out so moist and tender, and baked in a bundt pan for a beautiful presentation.

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Dr Pepper Cherry Cake

This old fashioned cake gets a new spin with the addition of Dr. Pepper Cherry!

White Raspberry Poke Cake

White Raspberry Poke Cake tastes just like white wedding cake but is so much easier to make!

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pineapple angel food cake

This amazing pineapple angel food cake recipe is so easy to throw together in just moments using pantry staples! It’s the perfect go-to recipe when you’re out of time but still want to create something impressive!

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Blueberry Dump Cake

This Blueberry Dump Cake is the most delicious and easy dump cake recipe you'll ever try! Just dump all the ingredients into a pan, bake and eat!

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tres leche cake

This classic Mexican cake is named for the three milks in the soaking liquid. The “three milks” used are evaporated and sweetened condensed milk, and heavy cream.

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Coconut Cream Cupcakes with Homemade Buttercream Frosting

Check out these semi-homemade Coconut Cream Cupcakes! Made from a doctored up cake mix and topped with homemade buttercream frosting…easy AND delicious!

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