Recipes Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes 40 Recipes to Make With Yellow Cake Mix (That Taste Like They're From-Scratch) By Corey Williams Corey Williams Corey Williams is a food writer for MyRecipes and Allrecipes. She has a decade of journalism experience. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on February 21, 2024 Close Photo: Dotdash Meredith Food Studios These delicious, crowd-pleasing, and deceptively easy recipes have one thing in common: They start with boxed yellow cake mix! That's right — the store-bought secret ingredient makes fantastic cakes, but you can also use it to make perfect cookies, gooey cinnamon buns, banana nut bread, and so much more. You'll come back to this collection of yellow cake mix recipes again and again. 01 of 41 Pumpkin Dessert View Recipe Victoria Jempty/Allrecipes ""This recipe is easy to make and delicious. My kids don't like pie crust but love pumpkin pie so this was a great alternative for us. Very easy to make. This was gone in a matter of days and there was a fight over the last piece!" —KTinIA 02 of 41 Golden Rum Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "This rum cake is a family favorite at all our get-togethers. The butter rum glaze makes it very special!" —Jackie 03 of 41 Gooey Butter Cookies View Recipe lutzflcat "These gooey butter cookies are sure to be a favorite if you like the cake by the same name. You won't be able to stop eating them!" —Kim Pearson 04 of 41 Best Ever Cinnamon Buns View Recipe "This is a great recipe! I wasn't sure about the cake mix, but I followed the recipe exactly and these cinnamon buns are the best I've ever made!" —Joanie 05 of 41 Orange Cake View Recipe Moroccan Orange Cake. Photo © Christine Benlafquih "Wonderful, delicious cake—and such a different twist on boring boxed cake mix." —the6CCs 06 of 41 No-Fail Pound Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "This pound cake made with cake mix is simple to make and the best I've ever tasted. I often take one to work, where it quickly disappears." —Patsy 07 of 41 Dump Cake View Recipe saucymama "This dump cake is as easy as dumping ingredients in a pan! It's topped with crunchy walnuts and melted butter for a delicious dessert." —Wilma Hull 08 of 41 Quick Banana Nut Bread View Recipe CoOkInGnUt "Absolutely delicious and easy banana bread with yellow cake mix and instant pudding." —Crystal Russell Gates 09 of 41 Ooey Gooey Butter Cake View Recipe "This is amazingly sweet and way too tempting to resist!" —Lacey 10 of 41 Michelle's Honeybun Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "Honey bun cake is delicious. If you love honey buns, then you'll love this cake. It's literally a giant honey bun." —M.B.P. 11 of 41 Outrageously Buttery Crumb Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "This recipe is the best. It is absolutely delicious as is. Every single time I make it people need the recipe and the entire cake is gone." —aimerlena 12 of 41 Lemon Cupcakes View Recipes] ZAKIAH "These cupcakes are truly lighter than air and will melt in your mouth." —friedbluetomato 13 of 41 Homemade Twinkies View Recipe "This is a darn good dessert using a boxed cake mix." —Molly 14 of 41 Cranberry Bars View Recipe "These yummy cranberry bars are tart and sweet at the same time. They're easy to put together, and your home will smell wonderful while they're baking!" —TWILLIAMS05 15 of 41 Monster Cookies View Recipe kellieann "Quick, easy cookie using a boxed cake mix as its base. Very moist and fluffy!" —ESKMom 16 of 41 Easiest Applesauce Cake View Recipe hawaiilynn "This moist spice cake starts with a simple cake mix and adds in applesauce. It makes a wonderful breakfast or snack cake. This is the easiest applesauce cake I have ever made!" —Brenda Follin 17 of 41 Triple Berry Cheesecake Poke Cake View Recipe Allrecipes "Poke a classic yellow cake and fill with homemade berry sauce before topping with a tangy, delicious no-bake cheesecake! This cake is best made the day before, which makes it great to bring to all those summer potlucks!" —Julie Hubert 18 of 41 Easy Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix View Recipe "This fresh peach cobbler with cake mix is so simple, yet it wins rave reviews. It's a quick but company-worthy cobbler." —Rebecca Lentz 19 of 41 Easy Bunny Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios “My daughter and I have made this cake for 10 plus years now. A family Easter tradition!! I will keep making it as long as she wants too. A very fun cake to make with the kiddos and delicious!!” —Bob O'Neal 20 of 41 Pineapple Upside-Down Cake From Dole View Recipe "Very easy to make and delicious!" —Toy Smith 21 of 41 Simple Cake Pops View Recipe DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS "Cake pops are perfect for birthdays, baby showers, weddings, or any special occasion where sweet treats are needed! This recipe is simple to make with any flavor cake mix or frosting." —Miss Amy 22 of 41 Pumpkin Crumb Cake View Recipe Rita "This is pretty much the perfect recipe. It's easy to make, wonderful, and tasty." —Leona 23 of 41 Jelly Doughnut Cupcakes View Recipe "This is such a great recipe!! So good and so easy!!" —slowbutsteady 24 of 41 Lemonade Cake View Recipe Meredith Food Studios "This is my husband's favorite cake. It is two layers of yellow cake with a lemonade flavored ice cream center. Wonderful on a hot day." —Mona 25 of 41 Grammy's Easy Blackberry Cobbler View Recipe Janette L. Boone "Delicious and super simple! My husband said it was the best cobbler he'd ever had!!" —Laura Villoria 26 of 41 Easy Banana Pudding Cake View Recipe "My family always thinks this cake takes way more time and energy to fix then it actually does. Who am I to correct them?!" —pholsch 27 of 41 Cherry Cobbler View Recipe voula "Quick, easy and delicious. All the kids and adults loved it!" —Faith N 28 of 41 Easy Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies View Recipes "Delicious! And so easy!" —Sharon Fisher 29 of 41 Sweet Potato Dump Cake View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "This easy sweet potato dump cake is like sweet potato casserole, the dessert version. Buttery and sweet, with a crunchy top, you'll be the hit of every fall potluck you're invited to." —Kathryn Hendrix 30 of 41 Mandarin Orange Cake View Recipe "This mandarin orange cake is super easy to make with yellow cake mix and mandarin oranges." —Ellen 31 of 41 Peach Jello Dump Cake View Recipe Karla Harmer "If you love peaches, you will love this cake made with peach Jell-O and cake mix. My grandmother used to make it for Sunday dinner." —GERONEMO 32 of 41 Cherry Cream Cheese Dump Cake View Recipe Lins "Wow! I never thought I'd be giving dump cake a 5-star review, but it was that good!" —Lins 33 of 41 Easy Pumpkin Muffins View Recipe "My older daughter has declared these muffins to be her new favorite!" —Tera 34 of 41 Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake View Recipe "A very soft cake where strawberries get the chance to shine. So easy to make. I served it with whipped cream on the top." —Mary-the-Fairy 35 of 41 Copycat of Starbucks Lemon Bread View Recipe Dotdash Meredith Food Studios "This recipe is amazing! It really does imitate the lemon pound cake at Starbucks. Moist and lemony!" —coachmattwagner 36 of 41 Peach Cake with Brown Sugar Icing View Recipe fabeveryday "A moist, light peach cake is topped with a sugary sweet, praline-like icing for a decadent dessert. Since this recipe starts with boxed cake mix and canned peaches, you can make it easily any time of year, not just when peaches are in season!" —Ramona Cruz-Peters 37 of 41 Pumpkin Crunch Cake View Recipe Meredith Food Studios "This pumpkin crunch cake tastes great and is really easy to make!" —Nora LaCroix 38 of 41 Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake View Recipe "Delicious! No one will know that I used a cake mix! Awesome!" —Linda 39 of 41 Coffee Cake View Recipe "This is the best coffee cake recipe ever! So easy. So tasty! Everyone always asks me to make." —Kimh 40 of 41 Ricotta Cheese Cake View Recipe "It's a wonderful, easy, light cheese filled cake... but not a cheesecake!" —Gingee 41 of 41 More Inspiration Shalaine_1 Our 12 Best Cake Mix Cookie Recipes Are a Lazy Baker's Dream 15 Quick and Easy Treats That Start With Cake Mix 12 Cobbler Recipes That Start With Cake Mixes Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit