Recipes using yellow cake mix?

[sweetchix]

I am baking/buying for a coworker’s birthday on Thursday. I have yellow cake mix, but I don’t want to do a plain yellow cake. I also don’t want to go spend money on something fancy.

Does anyone have any recipes using yellow cake mix? I googled and found a cinnamon roll recipe, which I may end up doing, but wondered if anyone had any suggestions.

[sproctopus]

Gooey Butter Cake!

[whitemerlot]

I love yellow cake with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

sallysbakingaddiction.com/favorite-chocolate-buttercream/

[silvercrayon]

I make a super easy, delicious, coconut cake with a yellow cake mix.

[keyslover]

Yellow cake + chocolate frosting = AMAZING

[jlt19]

I'm from St. Louis, so gooey butter cake is about all a yellow cake mix is used for 😉
Mix cake mix with 2 eggs and a stick of butter and spread on bottom of 9x13 pan. It'll be thick.

Mix a box of powdered sugar, a stick of butter and a block of cream cheese with a mixer and poor on top.

Bake at 350 until top is a light golden brown.

Sure, it's a heart attack waiting to happen but it's worth it.

[livinitup]

I would bake it in a sheet pan, let cool, slice lengthwise, add a layer of strawberry preserve filling, re-stack and cover in icing. Maybe decorate with candy.

Where I work, that would be a pretty fancy birthday cake.

[sarahswim]

Dump it into a crock pot with a stick of butter and 2 cans of cherry pie filling. Cherry cobbler with zero work.
crockpotladies.com/recipe/crockpot-cherry-dump-cake/

[pierogigirl]

If you look up White Almond wedding cake on Allrecipes and use vanilla instead of almond extract (has sour cream, extra flour, extra sugar) and pair with chocolate frosting, you won't be sorry. I like chocolate frosting with melted good quality chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder.

[mcmel]

Dump Cake-

1 can of cherry pie filling
1 can of crushed pineapple
1 box of yellow cake mix
2 sticks of butter

Spread the cherry pie filling in a thin layer on a 9x13 pan, then spread the can of pineapple (don’t drain it) and spread it on top of the cherry. Then sprinkle the yellow cake mix on top. Finally, cut up the sticks of butter into little slices. Place them every inch or so on top of the yellow cake mix. Bake for 1 hour at 350. If doesn’t get any easier, cheaper, and it’s so damn good.

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:43:59 GMT -5 keyslover said:

Yellow cake + chocolate frosting = AMAZING

I agree, that I my FAVORITE! But I wanted to make something a little different. But if I can’t decide, this will definitely be what I make.

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:40:19 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

Gooey Butter Cake!

May 20, 2019 19:44:21 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

I'm from St. Louis, so gooey butter cake is about all a yellow cake mix is used for 😉
Mix cake mix with 2 eggs and a stick of butter and spread on bottom of 9x13 pan. It'll be thick.

Mix a box of powdered sugar, a stick of butter and a block of cream cheese with a mixer and poor on top.

Bake at 350 until top is a light golden brown.

Sure, it's a heart attack waiting to happen but it's worth it.

I have never heard of gooey butter cake. I will have to check it out. Thanks!

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:42:28 GMT -5 whitemerlot said:

I love yellow cake with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

sallysbakingaddiction.com/favorite-chocolate-buttercream/

Tastes like a brownie in frosting form?!? Yum!!!

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:43:38 GMT -5 silvercrayon said:

I make a super easy, delicious, coconut cake with a yellow cake mix.

Do you have the recipe?

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:50:08 GMT -5 livinitup said:

I would bake it in a sheet pan, let cool, slice lengthwise, add a layer of strawberry preserve filling, re-stack and cover in icing. Maybe decorate with candy.

Where I work, that would be a pretty fancy birthday cake.

Wjat kind of icing would you suggest? Or maybe cool whip topping?

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:54:15 GMT -5 sarahswim said:

Dump it into a crock pot with a stick of butter and 2 cans of cherry pie filling. Cherry cobbler with zero work.
crockpotladies.com/recipe/crockpot-cherry-dump-cake/

Looks super easy. And delicious!

[sweetchix]

May 20, 2019 19:55:34 GMT -5 pierogigirl said:

If you look up White Almond wedding cake on Allrecipes and use vanilla instead of almond extract (has sour cream, extra flour, extra sugar) and pair with chocolate frosting, you won't be sorry. I like chocolate frosting with melted good quality chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder.

One of our managers makes something similar to this. She adds strawberries and uses a homemade whipped topping. So good!

[livinitup]

May 20, 2019 20:22:37 GMT -5 sweetchix said:

May 20, 2019 19:50:08 GMT -5 livinitup said:

I would bake it in a sheet pan, let cool, slice lengthwise, add a layer of strawberry preserve filling, re-stack and cover in icing. Maybe decorate with candy.

Where I work, that would be a pretty fancy birthday cake.

Wjat kind of icing would you suggest? Or maybe cool whip topping?

When I do a preserve filling, I like a classic frosting like chocolate. Cool whip is lovely, but only if I can add it minutes before I serve it. I wouldn’t consider it work-friendly the way that frosting never fails.

[lilac05]

Gooey butter cake, no question! I think it’s the only reason I have ever purchased yellow cake mix.

[silvercrayon]

May 20, 2019 20:21:48 GMT -5 sweetchix said:

May 20, 2019 19:43:38 GMT -5 silvercrayon said:

I make a super easy, delicious, coconut cake with a yellow cake mix.

Do you have the recipe?

Bake a yellow cake mix by the directions in a 9" x 13" baking pan.  As soon as it comes out of the oven poke holes all over the cake. Then pour 1 can of Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut over the cake.  Then pour 1 can of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk.  I let it sit on the counter for about 1 hour to let the milk soak into the cake.  Then seal it up and put it in the fridge overnight.  The next morning ice with 1 regular tub of Cool Whip and then pack on the coconut. I use a whole bag of Bakers Angel Flake Sweetened Coconut. It's soooo good and soooo easy! It is a hit everywhere I take it.

Store in the refrigerator.

Yellow Cake Mix
1 Can of Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut
1 Can of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
1 8oz Cool Whip
1 14 oz Baker's Angel Flake Sweetened Coconut

[joy]

Now I want gooey butter cake and I don’t even know what it is.

[alleinesein]

Do you have lemon jello & a bundt pan? I made this for Christmas and it was easy to make and really good. www.recipecircus.com/recipes/donnag3591/CAKESandPIES/The_Cake_Mix_Doctor39s_Lemon_Cake_.html

[circa1978]

Also from St Louis but I prefer GBC from scratch sooo my only use for a yellow cake mix is a rum bunt cake or a poppyseed bunt cake. I put a ton of poppyseeds in the second, as well as slow weed almonds and replace the liquid called for with butter and lemon juice.

[sproctopus]

May 20, 2019 23:01:37 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Also from St Louis but I prefer GBC from scratch sooo my only use for a yellow cake mix is a rum bunt cake or a poppyseed bunt cake. I put a ton of poppyseeds in the second, as well as slow weed almonds and replace the liquid called for with butter and lemon juice.

Do you have a good scratch recipe? I cant never get the top to set with the from scratch recipes I use.

[jackie011]

May 20, 2019 19:44:21 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

I'm from St. Louis, so gooey butter cake is about all a yellow cake mix is used for 😉
Mix cake mix with 2 eggs and a stick of butter and spread on bottom of 9x13 pan. It'll be thick.

Mix a box of powdered sugar, a stick of butter and a block of cream cheese with a mixer and poor on top.

Bake at 350 until top is a light golden brown.

Sure, it's a heart attack waiting to happen but it's worth it.

Also from St. Louis and now I think I’ll make one to enjoy on Monday night while watching hockey!!

[scout8]

Gooey butter cream cake gets my vote, but if you want another option, this is delicious too. It also makes a nice presentation.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17422/irish-cream-bundt-cake/

[mbcdefg]

My sister makes a really good crumb/coffee cake with boxed mix. Definitely not healthy but it's tasty and everyone asks her to make it for parties. She said she wings the recipe but she tried to guess at measurements:

Mix yellow cake according to box directions, spread in a pan, and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees; remove from oven.

Mix together the crumb topping in a separate bowl - 1 lb butter, 4 cups flour, 1.5 cups brown sugar, 4 TB cinnamon, 4 TB vanilla.

Top the cake with a generous amount of the crumb topping and bake for an additional 25 minutes. 

[mags]

Pineapple upside down is very easy.

[circa1978]

May 23, 2019 6:32:56 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

May 20, 2019 23:01:37 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Also from St Louis but I prefer GBC from scratch sooo my only use for a yellow cake mix is a rum bunt cake or a poppyseed bunt cake. I put a ton of poppyseeds in the second, as well as slow weed almonds and replace the liquid called for with butter and lemon juice.

Do you have a good scratch recipe? I cant never get the top to set with the from scratch recipes I use.

I feel bad recommending this b/c she's not even from STL, LOL, but it is delish:


www.browneyedbaker.com/homemade-gooey-butter-cake-recipe/

[sonrisa]

Thanks for this thread - it inspired me to make an orange bundt cake that turned out wonderfully (not with a box mix so I can't help you there).