Kid-Friendly Cakes Using Yellow Cake Mix Recipes

Start with a box of yellow cake mix and using the recipes below create a new gourmet favorite! No need to bake 100% from scratch (and no one will know you cheated and used a mix!). Delicious cakes can be made easy.

Blueberry Dump Cake

Blueberry Dump Cake recipe rating (2 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: can blueberry pie filling, yellow cake mix, butter, chopped walnuts...view the recipe

Butterfinger Banana Cake

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: package yellow cake mix, medium, ripe bananas, mashed, NESTLE® BUTTERFINGER® Candy Bar, chopped, divided, container prepared white frosting...view the recipe

Carnival Cupcakes

Serves/Makes: 30 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: eggs, canola oil, milk, flour, vanilla pudding mix...view the recipe

Cherry Cream Cake

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, cherry pie filling...view the recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookie Surprise Cake

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: SuperMoist yellow cake mix, whole milk, butter or margarine, melted, eggs, pouch chocolate chip cookie mix...view the recipe

Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Serves/Makes: 2 dpzen Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: (3oz.) package Cream Cheese, softened, Duncan Hines Yellow Butter Recipe cake mix, Water, Butter, melted, Cream Cheese or Butter Cream Frosting...view the recipe

Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes

Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes recipe rating (2 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 24 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (3-oz.) pkg. Cream Cheese, softened, Yellow Cake Mix, Water, Butter, melted, Eggs...view the recipe

Daffodil Cake II

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: yellow Jiffy cake mix, instant vanilla pudding, (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, Cool whip, crushed pineapple...view the recipe

Daffodil Cake III

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Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: yellow cake butter flavor, (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, (3 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix, (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple...view the recipe

Dr. Pepper Cake

Serves/Makes: 14 Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: dark sweet cherries, pitted and drained, syrup reserved, reserved cherry syrup, Dr. Pepper® (not diet), box cherry gelatin powder, almond extract...view the recipe

Easter Basket Cake

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box 2-layer Yellow Cake, container Chocolate Frosting, Shredded Coconut, Green Food Coloring, Candy Easter Eggs Or Jelly Beans...view the recipe

Easy As Pie Apple Cake

Easy As Pie Apple Cake recipe rating (1 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box yellow cake mix, eggs, can apple pie filling...view the recipe

Easy Dessert

Easy Dessert recipe rating (2 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: yellow cake mix, (21 oz.) cherry or apple pie filling, butter melted...view the recipe

Fruit Cocktail Cobbler

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box yellow cake mix (prepared as directed), fruit cocktail (or your choice), butter or margarine...view the recipe

Hornet's Nest

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix, milk, box yellow cake mix, butterscotch chips...view the recipe

Jellybean Cake

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box yellow cake mix, container white frosting, bags jellybeans...view the recipe

Lemonade Cake II

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (18.5 ounce) package yellow cake mix, vanilla ice cream, red food coloring, (6 ounce) can lemonade concentrate, thawed, heavy whipping cream...view the recipe

Minister`s Delight

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (apple or cherry) pie filling, 21 ozs., box (18 1/4 ozs.) yellow cake mix, butter or margarine, melted, chopped walnuts, optional...view the recipe

Mug Cakes

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: box (18.5 oz.) yellow cake mix, box (3.4 oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix, confectioners' sugar, powdered lemonade mix, coffee mugs...view the recipe

My Blue Heaven Cake

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (19 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice, (19 ounce) can blueberry pie filling, (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon...view the recipe

Oreo Cookie Cake

Oreo Cookie Cake recipe rating (2 reviews) Recipe Has a Photo

Serves/Makes: 10 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Cake***, chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs, semisweet chocolate chips, all-purpose flour, margarine...view the recipe

Pig Pick`n Cake

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: tub of COOL WHIP, can Crushed pineapple, small can mandarine oranges in light syrup, box of instant vaniila pudding mix, yellow cake mix...view the recipe

Sand Pail Dessert

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: yellow cake, angel food cake or pound cake, new plastic sand pail and shovel, vanilla pudding, prepared, very finely crushed graham crackers, candies (see note)...view the recipe