Fancy Yet Easy-To-Make recipes don’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. With a simple box mix as your starting point, you can whip up impressive treats that’ll make everyone think you spent hours in the kitchen. These recipes are great for busy folks who want to add a personal touch to their baking without the hassle. Whether you’re a beginner or just short on time, these ideas will help you create something special. Ready to turn that box mix into a showstopper? Let’s get started!
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Mountain Dew Bundt Cake
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Bundt cakes are so easy to make, and this Mountain Dew Bundt Cake has a delicious lemon flavor with creamy icing drizzling down the sides. Lemon lovers, bake this for your next dessert. This cake starts with a boxed cake mix and a can of Mountain Dew that create is tasty lemon flavored cake.
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Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
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Looking for a quick and easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth? These peanut butter cup brownies are the perfect solution! In only 30 minutes, you can indulge in a rich and chocolatey delight. This straightforward recipe calls for a boxed brownie mix and a handful of peanut butter cups, making it ideal for hectic weeknights or any time you want a fast and gratifying dessert.
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Coconut Cupcakes With Coconut Buttercream Frosting
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Attention all coconut lovers! Get ready for a taste of the tropics with our delightful Coconut Cupcakes, topped with a rich Coconut Buttercream Frosting. This heavenly dessert begins with a convenient boxed cake mix, yet evolves into a moist and indulgent cake sensation. With every bite, you’ll experience a light, coconut-infused treat that demonstrates how the easiest recipes can produce the most delightful outcomes.
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Banana Caramel Cake
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This Easy Banana Caramel Cake is tender and flavorful and it all starts with a boxed cake mix that tastes like it came from a high-end bakeshop. Use you ripe banana and a jar of caramel to flavor this crowd-pleaser.
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Yellow Cake Mix Cookies
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These yellow cake mix cookies only need four simple ingredients and can be made in just 20 minutes. Bake these cookies for a quick, delicious snack!
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Strawberry Donuts
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Skip the bakery line and make these easy homemade strawberry donuts! Made with a cake mix base, they’re perfect for busy families and anyone craving a delicious treat. Simple, fun, and bursting with flavor!
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Cake Mix Cookies with Cream Cheese
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Cake mix cookies with cream cheese are simple to make and delicious. They’re made with a cake mix and simple ingredients for delicious homemade cookies. They’re soft and chewy with a rich, buttery taste!
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Chocolate Cherry Cake
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This easy chocolate cherry cake is created by combining a box of cake mix with cherry pie filling, then finished with a rich chocolate glaze. It’s a quick and simple cheat cake recipe!
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Cool Whip Cookies
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Cool Whip Cookies are tasty cake mix cookies! With a box of lemon cake mix, a tub of Cool Whip, and an egg, you can have a batch of soft and chewy cookies ready fast!
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Chocolate Dump Cake
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Chocolate dump cake is the ultimate chocolatey treat. With rich, gooey chocolate, chocolate chips and M&M’s, it is a sinfully delicious dessert.
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Magic Rhubarb Dump Cake
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This magic dump cake gets its name from how fast is disappears when you make it. Be sure to share this simple dump and go “no sugar added” rhubarb dump cake with everyone who has rhubarb in the garden! It’s a great way to use it up, whether it’s fresh or frozen.
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Blueberry Dump Cake
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Blueberry cake is made with fresh or frozen blueberries, jello, and cake mix. Try this delicious blueberry dump cake recipe! It’s no fuss, no mess—just dump, bake, enjoy, and listen to the compliments roll in.
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Cherry Dump Cake
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This sweet cherry dump cake is made with layers of pitted bing cherries, frozen or fresh, jello mix, cake mix, butter, and water. No mixing is needed!
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Strawberry Dump Cake
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Strawberries, jello and cake mix make magic in the pan. This easy strawberry dessert is a recipe everyone can make, and the resulting cake is delicious to boot!
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Bisquick Peach Cobbler
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This Bisquick Peach Cobbler is so easy to whip up you’ll love to make it again for dessert or breakfast anytime. And because it only makes three servings, two if you like them bigger, it’s a nice small-batch dessert for everyone living in small households.
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