10 Easy 9x13 Recipes That Start With Cake Mix

10 Easy 9x13 Desserts That Start With Cake Mix

These simple desserts start with a convenient store-bought staple.

Published on August 28, 2024

pink velvet cake — Photo:
Robby Lozano / Food Styling: Amanda Holstein / Prop Styling: Josh Hoggle

Everyone knows the easiest desserts start with a 9x13-inch pan. How can you make them even easier? With a box of cake mix, of course! These simple treats, from dump and poke cakes to traditional sheet cakes, will find a permanent spot in your recipe box.

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple Dump Cake

Apple cake topped with cinnamon toast crunch in white and blue casserole dish — Allrecipes

"This Cinnamon Toast Crunch apple dump cake is delicious with cold vanilla ice cream or a cup of coffee, and about the easiest dessert you'll ever make. With only 4 ingredients, it's assembled and ready for the oven in 5 minutes." —Nicole McLaughlin

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Pink Velvet Cake

"It’s a new spin on the Southern favorite." —Amanda Holstein

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Sweet Potato Sheet Cake

sheet cake with one piece removed to a plate with creamy frosting and chopped nuts — Yolanda Gutierrez

"This sweet potato sheet cake is a delicious cake, and perfect for company. They will think you spent all day baking. It’s super easy to make and quick to bake, thanks to a box mix and mashed canned sweet potatoes." —Yolanda

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Caramel Apple Dump Cake

"This caramel apple dump cake with warm, spiced apples and a buttery, crunchy topping screams fall! This recipe is so quick, easy, and delicious with vanilla ice cream, topped with more of the caramel sauce." —Pam Lolley

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Lemon Dump Cake

"This easy lemon dump cake is the perfect balance of tart, creamy, and sweet, and the texture is soft with just the right amount of crispness." —fabeveryday

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Strawberry Sheet Cake

"A cake box mix is taken to the next level with the addition of strawberry puree. Top with fresh strawberries, whipped cream, or ice cream." —Yoly

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Blackberry Dump Cake

"This blackberry dump cake is a real crowd-pleaser. Serve with ice cream or whipped topping." —JA Taylor

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Tudy's Key Lime Pie Poke Cake

"My mother-in-law loves key lime pie. I wanted to make something different for her so I combined a key lime pie with a poke cake and this is what I came up with. She loved it. So we named it after her." —Yoly

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