I’m about to share The Secret To Making Boxed Cake Mix Better. This easy cake recipe creates a moist, dense, and delicious cake – worthy of birthday parties, pot lucks, or *insert celebration* here. Follow these steps to The Secret To Making Boxed Cake Mix Better – you’ll want to keep this cake recipe!
The Secret To Making Boxed Cake Mix Better
Ok, with every new thing there is a hiccup (no hiccups to this cake recipe – promise – it’s tried and true!). My hiccup is in my Youtube video (below). I’m starting to build the Parent Club Youtube channel (yes, go and subscribe!). However, my hiccup is this: in the video I say to bake it in a 350C oven. My bad. In North America we use Fahrenheit and it should read 350F oven. So use 350F.
Unless you live in Europe – then you’ll want 176C. Anywho….recipe below video…completely print-worthy.
And so that cake recipe…
- 1 box of Cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/4 cup of oil
- 1 package instant pudding (secret ingredient!)
- Put ingredients into medium sized bowl.
- Mix on high for 2 minutes.
- Spray pan with cooking spray
- Spoon in cake mix
- Bake at 350F for 40 min.
- Enjoy!
Though I try to bake from scratch as much as possible – some times I just have to make my life easier and use a boxed cake mix. I find when I add instant pudding it makes the cake SO MUCH BETTER. And yes, match the cake mix flavour to the instant pudding (i.e. chocolate and chocolate or vanilla and vanilla).
My son has a Christmas birthday – and I’m always “baked out” by the time to bake his birthday cake (from cookies to brownies to butter tarts – everything at Christmas is from scratch here). So, this year I gave myself permission to use The Secret To Making Boxed Cake Mix Better…and know what…everyone LOVED it.
And if you love chocolate you should try my Best Brownie Recipe Ever…
oh I see you used a bundt cake pan …I had one, loved it, my daughter moved and apparently the bundt pan didn’t want her to be lonely …. sigh
This sounds yummy!! I will have to try and make my Valentine a cake 🙂
This pudding cake sounds delicious! I’m making cupcakes this week for a Bake Sale so I’m going to try your recipe. Thank you 🙂
It’s a great – any holiday cake 🙂
I did use a bundt pan (but you could easily make muffins using this recipe).
Thanks,I will have to try this next weekend when the grandkids are here
I will definitely have to try this! We are having out of town guests in a few weeks and this will be nice to have on hand.
I have never thought about putting pudding in a cake before. I guess I should have guessed because a lot of boxed cakes do have pudding in them.
I never would have thought about trying different ways to make a boxed cake mix like this. Sounds like a great combination of ingredients.
I love finding ways to change up cake mixes like this!! What a great flavor combination to make a cake even better.
This is great! So baking a cake this weekend for my girls!
I’ve used instant pudding mix before but I also use boxed cake mix itself as a substitution in various recipes. Some of my favorite cookies are made with boxed cake mix.
I have never tried putting a package instant pudding in my cake mix. It is a fantastic idea. I will have to try it on the weekend.
Adding a package of instant pudding to a box cake mix is a great way to make it better. I love how moist the cake always turns out.
My mother in law does that with the pudding as well. I don’t often have boxed cake mix, or pudding but next time I’ll have to remember to try it.
I’d love to make one of these with my girls. They love making cake. This is a wonderful idea.
You know, I heard through the grapevine about adding in pudding and it sounds like a great idea. I am sure it makes the cake super-moist
woo this looks so good. it reminds me of the cakes my granny used to make.
Oh my! I remember taking box cake mixes and adding extra eggs and oil to make bundt cakes when my kids were growing up. This is awesome!!
This is perfect! I’m a boxed cake girl who would love to make it a bit fancier, without the headache.
I need to give your secret ingredient a try. You can’t be the convenience of a boxed cake mix, and the pudding will make it our little secret.
I always add some pudding to my Christmas cake to make it more moist. Everyone loves my little not so secret ingredient.
Agreed. Pudding makes every cake so good! I’m having to learn cooking gluten free for my family so I’m having to learn all kinds of tricks. Haven’t put this one to test yet for GF though!
There’s some good flavors in box mix – you just have to fix the texture!
My family would love it if I made cake every single day! I bet they would love this secret ingredient in their next cake!
YES! Pudding really does make a big difference. I’m all over this recipe.
Adding pudding would be awesome! Thanks for the secret and I will be trying this.
awesome tips thanks for sharing , i will def be trying the pudding next time !
Oh I love your idea and of course pudding would make it taste way better. yummy !
Sounds yummy. We add cream cheese to our cake mixes.
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I agree about adding the pudding, it makes a moister cake no doubt. And if u don’t have time or haven’t baked from scratch in awhile, there is nothing wrong with box mixes. Some are better than other, but it’s a good incentive to bake.
What a great idea. Putting it on my list for next time I need a cake that is quick and easy.
Great tip! Pinning it!!!
What a marvellous idea to add pudding to the cake mix, that will certainly make it moist and taste much better too.
Thank you for sharing! Might try one for my daughter’s bday 🙂
Thanks so much for the tip it really does make box cakes taste yummier
I’ve been making a lemon poppyseed cake this way for years and when my son was in kindergarten he was selling my cupcakes (unknown to me) for a penny. After he had saved enough to go and play some video games he told me how smart he was… and why he had wanted them EVERY day. LOL.
I will have to try this the next time I make a boxed cake mix.
Adding pudding to the recipe sounds delicious. I have to try this, it sounds so yummy!