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Cake mix cakes, slices & biscuit recipes

Easy bakes made with packet cake mix.
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banana cake mix cake with passionfruit drizzle
This easy banana cake is made using packet cake mix (recipe below).
Photography: John Paul Urizar. Styling: Michele Cranston. Photochef: Kathy Knudsen.
six cake mix cornflake cookies on a pink surface Photography: John Paul Urizar. Styling: Michele Cranston. Photochef: Kathy Knudsen.
cake mix lemon curd cupcakes Photography: John Paul Urizar. Styling: Michele Cranston. Photochef: Kathy Knudsen.
cake mix red velvet cookies in a wire rack Photography: John Paul Urizar. Styling: Michele Cranston. Photochef: Kathy Knudsen.

These recipes for cake mix cakes, biscuits and slices, make baking easy. With this convenient and clever hack, it takes only a few extra ingredients to bake a variety of delicious sweet treats.

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We’ve given the classic Cornflake biscuit an overhaul with this clever cake mix cookies hack. Our apple and sour cream slice recipe is one of our most popular, and a real time saving bake thanks to the use of packet cake mix and store bought, canned pie apples.

Cake mix cakes are also a handy time-saver when hosting a birthday party. We love a fun party cake at The Weekly, and you’ll some of our most popular children’s birthday cakes are made with packet mix. In fact, packet cake mix underpins all the cakes in our iconic Children’s Birthday Cake Book, from the Duck Cake to the Pool Cake, and of course, Dolly Varden. Although you can make your own butter cake or vanilla cake if preferred. And in fact, this one bowl butter cake is about as easy to make as a packet cake mix!

In 2025, we celebrated 45 years of The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book. As part of that, The Weekly sat down four with of the women who created cakes for the book. Read the stories behind the classic cakes. You’ll discover why the duck cake has a potato chip beak, and which cake you need bravery to attempt…

More easy bakes

If you’re after more fuss-free baking recipes, see our collection of easy baking ideas. From slice-and-bake biscuits to butter cakes, loaf cakes and scones, you’re sure to find a delightful treat to enjoy. There are also recipes for desserts, including bread and butter pudding, and apple crumble cake.

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Ways with cake mix

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chocolate pudding cake
Baking
August 31, 2009

Chocolate pudding cake

Use a cake mix that does not require butter to be added. Note
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