101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix

by Stephanie Ashcraft

Overview

The New York Times–bestselling phenomenon. “From Hawaiian Pineapple to luscious Lemonade Cake, the recipes are foolproof ways of faking homemade.” —First for Women
 
Move over Betty Crocker—101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix will amaze your friends and leave them Jell-O green with envy! From Snickers Surprise Cookies to Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake, it’s the best thing to happen in the kitchen since your last romantic rendezvous! So what are you waiting for? Grab a cake mix, whip up some goodies, and throw some flour on your face so it looks like you spent days in the kitchen.
 
Simple and sweetly satisfying recipes include Heavenly Brownies, German Chocolate Bars, Easy Snicker Doodles, Choco Sandwich Cookies, Lemon-Lime Refrigerator Cake, Valentine Love Cake, Peppermint Cake, Swiss-Chocolate Dump Cake, Pistachio Pound Cake, Quick and Easy Cornbread, Jack-O-Lantern Cake, Delicious Dirt, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423608554
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	05/29/2020
Series:	101 Things To Do With
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	377,289
File size:	459 KB

About the Author

Stephanie Ashcraft, author of the original 101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix, has taught cooking classes based on the tips and meals in her cookbooks for almost twenty years. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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Quick and Easy Apple Crisp

4-6 apples (about 6 cups)

1 yellow cake mix

1/2 cup quick oats

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Peel, core, and slice apples. Spread over the bottom of a greased 8 x 8-inch pan.

Mix cake mix, oats, sugar and cinnamon together in large bowl. Pour melted butter over the top. Mix with fork until crumbly.

Bake 35-40 minutes, until apples are tender and top is golden brown.

Chewy Lemon Bars

1 lemon cake mix

1 egg

1/2 cup butter, melted

3 3/4 cups powdered sugar

2 eggs, beaten

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together cake mix, egg and butter. Spread into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.

In a separate bowl, mix together powedered sugar, beaten eggs, softened cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Spread mixture over bottom layer.

Bake 30-40 minutes, until top layer turns a light golden brown.

Table of Contents

Contents:

Helpful Hints! 9

Brownies and Bars :

White-Chocolate Fudge Bars 13, Lemon Squares 14, Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Bars 15, Cheesecake Bars (Grandma Dircks' Specialty) 16, Chocolate Squares 17, Chewy Brownies 18, Cherry Chip Squares 19, Chewy Lemon Bars 20, Strawberry Squares 21, \Peanut Butter Brownies 22, Chewy Chocolate Chip Bars 23, Gooey Bars 24 Heavenly Brownies 25, Apple-Cinnamon Bars 26, Butterscotch Chip Bars 27, Reese's Pieces Bars 28, Pumpkin Pie Bars 29, Cream Cheese Bars 30, German Chocolate Bars 31

Cookies :

Reese's Cookies 35 Chewy Lemon Cookies 36 Sweet Delights 37 Chocolate Chip Cookies 38 Touch O'Honey 39 Peanut Butter-Kiss Cookies 40 Easy Snicker Doodles 41 Butterfinger Cookies 42 Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Cookies 43 Chocolate Butterscotch-Chip Cookies 44 Easy Mac 45 Choco Sandwich Cookies 46

Fruity Cakes :

Cherry Pie-Filling Cake 49 Lemon-Lime Refrigerator Cake 50 Apple Pie-Filling Cake 51 Banana Split Cake 52 Pina Colada Cake 53 Cherry-Chocolate Cake 54 Applesauce Cake 55 Fruit Cocktail Cake 56 Pineapple-Orange Cake 57 Mandarin Orange Cake 58 Punchbowl Cake 59 Tropical Getaway Cake 60 Peach Cake 61 Apple-Spice Cake 62 Hawaiian Pineapple Cake 63 Pineapple-Cherry Dump Cake 64 Apple Streusel 65 Cherry Coffee Cake 66 Blueberry Dump Cake 67 Valentine Love Cake 68

Fancy Cakes :

Dump Cake 71 Strawberry-Banana Gelatin Poke Cake 72 Strawberry Decadence 73 Yogurt Cake 74 Cookies-and-Cream Cake 75 Heath Bar Cake 76 Butterfinger Cake 77 Pudding Poke Cake 78 Cherry Chunk Cake 79 Confetti Cake 80 Chocolate-Lover's Cake 81

Easy Cheesecake 82 Orange-Pumpkin Cake 84 Butterfinger Crumb Cake 85 Swiss-Chocolate Dump Cake 86 Chocolate-Crumb Pudding Cake 87 Upside-Down German Chocolate Cake 88 Lemonade Cake 89 Choconut Cake 90 Chocolate Caramel Cake 91 Marbled Love Cake 92 Caramel-Pecan Chocolate Cake 93 Gelatin Poke Cake 94

Bundt Cakes :

Lemon Poppy-Seed Cake 97 Death-By-Chocolate Cake 98 Banana Bundt Cake 99 Pistachio Cake 100 Pistachio Pound Cake 101 Incredible Bundt Cake 102 Cream Cheese-Lemon Pound Cake 103 Luscious Lemon Cake 104

Muffins and Breads

Oatmeal-Raisin Muffins 107 Easy Banana Bread 108 Banana-Nut Muffins 108 Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Muffins 109 Quick and Easy Cornbread 110

Children's Delights :

Quick and Easy Apple Crisp 113 Snickers Surprise Cookies 114 Delicious Dirt 115 Ice Cream-Cone Cupcakes 116 Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches 117 Valentine Cookies 118 American Flag Cake 119 Jack-O-lantern Cake 120 Black Cat Cookies 121 Pumpkin-Patch Halloween Cake 122 Halloween Spider Cake 123 Pumpkin Delight 124 Peppermint Cake 125 Christmas-Rainbow Poke Cake 126

Editorial Reviews

For those times you need to fix something fast "from scratch," turn to 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix by Stephanie Ashcraft (Gibbs Smith, 2002). From Hawaiian Pineapple to luscious Lemonade Cake, the recipes are foolproof ways of faking homemade by using cake mix and on-hand ingredients.

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