Cornbread With Cake Mix Recipe

This Cornbread with Cake Mix recipe is in regular rotation at our house. The bread is moist and light. I’m not a huge fan of corn breads that are really grainy with cornmeal and are dense, or corn breads with vegetable surprises inside. That is why I love this easy homemade cornbread recipe so much. It is a perfect cross between a yellow cake and cornbread, and there are no surprises. It is easy to prepare and tastes amazing with some butter and a drizzle of honey. This is a great side dish for fall and winter to serve with a hearty stew, soup, or chili.

Make This in a ‘Jiffy’

One of the great parts about this recipe is the inclusion of Jiffy Cornbread Mix in the list of dry ingredients. No need to mess with extra salt, teaspoons of baking soda, baking powder, or cornmeal. It’s all in the box! That’s part of what makes this such a wonderful cornbread recipe. Between the boxed cornbread mix and the boxed cake mix, half of your work is done! Sometimes you just need the help from convenient resources, right? Then, all you need are some eggs, milk (you can whisk in buttermilk or regular milk) and some melted butter, and water. Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and you are done! I promise, this recipe is a quick, simple, delicious way to get all the flavor you love with the perfect texture.

Pans to Use for Cake Mix Cornbread

If you like your homemade cornbread slightly more grainy, add another cornbread mix and another egg. You will end up with more than what will fit in a 9×13 pan. Some people like to get creative with the baking dish choice when baking this bread. If you have more batter than will fit in the 9×13 cake pan, you can add the excess batter to some muffin tins for little cornbread muffins. One reader suggested baking it in a bundt pan for a different way to serve. Round pans in in the oven work well too. You can even bake this in a cast iron skillet in the oven.

Tips for Cornbread with Cake Mix

While we try to give accurate cooking times, there are many factors that can affect the total time and how quickly your cornbread bakes. The best way to tell if your cornbread is done is to do the toothpick test. You’ll know its done when the top crust is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If the edges and top are golden brown, but the toothpick does not come out clean, you can wrap the pan with tin foil to slow the outside down and leave time for the inside to cook. Don’t have a cake mix handy? Try our homemade cake mix. You can use it to replace both the store-bought cake mix and the butter in this recipe.

Try this Cake Mix Cornbread with one of our delicious soup or chili recipes

Easy bread recipes are a favorite in our family. Freshly baked bread like this Homemade Banana Bread, our delicious Chocolate Zucchini Bread or this Irish Soda Bread are perfect to serve with any meal or for a yummy snack.