Sour cream apple slice

This much-loved classic slice is made even easier with this recipe. By adding coconut to the cake mix and using canned pie apples in the topping, it's sure to be a hit with a crowd. 

Cinnamon teacake banana muffins

For the ultimate airy muffins, you can’t go past this recipe. Feel free to swap out the sultanas for another dried fruit such as cranberries or dried sour cherries.

Apricot and macadamia slice

With both fruit and nuts in the mix, this slice is given a luxurious denseness by the addition of sour cream. You can alter the fruit and nuts but don’t miss the final sprinkle of mixed spice and caster sugar that adds a crust and a golden finish.

10 unexpected ways you can use packet cake mix

Mixed-up dessert

Similar to a crumble, but with coconut, nuts and tinned fruit in the mix, this dessert is easy to throw together and will be perfectly risen in 40 minutes/

Peach kuchen

A famous German-style teacake that is perfect for pairing up with a cup of coffee, this simple recipe uses a buttercake mix as its foundation. Studded with canned peaches and topped with cinnamon and sour cream, this is the ultimate afternoon treat.

10 unexpected ways you can use packet cake mix

Lemon meringue cake

Easier to make than its pie counterpart but with all the same signature flavours, this cake is multilayered and sure to wow. Filled with lemon curd and covered in toasted meringue, this is a cake that’s designed to impress.

Quick plum cobbler

Similar to a crumble but with a fluffy cake mix topping, this plum cobbler is ideal to serve up with custard and cream. While canned plums are the fruit of choice here, you can swap them for any other fruit you’d like. 

Cake mix cookies

Quick to whip together and studded with chocolate chips, fruit or nuts, these biscuits are simple and universally loved. With over 100 reviews and a five-star rating, they are sure to become a new favourite in your home.

10 unexpected ways you can use packet cake mix

Dreamy peppermint slice

A simple multilayered slice is no easy feat but by incorporating a cake mix, you can do the hard work without hassle. Try topping it with dark chocolate and cutting it into small portions as it’s deceptively rich. 

Cake mix fudge

If you’ve got a hankering for a simple fudge but don’t have the cream, chocolate and endless ingredients on hand, try this recipe instead. Made in ten minutes and with a base of packet cake mix mixed with icing sugar and cooked in the microwave, it is the ultimate easy recipe. 

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