Pillsbury has come up with some yummy new flavors this year in cakes and cookies. Last year they opened with the Pink lemonade cake and cookie mix with matching frosting which was divine.
This year they brought it back I’m glad to say and added new flavors, Key lime, Orange-cycle and Blue Raspberry. This recipe follows my cunning abilities in attempting to make the key lime cake but by my rush at the store picked up the cookie mix instead. Oh, No! what do I do? I need a cake!…
Oh, hey, I make cookies out of cake mixes (awesome 
Answer.. I can! I happened to have one of the pink lemonade cake mixes in my cupboard, for that spur of the moment dessert, so I pulled it out and checked the required ingredients..
WHA-LA!!!, instead of using the ingredients on the 
Instructions:
In a mixer bowl, combine your cookie mix, **1 and 1/4 c. water, 2/3 c. oil, and 3 eggs and mix on medium until well blended.
Pour into your greased and floured 9×13 pan (I used a glass pan) and bake for 35 minutes on 350 degrees, till toothpick stuck in middle comes out clean.
**Add ingredients slowly, add the oil, but 1 egg at a time, and 1/4 c. water at a time. Just in case there is not as much cookie mix in the box or bag as those listed above. Add liquids till you get the smooth consistency of a regular cake mix, not too thick but not runny. If it seems a bit dry while mixing, try adding a touch more oil and water, oil can also help keeping moist.
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Yay! So grateful for this conversion!! Thanks much! xo
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Thank you Lisa, I’m very glad that it’s helpful to you.
Have a blessed day..
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OMG! Thanks a million Jen! I too, accidentally purchased the pink lemonade cookie mix instead of cake mix. I thought to myself…the Internet is such a wealth of knowledge…perhaps I am not the only person to make this mistake…Sure enoughI came across this…THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! PS…those that feel the need to “correct others” surely suffer from a deep rooted insecurity. 😉
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Well thank you Sarah, I’m glad I could be out here on the www to help you. Hope you enjoy your cake, these flavors are my favorite.
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Thank you! Thought I had cake mix for birthday cupcakes and I was out. Had quite a few cookie mixes though! Now my daughter is getting Betty Crocker Cotton Candy cupcakes instead of cookies!
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Those will be Awesome! Hope she has a wonderful birthday.
Thank you for stopping by Just Keeping Busy, Have a blessed day.
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How do I make a cake from chocolate crinkle cookie mix
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Hello Marge
Following my instructions above should work well for this kind of mix. Make sure to add your liquid ingredients slowly and 1at a time so that you maintain control of the thickness of the batter.
Thank you the question
Have a blessed holiday season
JKB
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Obsessed with this! I’m a very beginning baker and have the cotton candy cookie mix I want to turn into cup cakes! Do you know if one can replace applesauce for the oil?? Trying to make this a tiny bit more healthy.
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Yes you can replace applesauce for the oil, check this link for some info http://bit.ly/1mksK13. Consider though if you wouldn’t want to use a more healthy oil such as coconut oil rather than adding more sugar to the already sugary cupcakes with the applesauce.
Thank you for stopping by Just Keeping Busy, I hope that I could help.
Have a wonderful day.
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Could I do this with any cookie mix?
My husband LOVES sugar cookies and I wanted to make a sugar cookie cake (today is his birthday)
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I’m very sorry Beki that I did not get back to you soon enough. So far every cookie mix I have tried has come out great as a cake. Most all the ingredients of a cookie mix are exactly like the ingredients of a cake mix, the only difference is the liquid ingredients we add when we get it home. I would love to know how the sugar cookie cake came out if you tried it, otherwise that one will be next on my list of challenges. Wish your husband a belated birthday and I hope that you visit Just Keeping Busy again very soon.
Blessings, jen
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Hi I have made a giant chocolate chip pizza cookie recipe and it always comes out great , now I need to make a cookie sheet size chocolate chip ice cream cake For my grandkids b-day but I don’t have a good recipe because the chocolate chip recipe comes out too crumbly I would like it a little cake like so it would let me cut it easier. Do you have a recipe for me that size that would work? You help us greatly appreciated.
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I have not made an ice cream cake before. However, you might try buying the chocolate chip cookie mixes and following my recipe for the cake out of a cookie mix. Adding more liquids to make it more moist but not so much that you lose the “cookie” feel. Then making 2 and spreading ice cream between for a big ice cream sandwich. FUN🍭
I hope this helps a little, blessings to you.
JKB
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Love it! So far I have done chocolate peppermint, orange-cycle and key lime. Awesome! I use coconut oil and for lime I use nettle tea instead of water. Leaves and all. Perfect for added nutrition and great for allergies. Best recipe hack ever. Y’all be blessed now!
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Thank you Terri
Soo glad that you found us, those ideas sound great. Keep up the experimenting.
You have a blessed day.
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I tried this but mine failed miserably. I baked it longer because the inside just wouldn’t get done. And when I took it out, it fell. Tasted ok but looked awful.
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I’m sorry to hear that Lynne. I have had that happen but it was when I dumped all the ingredients in at once and it was too thin.
I then made sure that I added all the ingredients slowly and one at a time, especially leaving the water till last and only adding till was thick, smooth and creamy like a cake mix.
I thank you for visiting Just Keeping Busy. Don’t give up, it can work out. My best experience with this recipe has been with the Pillsbury cookie mixes, any other brand I have tried, I make sure I’m careful how much I put in and let the batter tell me what’s enough.
Have a blessed day, and come visit us again.
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I’m so confused. I looked at my box cake mix ingredients since my husband was trying to make this while I read it out. My box cake calls for 1C of oil, 1/4C water and 3 eggs. How big is your cookie box mix?? My Mother’s Day cake came out looking like a hilly Texas desert…or dessert! So was I not supposed to use all the oil and water instructed??
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Hello Susannah, it is quite possible that the liquid to dry ratio was off. The ingredient amounts I use are from the Pillsbury cake mixes of the same flavors of the cookies. These cookie mixes are 17.5 oz. I have tried other brands of cookie mixes and have found that I have to add my ingredients slowly starting with all of the oil(start with 2/3 c.), then 1 egg, 1/4 c of water then another egg, in this order till the batter is thick and creamy like a cake mix batter.
Different cookie mixes are going to change up the amounts of the various wet ingredients so not to copy any competing company’s mix and to “their” ideal mix for moistness.
So it really doesn’t matter how much of either one you put in so long as you don’t put in too much. I would always start with the oil or butter because water dries out instead of moistens, and then add the eggs and water gradually.
Thank you for stopping by Just Keeping Busy and I hope that you come back soon. Cooking is an adventure and sometimes a lot more experimental than exact science.
Have a blessed day.
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Hi, Jen… OMG… Thank you SOOOO much… I decided to make my daughter a cake for her birthday… So I went to the store and bought (what I thought was) cake mix… Come I’ve had it for a week… I go in the cabinet this afternoon to start on the cake, and I see that I bought COOKIE MIX!!! I was sooo upset… Until I realized that I make cookies out of brownie and cake mix too… So there had to be a way to do the opposite… Thank you so much… You saved my little girls’ birthday!!!! 😀
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Thank you Vaonne, I’m so glad that it worked out for you. I’m happy to know that my information was there to help.
Give your daughter a BIG happy birthday from me and I hope that you visit Just Keeping Busy again soon.
Have a blessed day.
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Thank you so much for this! I have a box of the blue raspberry cookie mix that has been in my cupboard for a while but I am craving cake like a beast. I knew there had to be a way to make it in to a cake and WAH LA here you are!
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Thank you Amber for visiting Just Keeping Busy, I hope very much that you enjoy your cake.
I hope that you find other useful information here.
Have a blessed day
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thank you i purchased mix thinking it was a cake mix. so much for reading the box.
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Thank you Eileen, I’m glad that I could help you. I myself have obviously not read the boxes also. ;-D
I hope that you find more helpful information from my site and have a blessed day. jen
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Hi. I did read the box and I purposely bought the cookie mix because I want to start my 14 year old baking. Well, she is gone for the summer and I wanted a cake!!! So, I Googled and I found YOU!!! I thank you so much!!! I did just how you told me and it turned out great!!! Whoop whoop. ! Pig sooooieee! Arkansas Razorback style !!! 🙂
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Thank you Tanya, I’m sooo glad that I was able to help.
Hope you have a blessed day and a great summer.
jen, jkb
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Thanks for this! Apparently im not the only one with this accidental cookie/cake mix mix-up! 🙂 making cupcakes for coworkers and bought funfetti cookie mix instead. Well u saved my night! I was about to say no cupcakes for anyone! Lol but turns out tomorrow will be a happy sugar-charged day! Thanks again
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Thank you Jasmine, I am so glad that I was of help to you. Hope that your co-workers enjoyed
their treat.
You have a blessed day,
Jen, JKB
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Thanks! I have a box of … key lime cookie mix! That I want to use for cake mix! So I googled and WAH LA! dere it is!
Seriously … I bought it a while back, then bought & tried the cake mix and LOVED the cake, which now must be out of season because I can’t find anymore. So I figured before I tried the conversion myself I’d google it and what can I say? Great minds & key lime cake lovers think alike.
Btw, I’m going to add a box of pistachio pudding mix to mine, too.
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Thank you Karen
I’m so glad that I could help. The cake mixes are seasonal in the springtime, the cookie mixes seem to be out longer. Adding the pistachio pudding sounds very interesting and something that I’ll have to try.
I hope it comes out great.
Have a blessed day,
Jen, JKB
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I thought WAH LA was super funny! I may start using it too. hahaha. Thank you for posting this. I’ve made some awful cookies with the cookies mix and was SO looking for something like this. Thanks for posting!! Will reply back here when I am done trying it.
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I hope this turns out well for you. I’m glad you found us.
Have a blessed day
Jen
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Thanks for the great tip! I found a gingerbread cookie mix left over from Christmas in my pantry (which I need to clean out more often), and mixed it according to your directions with three ripe bananas, mashed, and a cup of chopped walnuts. Wow! The easiest, moistest and most flavorful banana bread I’ve ever made, dark but with just a hint of ginger. I want to try it with applesauce, pumpkin, maybe some raisins with the walnuts, etc. I will stock up on Holiday cookie mixes after Thanksgiving and Christmas!
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That is awesome Cindy. Thank you for sharing. It sounds very delicious, something I will have to try.
I’m glad that I could help “clean out” your pantry 😀
Have a blessed day
Jen
JKB
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Thank you so much for this post and the details of how to add the mix-ins. Today is my daughter’s 5th bd and I wanted to use the blue raspberry cookie mix to make a Frozen cake. But my oven is bad so I will try splitting half the mix to make one round cake pan and see if the rest of the batter will be cookies ;). Love your tag line, praise our wonderful Lord Jesus for all that we have!
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Thank you Shany for visiting Just Keeping Busy. I hope that all worked out for your daughters
birthday. Birthday wishes to her.
Have a blessed day
Jen
JKB
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After several attempted Google searches, I came across this page. This is very helpful and exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!!
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Thank you Roxxy, I’m glad we could help.
You have a blesses day
Jen
JKB
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Had a leftover bag of gingerbread cookie mix didn’t want cookies wanted a cake. This site is assume. Thanks
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Thank you Sue,
I am glad we were here to help. I hope that it came out delicious.
Have a blessed day
Jen
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Thanks so much for this! I was able to make a dessert for my food-allergy-ridden coworkers and they loved it!
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Thank you Lauren,
I’m glad that we were able to help, check out my other recipes that are allergy friendly.
Happy cooking and have a blessed day.
Jen
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Thank you so much Jen! I have the Salted Caramel cookie mix and wanted to turn them into a turtle cupcake (maybe with crushed pretzels around the frosting base). The cookies are amazeballs, so I can’t wait to give this a try! 🙂
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Thank you Michele, I hope that the cupcakes come out great. Your idea sounds fabulous with the pretzels, mmmm!
You have a wonderfully blessed day.
Jen
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I got a maple bacon cookie mix. And I gonna try to make cupcakes. It is Betty Crocker brand . Cross your fingers. I’m going to use real bacon because the bacon bits on the frosting , Really look gross. I will let you know…. Margie
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That sounds like a good idea. Those cookies were pretty good, so the cupcake version has got to be.
Because it’s Betty Crocker and not Pillsbury be sure to add your liquids slowly not to get too much or they will turn out runny and not fluffy. I tried the Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie and assumed my liquids would be good, turned out runny, tried to fix it with extra flour but didn’t work too well. Edible but not fluffy like cake.
Will love to hear how yours turn out.
Have a blessed day,
Jen
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I picked up the Tropical Mango cookie mix no cake mix found – getting ready to try this now! I can’t wait – thanks for sharing this! I took French in high school and college and well, WHO CARES! Say what you want however you want – tomatO tomOTO – obviously baking is her gig and language is well … someone elses. Lots of Love, Peace, and FROSTING!
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Thank you Tammie for checking out Just Keeping Busy, I hope that your cake comes out well.
Tropical Mango sounds yummy.
Have a blessed day,
Jen
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Jen, I’m from Oklahoma and I’ll be happy to butcher the French language right along with you. I had no idea that the word as pronounced and the word as spelled (in French, not in Great-Plains-ese, hah) were the same. People have no call to be rude when correcting minor mistakes. You were a lot more polite about that than I would’ve been.
Thanks for posting this; got a peppermint cookie mix on sale after Christmas and have been wanting to experiment.
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Thank you Artemis for your support. I hope that your cake comes out well, peppermint is my favorite.
You have a wonderfully blessed day.
Jen
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Thank You for making that mistake ha-ha I did it too & I found you!! Boys are loving it, Thank You very much.
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Thank you Jay for visiting.
We are all human, mistakes happen. Just glad I could help :-).
I’m glad the boys are happy.
Have a blessed day
Jen
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I was wondering have you made a Youtube? video an if so where can I find it.
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Thank you Nicky for stopping by. No, I have not ventured into YouTube yet. Is there anything specific that I can help you with? Would be glad to assist in any way. Have a blessed day.
Jen
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Love what you did here. I made the Pilsberry Tropical Mango cookie in to a cake and it was great! Thank you.
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Thank you Lisa, I’m glad it turned out for you. I have that mix in my cupboard and can’t wait to try it.
Just mighf today, thank you for the inspiration. Hope you have to blessed day and thank you for stopping by.
Jen
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I used the tropical mango mix as well. I threw in some unsweetened coconut flakes as well. I made into a layer cake that I put pineapple rings in between the two layers and frosted it with vanilla frosting. It really made a hit at my friend’s birthday! Thank you!
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That’s great news. I did try this mix and made mini cupcakes topped with powdered sugar, that was a good hit.
Thank you for stopping by justkeepingbusy. Have a blessed day.
Jen
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Thank you so much for putting this up! It’s my boyfriend’s Birthday and he wanted a Pillsbury Cinnamon bun cake, but I made the same mistake and got the Cinnamon bun cookie mix. It’s good to see I’m not the only one who made this mistake. Your info saved the day and his birthday!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Bless you** 🙂
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Thank you Laura, I’m so glad that everything worked out great. I have made the cinnamon bun cookie to cake and it was gooood.
Have a blessed day
Jen
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Also, I was wondering do I need to, or should I add baking powder? I read that somewhere but am not sure..
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No, the cookie mixes have everything that is needed.
Thanks again for stopping by Just Keeping Busy
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Omg! You are amazing! My son loved the Pillsbury Carmel Apple cupcakes. Well I went to the store to get more and I was in such a rush that I picked up cookie mix instead. Something told me this was possible and low and behold, you answered my question! Thank you for sharing!!!!
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I’m so glad I could help. Thank you Elaina for stopping by Just Keeping Busy
Have a blessed day, Jen
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Really good thank you!
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I made this with Orange Cookie Mix and added mandarin oranges. And instead of using water I used juice from mandarin oranges, to make 1 1/4 cups I also added a little pineapple orange juice(that was the only juice is had). Came out GREAT! Thanks for sharing! :0)
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Thank you Brenda for trying it. I’m very glad it worked out for you.
Have a blessed day.
Jen
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Can this be used for the funfetti Cookie mix as well?
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Yes Lorena it can.
Thank you for visiting and happy baking.
Jkbusy
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Hello. Thank you for that receipe. Can I use it snickerdoodle? Also, I always add puddings to my cake mixes, can I use it in addition to your receipe?
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Hello Donna, thank you for visiting Just Keeping Busy. This should work with any type of cookie mix you want to try. The only challenge with this recipe is to not let the batter be too runny before baking. Your pudding idea sounds very yummy, though I have not tried that myself, it would be a great idea, if needed, to help the batter be the correct consistency and also moistness to the baked result. A Snicker doodle cookie cake sounds delicious, I might would try using the cinnamon and sugar that I roll my dough in a powdered sugar glaze on top of the cake. I hope this was of some help to you. Happy adventures in your baking an blessings to you.
JKB
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So glad I found this. I had mint chocolate shortbread cookie mix. I followed the instructions but used 2 eggs instead of 3. I ended up with a delicious moist and dense cake! Thank you.
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Thank you for letting me know about your success. Sounds delicious 😊
Blessings to you
Jkb
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From one Jen to another… Thank you dear. Just made a little boy happy with a snickerdoodle cake. 🙂
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Thank you Jen, I’m so glad to hear that it worked out for your little boy. Blessings to you JKB
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This worked perfectly for the box of pumpkin cookie mix I wanted to make a cake with! I added a tsp of baking power, and just enough oil and water like you said. Perfect and moist!
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I am so glad to hear of your success. JKB
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You are wonderful! I had a mix for cookies from a box but really wanted cupcakes. I just followed your instructions and added the egg ,water, and oil slowly a quarter portion at a time until the mix was cake
consistency and Ta Daa! Perfect and yummy!
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Awesomeness that I love to hear. Thank you JKB
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Im trying to find a banana cookie cake recipe
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https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/10452113/cake-mix-banana-cookies/
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Thank you so much, Vesna for the helpful information. That sounds even better to try.
Blessings to you
JKB
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I have a 17.5 oz bag of Betty Crocker’s Gingerbread Cookie Mix. I want to use this to make a cake. I have a 15 oz can of Golden Delicious Pumpkin Puree. So, if I mix that pumpkin puree into the gingerbread cookie mix, how much would I cut down on the oil or the eggs? Maybe just add 1 egg and only a little oil until until I get the right consistency????
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Yes Penny, I would do just that. Sometimes talking it out answers our own questions☺
Thank you for stopping by💚 JKB
Merry Christmas 🎄
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Well, I did make the gingerbread cookie mix into a Gingerbread-Pumpkin Cake, and It came out wonderful! I used the whole can of pumpkin puree and added about 3/4 cup of sour cream and 1 egg to make the batter just the right consistency. It came out moist and full of flavor. I top it with whipped cream as I serve it. I am totally satisfied with the results. And I like experimenting using the different ingredients from collected recipes and ideas. This cake would be great with crushed walnuts and dried cranberries added as well. Thank you!
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That is awesome Penny! I am so glad it came out well and thank you so much for letting me and my readers know.
Merry Christmas 🎄
JKB
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i needed cookie dough out of cake mix instead of cake batter out of cookie mix.😓 i turned them into cup cakes and it all worked out. It was really good.
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Wonderful to hear that it all turned out great. Glad I was here to help. Blessings to you. JKB
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Following cake mix box instructions for a box of cookie mix sounds terrific. It sounds so delicious.
I have 2 “Krusteaz” cookie mix boxes in my kitchen right now. They have instructions for making a cake with the cookie mix printed in the box.
I can’t wait to try all of them. They sound so good.
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How would I turn this recipe into coffee cake? I have 2 bags of Betty crocker sugar cookie mix that I was going to use for it.
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DO I need to change the directions on the pumpkin cookie mix to do a bunt cake instead?
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Greetings
While personally I have not made a Bundt cake this way. It would be a trial and error to make sure that your batter was more dense for baking in a Bundt pan. Light and fluffy batters fall apart when trying to remove from the round pan.
I would start by trying to use less liquid, or less egg whites and making sure not to beat it too much.
If you like experimenting, I would love to hear how it comes out, the pumpkin idea sounds yummy.
Have a blessed day
JKB
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Can I mix my cookie mix with my cake mix and bake as a cake
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I don’t see why you couldn’t. I would make sure to add the extra liquids in the above instructions slowly. And mix the two mixes as if you were making 2 cake mixes at the same time.
Thank you for good question.
Blessings to you
JKB
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Thank you so much.
You were right about adding a little extra liquid to prevent a very dry cake.
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