Pudding Cake Mix Recipes

Cakes are a weakness for people who have a sweet tooth. Be it a birthday, wedding or an anniversary, people love to have cakes and pastries as their dessert. Baking a cake is an art, at which some people are experts. But, people who are apprentices at cooking, can have a difficult time while baking one. Baking a cake is a long procedure and needs a lot of time and patience, as one wrong measure can ruin the cake. However, now one can make use of the ready made cake mix packets (flour, sugar, baking powder and flavoring), that are readily available in grocery stores. Cake mixes were introduced in 1947-48, by General Mills and Pilsbury, and since then, many companies have come out with their own cake-mixes. Combining pudding with the cake mix has also become common among many people. Let us look at some of the mouthwatering pudding cake mix recipes.

Lemon Pudding Fruit and Nut Cake

Ingredients

• 3¾ ounces lemon pudding mix, instant
• ¼ cup apricot brandy
• 1 package spice cake mix
• 4 large eggs
• 2/3 cup apricot nectar
• 8 ounces sifted powdered sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 4 ounces candied pineapple
• 2-3 tablespoons apricot brandy
• 4 ounces candied cherries
• 8 ounces walnuts
• 8 ounces dates

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven at 350° F. Chop the pineapple, cherries, walnuts and dates and keep them ready.
2. In a small bowl, break the eggs one by one, stir well and set aside.
3. Take cake mix in a large mixing bowl, and add ¼ cup apricot brandy, pudding mixture, apricot nectar and vegetable oil. Pour the eggs into the mixing bowl for at least 2 minutes, till it becomes smooth. Sprinkle chopped nuts and stir again.
4. Grease a 10 inch baking pan, and spread the batter in it evenly. Keep it in the oven and let it bake for 55 minutes. Before taking it out, check whether the cake is completely baked.
5. Let it cool for 10-15 minutes. In a small bowl, take 1 cup sugar and add apricot brandy to it. Mix well and pour over the cake. Your fruit and nut cake is ready to be eaten.

Choco-Chip Pudding Cake

Ingredients

• 8 ounces chocolate chips
• 2 eggs
• 1 packet chocolate pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 1 packet chocolate pudding mix, instant
• 4 ounces nuts, chopped

Preparation

1. Cook pudding with 2 cups of milk, as instructed in the packet cover and keep aside for cooling.
2. In a large mixing bowl, empty the contents of the cake mix and combine it with the eggs. Beat it to make a soft and fluffy batter. Pour in the pudding and stir till it blends completely.
3. Grease a 9x13 sized baking pan and spread the cake batter into it. Drop in chocolate chips and nuts and bake in a preheated oven at 350° F, for not more than 30-35 minutes.

Banana Pudding Yellow Cake

Ingredients

• ¾ cup mashed banana
• 1 package banana flavored pudding, instant
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1 packet yellow cake mix
• 1 dash vanilla extract
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
For Glazing:
• 16 ounces confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 ounces chopped walnuts
• white icing

Preparation

1. Take a large bowl, and mix pudding and cake mix together. Make a hole in the middle of the batter and put in eggs, water, mashed bananas and oil. Stir till all the ingredients are mixed well.
2. Transfer the batter into a 10 inch greased baking pan and bake it in a preheated oven for 50-55 minutes at 350° F.
3. Take it out of the oven and keep aside for cooling.
4. In a small bowl, take sugar and mix it with milk. Pour over the cake and top it with white icing. Decorate it with chopped nuts and your banana pudding yellow cake is ready.

Baking a cake has surely become a simple task with the use of cake mix. Try these pudding cake mix recipes and come out with cakes as delicious as homemade cakes, made in the traditional way.