If you like coffee cake, you are going to LOVE this Cake Mix Coffee Cake! I am a big fan of coffee cake and I am even a bigger fan of it when I can skip a couple steps to get it done quicker!
This cake mix coffee cake is light and fluffy, yet moist and delicious. It is so easy to do and I almost always have all the ingredients on hand. This is a pretty versatile dish, too– you can add things or take them away as you like. You can add chopped up apples to the crumb topping to make it an apple cinnamon coffee cake. Blueberries or shredded coconut make great additions, too! If you are a big fan of topping, double it (I have done this and doubled all but the butter and it was still great)! My favorite substitution is using coconut oil instead of vegetable or canola oil. It adds a slight coconut-y flavor which I love– plus it is better for you!
This is a great dish if you are have guests over. It is relatively cheap to make and it serves up to 12 people (depending on how hungry everyone is). It is a winner for kids and adults alike! As an added FYI, I have made this cake at a lower temp (325) and baked for longer (a little over an hour) and it turns our great. It just takes longer. I haven’t noticed a huge difference in the texture– it seemed pretty much the same to me. If you have extra time to spare or WANT to drag out the baking time for whatever reason, feel free to do so. However you do it, remember baking times can vary from oven to oven and elevation to elevation. Just keep an eye on it as it is baking. Enjoy!
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix 15 -18oz
- 1/2 c. water
- 1/2 c. buttermilk
- 1/3 c. oil coconut oil works GREAT
- 3 eggs
- 1 pkg. 3.4oz vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1/4 c. granulated sugar
- 1 c. flour
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 c. 1 stick butter
- 1 c. chopped walnuts
- preheat oven to 350-degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, buttermilk, oil, eggs, pudding mix. Beat with a mixer for about 2 minutes. Fold in sour cream.
- Pour batter into a greased 9x13 glass baking dish.
- In a smaller bowl, combine sugars, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Cut butter into small pieces and add to the sugar mixture. Mix together with a fork or pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in walnuts.
- Sprinkle half of the topping over the batter. Use a knife to swirl the mixture throughout the cake. (You can also keep ALL of the topping over the top, as shown in the picture)
- Top evenly with remaining topping.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
This is in the oven as I sit and type! I noted where you could add apples or blueberries….I don’t have any apples (but in a couple of months I will be making loads of apple stuff!) – have blueberries but promised DH another blueberry cheesecake with them. But, I had mistakenly bought a larger can of fruit cocktail instead of peaches, so I thought “why not?”! Drained it well and added to the cake. I also doubled the topping as suggested and oh my! What a lot of topping but can you ever have enough crunchy topping??? It is starting to smell amazing – can’t wait for it to come out of the oven and cool so we can taste this masterpiece!! PS – I made this all sugar free as DH is a diabetic – I do this with all my recipes and I am expecting that there will be no difference in taste, as usual.
Wow! I can’t wait to find out how it turned out. Kudos to you for baking sugar free. It takes extra work and some trial and error, but it’s wonderful that you do it and DH gets to eat delicious baked goods and not feel deprived because of diabetes. Thank you for sharing these ideas with us!
I made this and I don’t know if I didn’t bake it long enough or I had bought DuncanHines cake mix and it said on box extra moist and combined with the pudding I added it seemed too moist. The taste was excellent though and it was gone in no time.It just didn’t look like the picture. I was wondering if I just could buy the cake mix with the pudding in it already?
You definitely could if you think it is too moist– we haven’t really had that issue before :S
I just made this for the second time and used Betty Crocker moist yellow cake. The first time I followed the recipe exactly and my cake turned out way too moist, but it did have great flavor. The second time I made the cake, I looked at the Betty Crocker cake box and it said pudding was already in the mix. I left out adding the additional pudding and the cake was delicious!
I have made the blueberry cream cheese coffee cake numerous times to take to different events and they are always the big hit. Everyone wants the recipe.
This is the first time I have ever tried the cake mix coffee cake but I’m sure it will be wonderful!
Thank you! Let us know how you like the coffee cake.
i THINK COCONUT PUDDING MIX WOULD BE GREAT IN THIS CAKE!
i THINK COCONUT PUDDING MIX WOULD BE GREAT IN THIS CAKE! SORRY CAPS LOCK WAS ON AND DID NOT NOTICE IT! LOL
This coffee cake as a big hit!Everyone loved it, the best remark came from my husband, Wow, tastes like a bakery made this!
Nice! What a great compliment! Thank you to both you and your husband 🙂
Can we put apples in the cake mix. If so, how much? Thanking you in advance.
We haven’t done that before but I don’t see why not! I am sure you can add as many as you would like. It might be a good idea to use dehydrated apples that are chopped small so you don’t alter the texture of the Coffee Cake. Hope this helps!
will it mess up this recipe if I use a already moist boxed cake mix then add buttermilk to it? what should I do different so that this turns out well ?
It should turn out fine if you use a moist cake mix with the buttermilk. Thanks for asking!
My husband had a heart attack last November and his cardiologist informed us that coconut oil is not in fact better for you it’s worse!!! Worse for you than butter!!! Seems impossible but check out the back of your jar next time you’re in your kitchen! I was shocked and very sad as we love to use coconut oil and everything! Can’t wait to try this recipe. I’ve been looking for one that incorporates sour cream as I plan to try yogurt!