Yield: 24 cupcakes
Perfect Cupcake Recipe using a mix
You can use this trick to make a box cake mix taste like cupcakes or cake are made from scratch.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Total Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 box mix* (any flavor) – but get the good kind, Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup of water
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350° and line muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, butter and water using an electric mixer on low for one minute, then mix on high for one minute.
- Divide batter evenly into cupcake liners, filling each two thirds full.
- Bake for 20 minutes and cool completely.
Notes
*In case your wondering if this will work with the box cake mix you want to use: I've been making cupcakes and cakes this way for over 10 years now, I'm pretty sure box cake mixes have changed in size slightly over the years, but this still works.
Basically, you want to just use the egg as directed on the box — butter in place of oil and just a little less water than the mix says to use.