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Everyone knows the easiest desserts start with a 9×13-inch pan. How can you make them even easier? With a box of cake mix, of course! These simple treats, from dump and poke cakes to traditional sheet cakes, will find a permanent spot in your recipe box.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple Dump Cake
Dotdash Meredith Video Studios
“This Cinnamon Toast Crunch apple dump cake is delicious with cold vanilla ice cream or a cup of coffee, and about the easiest dessert you’ll ever make. With only 4 ingredients, it’s assembled and ready for the oven in 5 minutes.” —Nicole McLaughlin
Pink Velvet Cake
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
“It’s a new spin on the Southern favorite.” —Amanda Holstein
Sweet Potato Sheet Cake
Yolanda Gutierrez
“This sweet potato sheet cake is a delicious cake, and perfect for company. They will think you spent all day baking. It’s super easy to make and quick to bake, thanks to a box mix and mashed canned sweet potatoes.” —Yolanda
Caramel Apple Dump Cake
“This caramel apple dump cake with warm, spiced apples and a buttery, crunchy topping screams fall! This recipe is so quick, easy, and delicious with vanilla ice cream, topped with more of the caramel sauce.” —Pam Lolley
Lemon Dump Cake
“This easy lemon dump cake is the perfect balance of tart, creamy, and sweet, and the texture is soft with just the right amount of crispness.” —fabeveryday
Strawberry Sheet Cake
“A cake box mix is taken to the next level with the addition of strawberry puree. Top with fresh strawberries, whipped cream, or ice cream.” —Yoly
Blackberry Dump Cake
“This blackberry dump cake is a real crowd-pleaser. Serve with ice cream or whipped topping.” —JA Taylor
Tudy’s Key Lime Pie Poke Cake
“My mother-in-law loves key lime pie. I wanted to make something different for her so I combined a key lime pie with a poke cake and this is what I came up with. She loved it. So we named it after her.” —Yoly
Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
“My chocolate spin on St. Louis gooey butter cake. Dust top with powdered sugar if you like.” —PHXBBW6FT1
Best Ever Piña Colada Cake
“This piña colada poke cake recipe is amazingly simple to make. Enjoy tropical flavor in every bite!” —SunnyDaysNora