I am making the wonderfully delicious Pumpkin Cream Trifle today… the only problem being, I didn’t have a spice cake mix in the pantry. The thought of trying to cram a grocery store trip into the few minutes available between baby and toddler nap times, not to mention the pain of dragging all three kids through the store (I’m sure plenty of you relate), had me reconsidering the importance of a spice cake mix. I mean, I’m sure I could make one on my own. I have a yellow cake mix and lots of spices, after all. So I rolled up my sleeves and experimented… with yummy results, I’m happy to say! Now I have a “recipe” for how to make a Make a Spice Cake from a Yellow Cake Mix!
What you will need to Make a Spice Cake from a Yellow Cake Mix:
- yellow cake mix box
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground ginger
- allspice or cloves
The pumpkin spice cake layer for my trifle ended up deliciously fragrant, with just the right amounts of spice. It’s so easy I hesitated to post it on here but then I decided I better. After all, it’s often the easiest shortcuts that can save a lot of time and hassle when we are in a pinch. So here you go!
And don’t forget to make this amazing Pumpkin Cream Trifle! It is SOOO good!!
If you are making the trifle–this is the trifle bowl I love!
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How To: Make a Spice Cake from a Yellow Cake Mix
Description
Make a Spice Cake from a Yellow Cake Mix. It is easy to turn a classic yellow cake mix into a spice cake with a few spices you have on hand!
Ingredients
- 1 yellow cake mix box
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice or cloves
Instructions
- Combine all together and follow directions on box or in your recipe.
If you need a recipe to try this out on, may I suggest the best pumpkin trifle out there: Pumpkin Cream Trifle.
wow Denise–your cake sounds amazing!! YUMM!!!!
Wow!! Best yellow cake i’ve ever made!
i replaced the water with coconut milk, and used egg replacer bc i’m vegan.
I like my cake a bit more spiced, so i did a little over 3Tbs pumpkin pie spice(prob closer to 4 lol).
I make my cakes in an Asian rice cooker, so they come out fluffy and moist..plus no need for an oven on hot days.
This cake was amazing!!! I cut slices, and served with a simple sugar icing, and some with vegan bourbon buttercream. It’s amazing both ways or just plain.
Fantastic!
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I used yellow cake mix added spices and butterscotch pudding. Turned out so good now have to make another for Christmas.
Our local store gives away a box of cake mix for your birthday month and all I could get was vanilla but I wanted to make spice cake. I did a quick google search in the store and found your recipe. Looking at the comments, it seemed like pillsbury cake mix (what I have) may overpower the spice a bit so I elected to add 1 1/2 times each spice and it came out wonderfully. It’s a little more flavorful that store bought spice cake mix but not too much so. Very tasty with a vanilla buttercream. Thanks!
Logan B said she used pumpkin pie spice, but didn’t say how much. If anyone else has used it, how much was used? Thanks
I found a way to make it even easier! McCormick has a “Pumpkin Pie Spice” with all four of these ingredients in it! Obviously it’s to be added to pumpkin pies, but doesn’t have the pumpkin flavor in it so no worries about that. Just in case you wanted to get just the one spice
McCormick has just come out the a “Pumpkin Spice” extract – maybe follow the recipe and add 1 teaspoon of extract?
McCormick has just come out the a “Pumpkin Spice” extract – maybe follow the recipe and add 1 teaspoon of extract?
McCormick has just come out the a “Pumpkin Spice” extract – maybe follow the recipe and add 1 teaspoon of extract?
Add flavored jello and extract to the cake mix and you’re golden. 1 cake mix (plus your eggs, oil and water), 1 small package of lemon jello, 1 tsp. lemon extract. Enjoy!
Add flavored jello and extract to the cake mix and you’re golden. 1 cake mix (plus your eggs, oil and water), 1 small package of lemon jello, 1 tsp. lemon extract. Enjoy!
Add flavored jello and extract to the cake mix and you’re golden. 1 cake mix (plus your eggs, oil and water), 1 small package of lemon jello, 1 tsp. lemon extract. Enjoy!
Hmm I wonder if the Gluten Free mix has a stronger flavor than the normal mix?? because I have had great luck using this “recipe” with a regular cake mix. I have two sons who eat gluten free and some of the baked goods do have extra flavor to mask some of the different flavors. If you find a good GF mix that it works with–let me know!!
Hmm I wonder if the Gluten Free mix has a stronger flavor than the normal mix?? because I have had great luck using this “recipe” with a regular cake mix. I have two sons who eat gluten free and some of the baked goods do have extra flavor to mask some of the different flavors. If you find a good GF mix that it works with–let me know!!
Hmm I wonder if the Gluten Free mix has a stronger flavor than the normal mix?? because I have had great luck using this “recipe” with a regular cake mix. I have two sons who eat gluten free and some of the baked goods do have extra flavor to mask some of the different flavors. If you find a good GF mix that it works with–let me know!!
Thanks for the tip on how to make spice cake from yellow cake mix. I used this to make a pumpkin spice cake for my friends at work with Pillsbury gluten free yellow cake mix. Unfortunately, the spice was hard to discern because this mix is so overwhelmingly vanilla flavored. I think a white cake mix might work better or add double the spice to this mix. Next time I’ll try another brand.
Thanks for the tip on how to make spice cake from yellow cake mix. I used this to make a pumpkin spice cake for my friends at work with Pillsbury gluten free yellow cake mix. Unfortunately, the spice was hard to discern because this mix is so overwhelmingly vanilla flavored. I think a white cake mix might work better or add double the spice to this mix. Next time I’ll try another brand.
Thanks for the tip on how to make spice cake from yellow cake mix. I used this to make a pumpkin spice cake for my friends at work with Pillsbury gluten free yellow cake mix. Unfortunately, the spice was hard to discern because this mix is so overwhelmingly vanilla flavored. I think a white cake mix might work better or add double the spice to this mix. Next time I’ll try another brand.
same here with the sugar free cake mix. Hope that it turned out. Going to try it today!!
same here with the sugar free cake mix. Hope that it turned out. Going to try it today!!
same here with the sugar free cake mix. Hope that it turned out. Going to try it today!!
This is just wanted what I was looking for. Have a sugar free cake mix and wanted to turn it into a spice cake,,, this is GREAT!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
This is just wanted what I was looking for. Have a sugar free cake mix and wanted to turn it into a spice cake,,, this is GREAT!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
This is just wanted what I was looking for. Have a sugar free cake mix and wanted to turn it into a spice cake,,, this is GREAT!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Thank you. I found this because, it’s getting very hard to find spice, lemon, etc. mixes around here. I’m going to just start buying white mixes and doing my own. (I already make my own seasoning mixes for cooking, ie. taco, Cajun, french fry)
Thank you. I found this because, it’s getting very hard to find spice, lemon, etc. mixes around here. I’m going to just start buying white mixes and doing my own. (I already make my own seasoning mixes for cooking, ie. taco, Cajun, french fry)
You are a lifesaver! Thank you for posting this recipe!
You are a lifesaver! Thank you for posting this recipe!
You are a lifesaver! Thank you for posting this recipe!
Thank you. Just what I was looking for.
Thank you. Just what I was looking for.
Thank you. Just what I was looking for.
Thanks for posting this. It is exactly what I was looking for! The gooey pumpkin cake I am making calls for spice cake and I only have yellow cake mixes. Awhile ago, I had made oatmeal raisin spice cookies ,with a yellow mix, but misplaced the ‘spice formula’. This is fantastic, thank you!
Thanks for posting this. It is exactly what I was looking for! The gooey pumpkin cake I am making calls for spice cake and I only have yellow cake mixes. Awhile ago, I had made oatmeal raisin spice cookies ,with a yellow mix, but misplaced the ‘spice formula’. This is fantastic, thank you!
Thanks for posting this. It is exactly what I was looking for! The gooey pumpkin cake I am making calls for spice cake and I only have yellow cake mixes. Awhile ago, I had made oatmeal raisin spice cookies ,with a yellow mix, but misplaced the ‘spice formula’. This is fantastic, thank you!
Saved my life today, thank you!!!
Saved my life today, thank you!!!
Saved my life today, thank you!!!
I can’t believe how fast I found this info on spices. I was at 2 stores with no spice cake mixes. So I bought 2 boxes of Jiffy yellow cake hoping to search the internet. It took all of less than 2 minutes to find this info. Thanks so much.
I can’t believe how fast I found this info on spices. I was at 2 stores with no spice cake mixes. So I bought 2 boxes of Jiffy yellow cake hoping to search the internet. It took all of less than 2 minutes to find this info. Thanks so much.
I can’t believe how fast I found this info on spices. I was at 2 stores with no spice cake mixes. So I bought 2 boxes of Jiffy yellow cake hoping to search the internet. It took all of less than 2 minutes to find this info. Thanks so much.
Thank you!! This saved me tonight!! We busy mamas need all the shortcuts we can get!
Thank you!! This saved me tonight!! We busy mamas need all the shortcuts we can get!
Thank you!! This saved me tonight!! We busy mamas need all the shortcuts we can get!
Its great to find these recipes. It mixes it up and its fun. Thank you
Its great to find these recipes. It mixes it up and its fun. Thank you
Its great to find these recipes. It mixes it up and its fun. Thank you
Thanks for this. I can’t find a gluten-free cake mix. This way I’ll be able to adapt what I can find (may be white instead of yellow but will still be better for this).
Thanks for this. I can’t find a gluten-free cake mix. This way I’ll be able to adapt what I can find (may be white instead of yellow but will still be better for this).
Thank you for this! I will try it out tomorrow in a gluten-free mix. 🙂
Thank you for this! I will try it out tomorrow in a gluten-free mix. 🙂
You rock!! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so very much!
You rock!! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so very much!
This is great information. I shop at Aldi for my basics and they don’t stock spice cake mix. This will save a trip to a full service store, and thus save me money in buying extra stuff I find. Needed for my Thanksgiving dessert apple spice dessert.
This is great information. I shop at Aldi for my basics and they don’t stock spice cake mix. This will save a trip to a full service store, and thus save me money in buying extra stuff I find. Needed for my Thanksgiving dessert apple spice dessert.
In the fall when I like to make pumkpkin chocolate chip muffins, I use this recipe frequently. My recipe calls for 1 spice cake mix, 1 small can of pumpkin, and 1/2 C (or to taste) of choc chips. No other oil, liquid, etc. Sometimes I can’t find the spice cake mixes, or they cost quite a bit more (??!) so this is my go-to “recipe”. Thanks!
In the fall when I like to make pumkpkin chocolate chip muffins, I use this recipe frequently. My recipe calls for 1 spice cake mix, 1 small can of pumpkin, and 1/2 C (or to taste) of choc chips. No other oil, liquid, etc. Sometimes I can’t find the spice cake mixes, or they cost quite a bit more (??!) so this is my go-to “recipe”. Thanks!
I’m happy for this as well! I asked my hubby to pick up a spice cake mix when he was at the grocery store. He couldn’t find it. Unfortunately I found this after he left. Actually, I’m just going to do this rather than buy the box of spice mix. Thank you!
I’m happy for this as well! I asked my hubby to pick up a spice cake mix when he was at the grocery store. He couldn’t find it. Unfortunately I found this after he left. Actually, I’m just going to do this rather than buy the box of spice mix. Thank you!
That post made me laugh – I have wanted to make the trifle recipe several times and didn’t have the spice cake mix so just made something else. You are pretty clever! Thanks.
That post made me laugh – I have wanted to make the trifle recipe several times and didn’t have the spice cake mix so just made something else. You are pretty clever! Thanks.
Very useful! I almost always have a yellow cake mix and a chocolate one, but I seem to always be making special trips to the store if I decide I need another kind. I already know this will come in handy!
Very useful! I almost always have a yellow cake mix and a chocolate one, but I seem to always be making special trips to the store if I decide I need another kind. I already know this will come in handy!
I’m so glad you posted this! Very useful this time of year!
I’m so glad you posted this! Very useful this time of year!