Cake for breakfast?! You bet! These quick, 5-ingredient cake mix pancakes are a festive and easy way to make pancakes. Choose any flavor cake mix you’d like!
Cake Mix Pancakes Recipe
You know how we love pancakes. Pancakes on a Saturday morning just make the day seem brighter.
Experiment pancakes on a weekday are the absolute best. And no, I don’t mean Protein Pancakes. Those are surprisingly good, but today we aren’t going for healthy. Not in the slightest bit. Experiment pancakes means my mom thought of a great pancake recipe to try and decided not to wait until Saturday for some reason. Which makes all of us kids shout for joy!
When you take your first bite of these Cake Mix Pancakes, cold or hot, buttered or syrup-ed, you will instantly think CAKE. And to me, cake for breakfast is a dream come true.
We have several versions of pancakes as you already know. Our Buckwheat Pancakes and Hearty Whole Grain Waffles are only the start of all the many breakfast ideas we have for you.
How to Make Pancakes from Cake Mix
These Cake Mix Pancakes are really simple. All you need is 1 dry cake mix of any flavor you’d like (we used red velvet), 2 1/2 cups milk, 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup of oil, and 2 eggs. It makes about 18 pancakes, depending on the size you make them. We make ours about 6 inches across. If you like yours smaller, go for it!
If you like your pancakes thick, you’ll want to start only with 2 cups of milk. The more milk you add from there, the thinner the batter gets, which results in thinner pancakes. If you choose to go thin, be careful flipping them. They are like cake and can tear easily. I personally like mine thick, but not too thick. I like a good solid pancake, not a floppy one. But however you make them, I guarantee, you’ll love them!
How pretty would these be for the morning of July 4th? Patriotic Pancakes!
Or Christmas pancakes….
Or Valentine’s Day pancakes…
At different times of the year, at the change of seasons and after holidays, we usually stock up on cake mixes that are super cheap. This is a great way to use a spare cake mix that is sitting around. And as we made them, I could just imagine all the different flavors of cake mixes that we could turn into pancakes.
Soft, thick and rich chocolate zucchini s’more muffins are filled with chocolate, marshmallows and buttery graham cracker streusel. The secret to their moist texture is zucchini!
Cake Mix Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 dry boxed cake mix choose your favorite flavor!
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups milk*
- 1/4 cup oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, flour, eggs, milk and oil together until combined and smooth.
- Heat a griddle to medium high heat and spray with cooking spray so the pancakes flip easily.
- Scoop a ladle of batter onto the pan and cook until the top of the batter starts to bubble.
- Flip the pancake and cook for another minute on the other side until cooked all the way through.
- Continue until all of the batter is used.
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Jillian says
This looks great. Can i make thiswithout a mixer?
Julie Clark says
Sure!
Misty says
What can i use instead of eggs?
Julie Clark says
You can sometimes substitute greek yogurt for eggs! 1 egg = 1/4 cup yogurt.
Emmeline says
You can use gelatin or ground flaxseed as a binder in place of eggs. Banana also can replace eggs, but it is not as successful at binding or bonding the batter together. It does add flavor and moisture.
Mike from NYC says
Followed your recipe for the fluffier pancakes (less milk), and my wife said that these Halloween Funfetti pancakes are the best pancakes that she has ever had and she never wants regular pancakes again. My local Aldi is selling off their post-Halloween inventory for $0.69 per box—time to stock up hah!
Julie Clark says
Fantastic!
Peacock says
This looks like a great recipe.However, every box cake recipe I see doesn’t mention the oz the cake mix used. Cake mixes come in a few different oz which makes a difference in the amount of ingredients used. Which did you use pls?
Thanks so much 😉
Julie Clark says
Hi there! As long as it is a traditional 9×13 cake mix it will work. They range from 15.25 ounces to sometimes up to 18.
Susan says
Fun and yummy! Because cake mix sizes vary just a bit, use the amounts of other ingredients as listed. Start with the 2C of milk and add more milk if needed. It will all work out. We are talking about pancake batter here, not astrophysics!
Julie Clark says
Thank you!!!
Princess Staples says
I love this recipe! How about waffles, would you reccomend this same recipe?
Julie Clark says
We’ve not done it, but it might work!
Elisha says
Recipe is awesome they don’t need anything on them. We freeze for quick breakfast.
Janie says
They tastes great but kept burning even on a lower heat
Brenda says
Was looking for a simple, fun, no knives required idea for my after school group. This is excellent. Thank you. They will need to read and follow directions, measure, etc. Reward built right in. Love it!
Steena Vee says
Giving it 5stars since it seems everyone loved it… This is EXACTLY what I needed to make my husbands birthday morning special, so the family isn’t let down by him wanting to be alone all day!! PERFECT!! THANK YOU!!
AEC Heather says
I made this recipe in a pinch for our schools fundraiser. BUT I used Gluten Free cake mix… BRILLIANT! And I made it dairy free (almond milk) as well. Thank you so much! Our allergy free student was treated like a queen! Her pancakes were better than the rest!