The cake batter trend has taken the blog world by storm recently and as with most trends, I’ve been hesitant to dive in. I do love my birthday cake ice cream but beyond that, I wasn’t sure about using cake mix in items that weren’t, well, cake. These blondies changed my mind though – I saw them and was in the kitchen 15 minutes later. Blondies + sprinkles? How could I not make them?
These are baked so they obviously don’t have that cake batter taste that something not baked would have, like the ice cream. They’re still delicious, don’t get me wrong, but just didn’t have the cake batter taste that I expected. The sprinkles more than made up my very slight disappointment and reminded me of the Funfetti cupcakes everyone loves.
Funfetti Blondies
- 1 cup cake mix
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup butter (melted & cooled slightly)
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 heaping tablespoons sprinkles of your choice
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare an 8 x 8 inch pan with parchment (or aluminum foil).
- In a mixing bowl, beat together sugars, butter, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until creamy and smooth. Stir in flour, cake mix, and baking soda until well combined. Mix in the sprinkles.
- Spread dough evenly in prepared pan, smoothing with a spatula.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until top is lightly browned and middle still jiggles slightly. Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes before removing foil from pan and cutting into squares.
Mrs_nicoleb says
I have made this twice and the top caved in both times. I am a good baker and I can’t figure out why it is doing this. I followed the recipe exactly. Can anyone help?? They still taste good though.
amanda says
I didn’t have that problem with these (but a lot of times I do have that issue with brownies) so I went searching and it looks like it could be caused by too much air in the batter – here’s a short article about it. Hmm, who knew! I guess I need to be more careful when I make brownies!
Thanks for reading and commenting! :)
Tarrah says
aah these are sooo pretty and perfect looking! mine? not so much…eh! oh well. I’m sure yours taste as great as they look :)
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The Teenage Taste says
These look delicious! I am loving the cake batter craze!
Allison @ Alli 'n Son says
Love the fun sprinkles. These look wonderful.
Anne Marie says
These look absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to make them for hubby to take to work, or to take to my school for the kiddos (and teachers) ;)
spcookiequeen says
I saw this picture and got a big smile on my face. I used to love making funfetti cupcakes for the girls, never thought to add them to a blondie. Can’t wait to try these.
-Gina-
natalie (the sweets life) says
glad you enjoyed even if the flavor wasn’t as strong as you wanted! I feel like I could still really taste it–maybe bc it was a diff brand? Yours look so pretty!
yummychunklet says
What a great idea! I’m excited to try this recipe for my nieces!
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
These look good. I like my desserts to be soft and chewy. I can’t even remember when the last time was I made blondies. Don’t sprinkles make the world a better place?!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
Clearly the use of cake mix in baking is underrated, these look fantastic!
heidi says
These look so great. Thanks for sharing them. Funfetti on anything makes life better.
Heather says
Have you tried Paula Deen’s Gooey Butter Cake yet? That one definitely has the boxed cake mix taste.
heidi says
Oh wow, do these look great! I love the blonde and color combo. Funfetti in anything makes life better. I can’t wait to make these. I bet they’re yum-o. Thanks for sharing!
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Lamb says
Ooh, I have just the cake mix recipe for you. I made it taste as un-cakey as possible, so there’s no room for disappointment ;)
http://lambcooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-chip-cookie-bars-that.html
amanda says
Ooh, thank you! Bookmarking it! :)
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
I LOVE blondies but they’ve got to be soft so days later they’re not my fav unless I heat em up. The sprinkles make these so fun. Do they taste like regular blondies or a mix of that and cake?
amanda says
I think they had more of a vanilla taste than they would have without the cake mix but other than that, just a regular blondie. I used a white mix though – I bet the yellow cake mix would taste more “cakey”.
nicole says
I admit that I don’t like blondies. They are jsut weird to me. But I think I could get over that with some funfetti. LOVE funfetti and cake batter.
Deb says
Oooo, they’re so pretty! And they look delish even though they don’t have the cake batter taste :) They remind me of rainbow chips ahoy cookies, eeee.
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
Amanda these look sooo good! Funfetti anything makes me happy :)