Cake mix cakes, slices & biscuit recipes

More easy bakes
Ways with cake mix
Easy lemon curd cupcakes
Women’s Weekly Duck Cake recipe
Chocolate pudding cake
Easter bunny cake
Easy Halloween cupcakes
Upside-down toffee date and banana cake
Australian Women’s Weekly Dolly Varden Cake
Tennis court birthday cake
Choo-choo train cake
Cake mix number cakes

These recipes for cake mix cakes, biscuits and slices, make baking easy. With this convenient and clever hack, it takes only a few extra ingredients to bake a variety of delicious sweet treats.

We’ve given the classic Cornflake biscuit an overhaul with this clever cake mix cookies hack. Our apple and sour cream slice recipe is one of our most popular, and a real time saving bake thanks to the use of packet cake mix and store bought, canned pie apples.

Cake mix cakes are also a handy time-saver when hosting a birthday party. We love a fun party cake at The Weekly, and you’ll some of our most popular children’s birthday cakes are made with packet mix. In fact, packet cake mix underpins all the cakes in our iconic Children’s Birthday Cake Book, from the Duck Cake to the Pool Cake, and of course, Dolly Varden. Although you can make your own butter cake or vanilla cake if preferred. And in fact, this one bowl butter cake is about as easy to make as a packet cake mix!

In 2025, we celebrated 45 years of The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book. As part of that, The Weekly sat down four with of the women who created cakes for the book. Read the stories behind the classic cakes. You’ll discover why the duck cake has a potato chip beak, and which cake you need bravery to attempt…

More easy bakes

If you’re after more fuss-free baking recipes, see our collection of easy baking ideas. From slice-and-bake biscuits to butter cakes, loaf cakes and scones, you’re sure to find a delightful treat to enjoy. There are also recipes for desserts, including bread and butter pudding, and apple crumble cake.

Ways with cake mix

Easy banana cake made from cake topped with pecans on a pink plate.

cornflake cake mix cookies on a pink cloth

Apple and Sour Cream Slice

red velvet cookies sandwiched with icing on a marble slab

Twelve lemon curd cupcakes with pink patty cases on a pink surface.

Easy lemon curd cupcakes

With a lemon curd filling and decorative icing, these cupcakes are party ready! Plus, they use packet cake mix and store bought lemon curd, so are super easy.

Women's Weekly Duck Cake Recipe

Women’s Weekly Duck Cake recipe

First seen in the ’80s at birthday parties and having a Bluey-led resurgence!

chocolate pudding cake

Chocolate pudding cake

Use a cake mix that does not require butter to be added. Note

easter bunny birthday cake recipe

Easter bunny cake

This Easter bunny cake is an easy and adorable way to celebrate the holidays – and the little ones can help decorate!

Four different Halloween cupcakes

Easy Halloween cupcakes

These deliciously spooky cupcakes are so easy decorate. Pick up some lollies, make some cupcakes and buttercream and start decorating!

The Australian Women’s Weekly swimming pool cake

upside-down toffe date and banana cake

Upside-down toffee date and banana cake

No one need ever know that these delicious cakes came from a packet. Jazz them up with a few extras, and everyone will think that you are so creative. Note

Australian Women's Weekly Dolly Varden Cake

Australian Women’s Weekly Dolly Varden Cake

This iconic children’s birthday cake was inspired by the character, Dolly, in one of Charles Dickens’ novels. A special baking pan, in the shape of her dress has been created just for this cake and you’ll need one of them for this recipe.