18 yellow cake recipes

Heart cake without a special pan, made by cutting a round layer in half and setting both halves against a square layer to form a heart, then frosting it pink with strawberry frosting. A clever Valentine's trick.

Easy bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, orange Jell-O, apricot nectar, and chopped nuts. Finished with a tart sour orange glaze. Mix everything in one bowl, bake, and glaze. Serves 8.

Quick peanut butter cookies from a yellow cake mix, peanut butter, egg, and water. Four ingredients, no mixer needed, with that classic fork-pressed crosshatch pattern.

Four-ingredient cherry dump cake with a buttery yellow cake mix crust, two cans of cherry pie filling, and a nutty crumble topping. Served warm with ice cream.

Quick red velvet cake: yellow cake mix hack with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and red food coloring. A doctored box shortcut that delivers moist, classic red velvet in under an hour.

Cream cheese lemon pound cake from a doctored boxed mix with cream cheese, lemon zest and lemon gelatin. Tender, tangy bundt cake that tastes anything but boxed.

Dutch oven raspberry cobbler with yellow cake mix and 7UP: a four-ingredient campfire dessert with bubbling raspberry filling and golden cake topping. Easy and crowd-pleasing.

Perfect for the summer, this bright cake has a delectable taste that people will remember for a long time to come.

Lemon poppy seed bundt cake made from a box cake mix and instant lemon pudding for extra moisture. A semi-homemade shortcut that bakes up incredibly moist with poppy seed crunch throughout.

Hawaiian dump cake with cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, coconut, and macadamia nuts. No mixing required, just layer and bake.

Quick cherry-almond drop cookies made with cake mix.

Boozy whiskey cake made from a doctored box mix with vanilla pudding and walnuts, then soaked in a hot butter-whiskey-brown sugar syrup. Outrageously moist and dead simple to pull off.

Low fat lemon poppy seed Bundt cake using yogurt and egg substitute for tender crumb without the butter. Bright citrus glaze finishes each slice.

These pan-fried cakes are bursting with the oniony flavor of fresh snipped chives. Serve with sour cream and/or apple sauce.

Ratatouille pizza with eggplant, yellow squash, bell pepper, and red onion on a quick Bisquick crust. A veggie-loaded, mozzarella-topped pizza ready in 40 minutes.

Easy Boston cream pie made the no-bake way: a split yellow cake layer sandwiched with silky vanilla pudding, then crowned with a glossy chocolate-cream topping spiked with almond extract.