Easy Lemon Desserts With Cake Mix-15 Dessert Recipes I Love
-15 super simple lemon desserts using cake mix as one of the few ingredients - if you love EASY doctored cake mix desserts, these recipes are for you!


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Easy Lemon Desserts With Cake Mix – below are my favorite 15 lemon desserts, cakes, cookies, dessert bars, sweet treats and bundt cakes that all use store-bought boxed cake mix.

I am a HUGE fan of doctored boxed cake mix desserts – using a box of store-bought cake mix is SO much easier than making desserts from scratch.

The only thing I like even better than desserts made from cake mix and my NO BAKE desserts.

When I’m cooking for a crowd, no bake and boxed cake mix desserts are my go-to – especially when I’m making something sweet last minute OR making mini desserts ahead of time for a large group.

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Lemon Cake Mix Dessert Recipes

Below are MY favorite easy LEMON cake mix dessert recipes that are absolute crowd-pleasers – from dump cakes and poke cakes, to cookies and dessert bars – these dessert recipes below are all super easy with basic ingredients you probably already have on hand.

I love lemon ANYTHING – heck, even my kitchen is LEMON with buffalo check haha!

Decorating with lemons is one thing – today, we’re BAKING lemon desserts using cake mix!

Here’s the lemon dessert recipes using box mix I have below:

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  1. 3-Ingredient Lemon Bars
  2. Lemon Cake Mix Brownies
  3. Pillsbury Lemon Cake Mix Pound Cake
  4. Lemon Cake Mix Recipes With Pudding
  5. Magic Lemon Cake Using Cake Mix
  6. Lemon Dream Cake
  7. Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
  8. Gooey Lemon Bars
  9. Lemon Cake Mix Dump Cake
  10. Lemon Cake Mix Poke Cake
  11. Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
  12. Lemon 7-Up Bundt Cake
  13. Lemon Cake Using WHITE Cake Mix-NO PUDDING

3-Ingredient Lemon Bars

These quick and easy dessert bars only have 3 simple ingredients and can be made in large batches. That makes these lemon dessert bars perfect for a large group at a family reunion, as potluck desserts for work, for a funeral dessert table, Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas or any party crowd.

I even make these as individual single-sized desserts for our large group church dinners.

The only 3-ingredients are:

  • 1 can lemon pie filling
  • 1 box Angel Food cake mix
  • Powdered sugar

Yep, that’s it!

Lemon desserts with cake mix - 3 ingredient lemon dessert bars uses boxed angel food cake mix, lemon pie filling and powdered sugar - easy to make last minute or make ahead for a party crowd, potluck at work, family reunion, funeral dessert, church supper or diner or any large group Holiday party

See the recipe here.

Lemon Dream Cake

I found this Lemon Dream Cake recipes on this page of easy funeral desserts.

Not only is this dessert made with a box of lemon cake mix, it also uses instant lemon pudding and Cool Whip whipped topping for the icing – and it is GOOD.

I was in charge of block party food this year and made these cake mix lemon cake and it was GONE in MINUTES (probably should have made 2 or 3 so *I* could have some too haha!)

Lemon Dream cake with cake mix dessert recipe from easy lemon desserts with cake mix recipe page. ingredients include store bought boxed cake mix, instant lemon pudding, cool whip whipped topping - make for block party, family reunion, funeral food desserts, work potluck, church bake sale, bridge club, or any large group holiday party crowd

See the recipe here

Lemon Cake Mix Cookies

I LOVE these lemon cookies – they’re made with boxed cake mix and they have such a sweet and yummy frosting too!

Each recipe batch takes less than 20 minutes to make and makes about 2 dozen cookies.

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Tips:

– Use a small scoop to make it easier and keep cookies all the same size.

– Spray the scooper with cooking spray so the dough does not stick.

– Do NOT overcook – these lemon cookies are meant to be soft and cake-like. Take them out of oven when each cookie top does not look wet anymore.

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Gooey Lemon Bars

If soft, chewy, ooey-gooey yummy lemon desserts are your thing, you will LOVE these easy-peasy lemon cake mix gooey bars.

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Cake Mix Lemon Dessert Bars Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
  • 1 box lemon cake mix
  • 1 large egg
  • lemon zest
  • 1/3 cup lemon curd or pie filling
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

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What IS “Lemon Curd”?

Lemon curd is homemade lemon pie filling. Lemon curd contains fresh lemons, egg yolks, butter, salt and sugar.

Do I HAVE to use lemon curd?

NO – just substitute lemon curd for store-bought lemon pie filling – tastes just the same and is MUCH easier – especially when I’m making the lemon cake mix recipe last minute.

Lemon Cake Mix Dump Cake

I make this lemon dump cake with a box of lemon cake mix because I like my lemon desserts very lemon-y, but if you want to ease up the lemon flavor (or NOT make a special trip to the store), you can use white cake mix or yellow cake mix instead.

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Lemon Cake Mix Dump Cake Ingredients:

  • 1 box lemon cake mix
  • 8 ounces of cream cheese
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 (12-ounce) jars of lemon curd
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 box of lemon cake mix
  • 1/2 cup salted butter

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Lemon Cake Mix Poke Cake

I LOVE this lemon poke cake recipe – the whipped topping is so light and fluffy.

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Here’s how to make it:

Just make the lemon cake in a 9×13 dish as per the directions on the cake mix box, let it cool, then take a wooden spoon and use the handle part to poke holes all in the cake. Then you pour the Jello mix over the cake getting it into all those poked holes.

After it’s been refrigerated for a few hours, whisk together the remaining ingredients to make that yummy fluffy lemon frosting.

Lemon Cake Mix Poke Cake Ingredients:

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