These cake mix banana muffins use just a few ingredients. They are a light and fluffy muffin loaded with yummy banana flavor!
These cake mix banana muffins are so easy to make. They are so light and fluffy with just the right amount of sweetness and banana. Using a box of cake mix is my favorite way to make banana bread too. Some of my other favorites are this yellow cake mix banana bread, spice cake banana bread, and chocolate cake mix banana bread.
These banana muffins are perfect for using up those bananas that have been sitting on your counter too long. They make for a wonderful snack or breakfast.
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⭐ Why you’ll love this recipe
These banana muffins are quick and easy to make. They’re perfect for using up your overripe bananas.
🍌 Ingredients needed
For these muffins, you will need:
- Yellow cake mix: You will need one box of yellow cake mix for this recipe. Don’t worry about the instructions or the ingredients on the box.
- Cinnamon and nutmeg: To give the muffins a little spice.
- Butter: I used unsalted but if you like a little salt, salted will work just fine in this recipe.
- Eggs: You will need three large eggs.
- Vanilla extract
- Milk: You can also substitute water.
- Bananas: You will need three ripe bananas (this was about one and a half cups of mashed bananas for me).
🥣 Equipment needed
You will need a large mixing bowl, mixer, a muffin tin, and cupcake liners.
⏲️ Recipe instructions (step by step guide)
Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together (image 1). Stir well.
Add the remaining wet ingredients (image 2).
Mix well then pour into a lined muffin tin (image 3). Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle.
🌰 Variations
- You can add walnuts or pecans to make these banana nut muffins, if desired.
- Try adding in some chocolate chips to your batter.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- Use your mixer to mash your bananas.
🥡 How to store leftovers
Store any leftover muffins in an airtight container at room temperature. They will be good for up to four days after baking.
💭 Recipe FAQs
No, muffin mix and cake mix are not interchangeable.
You can skip the muffin liners if you grease your muffin tin well.
No, there is no need to grease a muffin pan if you are using liners.
You will want to fill them ⅔rds full. If you over or under fill the muffin tin they won’t bake properly.
Other cake mix recipes:
Cake Mix Banana Muffins
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Mixer
- Muffin tin
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas mashed with a fork or your mixer
- 1 box of yellow cake mix (ignore the directions on the box)
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup milk
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. Stir well.
- Add the remaining wet ingredients.
- Mix well then pour into a lined muffin tin. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle.
Misty says
Made these for a prayer breakfast and I added a little orange juice along with the banana and milk and brown sugar. They’re delicious!!
JOANN says
Very easy to make. The added ingredients that other same recipes don’t include makes it more flavorful and really moist. This isn’t all that sweet neither. These are the reasons my husband, whom was diagnosed with diabetes, enjoyed them so much he ate 3 at one sitting! Thanks for the recipe.