Banana Bread with Cake Mix Recipe: Did you know you only need 4 ingredients to make the most moist and flavorful banana bread ever? This Banana Bread with Cake Mix takes just minutes to prep and is absolutely delicious!
🧁Banana Bread with Cake Mix Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz) box cake mix (I recommend yellow or Funfetti, but you can use any flavor)
- 1 ½ cup mashed banana (from about 3 large ripe bananas)
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly oil or butter a 9×5″ metal loaf pan.
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Put cake mix in a large bowl and stir in mashed banana, oil, and eggs until just combined, taking care not to over-mix.
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Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
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Bake for 44-48 minutes, until edges are turning golden and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Slice and enjoy.
Cake flavor options
You just need a box of your favorite cake mix for this recipe, plus 3 other ingredients. But what type of cake mix you use is totally up to you and will change the flavor of the cake mix banana bread a bit. Here are some different options:
- Yellow cake mix
- Funfetti cake mix
- White cake mix
- Strawberry cake mix
- Chocolate cake mix
- Spice cake mix
- Lemon cake mix
- Butter pecan cake mix
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch cake mix
FAQ
Q1. 🍰 Can you use cake mix for banana bread?
Yes, you can! Cake mix has several banana bread ingredients built into it, so if you have a box of cake mix, you only need 3 other ingredients to make the quick bread.
When you use a box of cake mix, you can eliminate the flour, sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and salt that you’d use in a from scratch banana bread recipe. That means you have fewer ingredients to purchase or to get out of your pantry!
Most people will never know you used a box of mix to make the banana bread, though if you use Funfetti, they may detect some of that classic Funfetti flavor.
The banana bread may also be a tad bit sweeter than you’re used to. Though I don’t add any additional sugar to my recipe, there is plenty of sugar in the cake mix and, of course, in the bananas.
Q2. 🍌 How to make banana bread with cake mix
Making this banana bread with cake mix couldn’t be any easier! You’ll minimal dishes and it takes just 5 minutes to put together.
The hardest part is probably mashing the banana. You’ll need about 3 large ripe bananas to get 1 ½ cups of mashed banana.
I use a potato masher to mash it.
