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Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins

Easy and delicious blueberry muffins using cake mix!  Recipe also suggests adding lemon zest for a bright and delicious home made flavor!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 18 muffins
Calories: 154Kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 box yellow cake mix I use Betty Crocker and Duncan mixes
  • 1 cup Milk I use 1%
  • ¼ cup salted butter ½ stick
  • 1 ½ teaspoon lemon zest
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups blueberries fresh

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Mix together all ingredients with the exception of the blueberries. Adding the lemon zest makes these cake mix muffins taste wonderful!
  • Coat blueberries by gently tossing in a heaping teaspoon of cake mix or flour. Gently fold in blueberries into the batter.
  • Fill muffin tins with batter. A scoop often makes it easier. 
  • Add a few fresh blueberries on muffin batter. These are more visible after baking. 
  • Place into oven at 350 Fahrenheit.
  • Start checking if they are done at 15 minutes. Insert toothpick in the center of the muffin and until it comes out clean.

Notes

  • Frozen Blueberries - If fresh blueberries are hard to find or too expensive, frozen are fine. Make sure you toss them in a little of the cake mix (or a teaspoon or so of flour) prior to adding into batter. It helps both preventing the blueberries from sinking and from coloring the batter as much.
  • The number of muffins per batch - When looking at the cake mix box, they say the recipe can make 24 muffins. I make 18 larger muffins. 
  • Cake mix flavors - I normally use yellow cake mix. However, using white, french vanilla or even spice cake mix works well with blueberries. If you have spice cake and a can of pumpkin, remember, you can make 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins!

Nutrition Disclaimer

Nutrition information is an estimate only provided as a courtesy using an ingredient database. Garnish and optional ingredients are not included in the calculations.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 154Kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 245mg | Potassium: 54mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 1mg