Breakfast made easy – these Easy Lemon Blueberry Muffins start with a cake mix in this easy muffin recipe. They are soft and tender and perfect every time!
We LOVE muffins at our house! Make sure you also try our favorites – my mom’s Brown Sugar Muffins or these Cinnamon Muffins. Or check out the rest of my breakfast recipes!
I love cooking and baking. And there is all kinds of satisfaction from starting a recipe completely from scratch.
But I’m definitely not opposed to throwing in a cake mix every now and again.
I totally also realize that muffins are not difficult, and making them from scratch really doesn’t very much longer than these cake mix muffins. But I still love to make these every now and again because the flavor is great and they really are foolproof.
Plus, my husband will eat almost a whole batch of these in a couple days. That’s how much he loves them!
And if you have a little baker in your house, these Lemon Blueberry Muffins are a great way to get them into the kitchen!
How to Make Cake Mix Muffins
- Start by combining your dry ingredients. The cake mixes are usually kind of lumpy – you don’t need to get all of the lumps out, but I will break apart any of the big lumps.
- Combine your wet ingredients. I like to just do this all in a large liquid measuring cup so that I don’t get more dishes dirty than I need to.
- Combine the wet and the dry. Just pour your liquid in and stir just until combined. Again, you don’t need to get rid of all of the lumps!
- Add the blueberries and gently fold in. They might streak the batter purple just a bit, but that’s normal. Just try to stir the least amount possible.
- Pour the batter into your muffin cups and bake!
Tips and Tricks
- Any blueberries will work! If you prefer fresh blueberries, you can use them. However, if you do stick with frozen blueberries they don’t need to defrost before mixing.
- After adding your frozen blueberries to the batter, stir them in right away. Otherwise the blueberries will start to stick together and then you’ll have big clumps of blueberries instead of having them throughout the whole batter.
- Feel free to mix it up with other berries! This recipe would work just as well with raspberries or blackberries. I would stay away from strawberries, they could leave your muffin a little too soggy.
- Store these lemon blueberry muffins in an airtight container, and they will stay fresh up to three days. Just remember that they might get a little bit sticky, but that is totally normal.
- For more lemon flavor, add a bit of lemon extract.
- Or if you aren’t a lemon fan, use a white or yellow cake mix instead of the lemon cake mix.
- I know that cake mixes can vary by weight, but I have had luck with any of the main brands of standard sized cake mixes.
More Blueberry Recipes
Blueberry Banana French Toast Bake
Blueberry Cobbler
Fresh Blueberry Crisp
Orange Blueberry Bread
Puff Pastry Danish with Blueberries and Cream Cheese
Easy Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 package lemon cake mix dry mix only
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease 18 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the dry cake mix, flour and baking powder. Whisk to combine.
- In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and oil.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir together just until blended.
- Add the frozen blueberries and fold in just until combined.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cups, dividing the batter evenly between the cups, about 2/3 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 17 to 23 minutes.
Susie W says
This recipe turned out wonderfully. The batter is stiff enough to hold the berries up in the muffin from top to bottom. The baked muffin is moist and lemony. I topped the muffins with a very thin layer of lemon glaze and a sprinkle of decorative sugar for a little crunch. My friends at church will enjoy them with coffee tomorrow. 😊 Thank you, Deborah.
Deborah says
Thanks, Susie! I’m so glad you liked them and that you’ll be able to share them!
TJ says
Think this has a Tbs offlour too much. Try with 3 T instead next time. Consistency was like corn muffin and not cakel like.
Beverly Schueren says
I love these..almost too much; I couldn’t stop eating them until they were GONE! LOL I never thought of adding extra flour. When I saw that It seemed peculiar to me but it turned out great!! Thank you!!
Leeo says
They were fricken delicious. Made them for my kids school lunches. Managed to put one each in the lunchbox then my mother and sister ended up eating the rest with a hot cuppa:) luckily I keep my pantry loaded with cheap cake mixes for a easy whip up.
Sophie says
🙂 sometimes I have to tell my hubby not to eat anything before I take pictures! I know exactly what you mean about time flying by, sometimes I just feel like I can’t enjoy the holiday season as much as I did when I was a kiddo precisely because it does fly by so quickly!
noble pig says
With a family and a life full of things to accomplish, you have to cheat sometime. These sound awesome!
Dawn says
I haven’t bought one gift yet either! I just can’t get in the mood for it.
The thought of going to a mall scares me! I think I’ll do a lot of gift certificates this year and order them online. Everyone likes those right? I hope.
Kristen says
Hey dear, you do have an excuse this year! You are a little busy making a human 🙂
Just wait until your wee one is born… time flies by even faster. It is insane.
Mommy's Kitchen says
This year has flown by and those muffins look so good. A lemon cake mix who would of known. I just found your blog and I love it.
Jenny says
I love your cheater muffins, they look perfect! It’s always nice to have short cuts!
Maria says
It is totally fine to cheat, sometimes we all want an easy life. These muffins are perfect and look delish.
Maria
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Debbie says
I love baking from scratch but I also love to doctor up a cake mix. It is a lot of fun….