4 ingredient banana bread muffins with cake mix are easy to bake with ripe fruit in less than 20 minutes. Like our banana bread with yellow cake mix but quicker to bake for breakfast or you can enjoy with kids when you need a fast grab and go snack.
These easy cake mix banana bread muffins are made just about every time we have brown naners! You don’t want those to go to waste as there is this great cake mix hack with overripe bananas to make. (affiliate links present)
Table of Contents
- Yellow Cake Mix Banana Muffins
- Ingredients
- Equipment Needed
- Variations
- What kind of cake mix should you use to make banana muffins?
- How Long to Bake Moist Banana Muffins
- How to Make Easy Banana Bread Muffins with Cake Mix
- Tips
- Can banana muffins be frozen?
- Can I freeze muffins in Tupperware?
- 4 Ingredient Banana Bread Muffins Recipe
- 4 ingredient mini banana muffins
Yellow Cake Mix Banana Muffins
These are truly the best banana muffins for kids because they can help you prepare them! It’s great when you can incorporate your children into the baking process. I have made mini banana muffins for a really quick cook time, regular and jumbo sizes.
I don’t know about you but I just can’t throw away bananas when they look like this. This is just one of our favorite overripe banana recipes here on The Typical Mom blog. They just lend so much flavor to any dish. Let us know what you think of the best muffin recipe using brown bananas!
Ingredients
- Cake mix of your choice
- 15.25 size box
- we have used a carrot cake one
- spice cake mix is killer too
- Vegetable oil is best to choose, applesauce works but will make it denser
- Eggs added at room temperature is best
- 5 mashed bananas, as brown as possible is best
Equipment Needed
I just use a fork to mash and spoon to mix together ingredients in a bowl. I like paper muffin cup liners in my muffin pan – mini muffin muffin tin would work too, just adjust to less time, 11 minutes.
Variations
Optional add ins: 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup chocolate chips and/or chopped nuts, walnuts are probably best. You don’t want to add much more than half of a cup or so or it will weigh them down and not be as fluffy. Other ideas would be dried cranberries or white chocolate chips work well with these flavors.
What kind of cake mix should you use to make banana muffins?
As you see in my loaf recipe, I used a spice cake mix with that. It was fabulous but I do like to change things up. This time I chose this carrot cake mix and my husband said it was his favorite. Some say their favorite choice to use for this easy muffin recipes is moist yellow cake mix. Mess around with it when it’s time and see what you prefer. 😉
I love making these for breakfast because I can change up the flavor easily, and add chocolate chips too if I want. Whether you’re making individual muffins or 4 ingredient banana bread, it’s the best. If you aren’t ready to bake that day and yours are looking like this, put them in a bowl (because they may start to leak) and into the fridge. This will buy you a few more days until you’re ready.
How Long to Bake Moist Banana Muffins
If you choose to make make “regular” size like below you are looking at about 17-18 minutes, for mini it is quicker and closer to 11 or so. Jumbo is a fun one but takes 22 or so.
Can you bake banana muffins in air fryer?
Air fryer muffins are about 12 min. Timing will vary slightly depending on the height of your shelf and oven temp. You want to take out immediately once they spring back when touched in the center!
They offer a ton of potassium, which helps you maintain a healthy heart and blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, they’re a great snack to eat regularly.
Well, I would say these are semi-homemade right?? You don’t need half a million things, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. All of that is included into the cake mix!
Well this ingredient is important in making them rise. Yes these have it, but it’s included in your bag of mix so you don’t need a box at home.
I mean everything should be eaten in moderation. There is fat and sugar in them, more or less depending on which recipe you’re using. Just because there’s fruit in it doesn’t mean they’re healthy.
How to Make Easy Banana Bread Muffins with Cake Mix
- First, mash your ripe bananas in a bowl but leave it kinda’ chunky (my preference).
- The darker they are the more banana flavor and sweeter your banana muffin recipe will be.
- In another large bowl whisk together dry ingredient which is the cake mix, with your wet ingredients which are oil and eggs. (some like a dash of vanilla extract)
- Then incorporate your mashed bananas just enough where the powder is gone, do not over mix.
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. and begin filling your muffin cups 3/4 of the way full. Yes you could wipe each up with some melted butter or use non stick spray but muffin cups are the way to go.
- Bake for 18 minutes baking time or until they immediately spring back when touched
- Immediately take out of the muffin pan and transfer on to a cooling wire rack to cool completely and remain moist.
Tips
Note: these won’t rise as much as if you were baking cupcakes because the bananas are rather heavy. You can see what they look like below. Believe me your family will love them!! In just 30 minutes flat, start to finish, you too can have some of the most amazing cake mix muffins ever.
NO need for flour, baking soda, and all of the other ingredients you need to make traditional muffins. This one is just throw it together simple on a busy morning. Serve warm or at room temperature as is or with a little butter on the side and enjoy!
Can banana muffins be frozen?
Many times I will make a double batch of these and save the rest for another morning. Just remember to cool muffins completely before wrapping and freezing them. To freeze them, wrap in foil or a freezer wrap, or freezer bags which is my preference.
Can I freeze muffins in Tupperware?
I wouldn’t because they’re not airtight and will get freezer burn easier. Label all packages with the name of the recipe and the date. These can be stored frozen for up to 3 months so there’s no hurry.
Other Ripe Banana Recipes You’ll Love
Looking for other banana recipes? Try our easy banana bread pudding that’s incredible. Did you know you can make Instant Pot banana bread too?? You can and it comes out so moist and wonderful. Essentially you’re steaming it so it is a bit dense, but like a cake almost.
- Our cake mix banana pudding cake is amazingly moist and wonderful
- And may sound weird but banana bread with mayonnaise is killer.
4 Ingredient Banana Bread Muffins
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 muffin tin
Ingredients
- 5 bananas, overripe, brown
- 1/3 c oil, I use vegetable
- 3 eggs
- 1 box cake mix, we used carrot, spice is good too
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mash bananas in 1 bowl, not too much so they're liquid I like leaving it a bit chunky.
- In another bowl mix cake mix, oil and eggs.
- Add bananas and gently mix just until incorporated, do not over-mix.
- If you want to add 1/4 c. chopped nuts and/or mini chocolate chips fold them in now.
- Spoon into muffin liners, 3/4 of the way full and bake for 18 minutes or until they spring back when touched in the center. Do NOT overbake.
- Remove and use a spoon to scoop muffins out of pan and on to a cooling rack, leaving them in the pan will overbake them and dry them out more.
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Notes
4 ingredient mini banana muffins
Follow instructions but bake in mini muffin pan for about 11 minutes or until top springs back, remove immediately from pan and on to wire rack to cool to remain moist.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
