Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cupcakes

These Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cupcakes are moist with a light texture and taste like you made them from scratch and the best part is they can be baked in any pan or super easily!

I am a big fan of Drakes Coffee Cakes and these are pretty much a copycat in flavor, except for the addition of the nuts on top.

These little bite-size cupcakes are perfect for snacking on and a quick dessert at any time of the day.

We like the addition of nuts on top for the extra crunch and flavors but you can leave them off if you're not a fan.

Doctored cake mix recipes are super easy and they really can transform quickly into a fabulous dessert.

This basic batter is great with the addition of fresh fruit toppings baked in and I will give you several suggestions below.

If you prefer an all-homemade scratch recipe do try my Sour Cream Coffee Cake it's a great old fashioned

For more doctored cake mix recipes, try these blueberry muffins they're always a huge hit along with my easy banana cake recipe!

Scroll down and check out my suggestions below and how to make these delicious coffee cake cupcakes.

this is a basket of sour cream coffee cake cupcakes made with a doctored cake mix

Easy Coffee Cake Using a Mix

Seriously what can be easier than a doctored cake mix? Well for me nothing.

This coffee cake is full-proof, easy, moist, over-the-top flavorful, smells heavenly baking and can be done in bars, cupcakes, a bundt pan, or cake squares a total win-win!

If you want a coffee cake that is bursting with flavor and gets rave reviews at whatever function, party, or even that backyard barbecue you make it for, this is it!

Ingredients You Will Need To Make Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cupcakes

(Scroll down to the recipe card for exact measurements)

yellow cake mix (you can also use white, lemon or spice mix)
sour cream
water
eggs
Optional Topping or Filling
chopped walnuts or pecans (use pumpkin or sunflower seeds if you have nut allergies)
sugar
ground cinnamon
flour
butter
For Other Optional Topping Additions: chopped fruits of choice, blueberries, apples, peaches, cherries, raspberries, proceed the same by topping each cupcake with fruits then sprinkling with cinnamon, nuts, and sugar mixture.

this is raw cake batter doctored cake mix turned into mini coffee cakes

Tips

Only use real sour cream, not sour milk
Bake until the middles are set not browned use a toothpick method
If using cake pans heavily grease or oil spray pay
Always preheat the oven
Do not overbeat the cake mix and ingredients
Use super moist mix cake mixes for the best results
You can substitute yellow with lemon, white or spice cake mix
Substitute pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds for nuts if you have allergies of any kind to nuts
Use an ice cream scoop for even-sized cupcakes

this is cupcake batter before baking using an ice cream scoop to place in the paper lliners

Pans To Use

Note: Be sure to line the tins or heavily grease them as well as any other pans using
Cupcake Tins (this recipe makes 16 cupcakes)
8 or 9 inches round, square or disposable pans ( this size pan requires 2 pans)
13 x 9 sheet pan (you will need 1 pan)

these are all the ingredients to use to make coffee cake using and making it with a doctored cake mix

Other Recipes Using Cake Mixes

Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Half Moon Cookies
Carrot Cake Taste Like Scratch Cake
Pistachio Cake
4 Ingredient Pumpkin Cake
Red Velvet Cake

this is a doctored cake mix batter in a kitchenaid mixing bowl

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Topping Changes Before Baking:

This basic sour cream batter is adaptable:

Chocolate Chips or chopped candy bars
Peanut Butter Chips, white chocolate
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Apples chopped
Peaches chopped
Nuts of any kind (macadamia, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts)
Nutella
Berries of any kinds
Lemon zest or orange
Dried fruits ( cranberries, raisins, etc)
Coconut
Chopped maraschino cherries
Drizzled with cream cheese frosting

Note: on some of these you can still use the cinnamon and sugar mixture or do another combination IE lemon zest, almonds, and coconut, chocolate chips and coconut, etc.

these are baked sour cream coffee cupcakes in a wire silver basket made from a doctored cake mix

Easy Recipes

We just love easy recipes when we are in a hurry.

These cupcakes or cakes are perfect to take on picnics, road trips, work or school lunches and great for afternoon coffee and tea of course!

These are a favorite of mine and copycat flavor to the store-bought supermarket kinds I mentioned before.

Perfect for any size family, and even freeze well for an individual treat dessert anytime!

If you're a fan of those little treats, you're going to love this doctored cake mix recipe for Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cupcakes!