Cake Mix Butterfinger Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache
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Cake Mix Butterfinger Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache. A rich
A very indulgent (and easy) dessert recipe!
Cake Mix Butterfinger Pound Cake
Sometimes I want a dessert overload, but don’t have a ton of time. That’s when using a cake mix is ideal. You can add and tweak and make a gourmet tasting cake that starts with a cake mix.
My love of baking actually began with using cake mixes. I was about nine years old when I starting baking so that’s understandable for a child. I grew as a baker from there, but everyone has to start somewhere and I still love using cake mixes. They are convenient and quick and you need just one box instead of three or four different items.
I digress.
Cake Mix Butterfinger Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache is a buttery and tender cake loaded with Butterfinger candy bars. The candy bars give it a slight peanut
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ cups Butterfinger candy bars chopped, about 4 regular size bars or 1- 11.5-ounce bag mini candy bars. (Reserve 1/4 cup to garnish the top of the cake.)
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 3.4 ounce package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Tips and more
You cannot let this cake sit in the pan for a long time after taking it out of the oven. The Butterfinger candy bars tend to sink to the bottom and once they get cold they will stick to the pan, regardless of how much non-stick spray or shortening you’ve greased the pan with. Therefore, I recommend turning it out on your serving platter no longer than 10 minutes after removing it from the oven.
Also, if the cake happens to stick to the pan, you can totally cover it with the ganache frosting.
I used a
I used this recipe for Chocolate Frosting with Cocoa Powder and Powdered Sugar.
More recipes you’ll enjoy are:
- Chocolate Praline Bundt Cake
- Easy Strawberry Cake
- Pecan Cobbler
- Million Dollar Pound Cake
- Butterfinger Dip with Chocolate Covered Potato Chips
- Loaded Butterfinger Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies
- Butterfinger Blondies recipe
- FRESH PEACH COBBLER BREAD RECIPE
- FUDGE TOPPED CHEESECAKE SQUARES
Cake Mix Butterfinger Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache
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Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 3.4 ounce package vanilla instant pudding mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 and ½ cups Butterfinger candy bars chopped, about 4 regular size bars or 1- 11.5-ounce bag mini candy bars. (Reserve 1/4 cup to garnish the top of the cake.)
Instructions
- Spray 10-inch bundt pan with non-stick spray.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Beat at medium speed 2 minutes.
- Fold in crushed Butterfinger candy bars. (Don’t forget to reserve some for the top of the cake.)
- Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes at 350 degrees F or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter to cool completely.
- In desired, frost with Chocolate Frosting, see link in the post above for recipe.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Could I use a pound cake cake mix?
I think I’d leave out the pudding mix if you use a pound cake mix. The pudding mix adds moisture and density that a pound cake mix already has. (That’s just my initial thoughts, I haven’t tested it.)
Can you use something other than a Bundt pan-like an oblong pan?
Yes, as long as it holds the same volume. You need to allow 2 inches for the cake to rise.
Delicious
This Butterfinger pound cake was very moist & easy to make. I took half to a neighbor who just got out of hospital, him & his wife Loved it too! Easy to make that I let my 4 yr. Old granddaughter helped! Will make it again!
Thank you! I love to hear that and I love that your granddaughter helped!! ❤ Some of my fondest memories are making tea cakes with my great grandmother.
Love this recipe, especially because it uses cake mix. I only have one question; I would like to add some additional peanut butter in the cake. Wondering if I should alter the recipe after adding about 1/3 to 1/2 c. peanut butter
yes, I think you can just add that amount of peanut butter without changing anything else in the recipe
So, where is the chocolate ganache recipe? Or is it the chocolate frosting recipe that is linked?
It’s the chocolate frosting that’s linked
Yes it’s the frosting recipe that is linked
Oh my! Hope I’m not being ignorant but what is 3/4 oz of pudding?
It’s the small size (box) of pudding (not the big box)
Linda –
I think she meant 3.4 ounce box of pudding mix not 3/4.
I love your blog! It’s amazzing!! congrats!
Oh my gah, I am SO in love with this recipe, Paula! Butterfingers are my 2nd favorite candy bat (props to Take 5), but what I love most about it is the jazzing up a convenience cake mix idea.
I don’t typically use them because of my weird food allergies, but there are lots of recipes for DIY cake mixes that adapt perfectly for recipes like this one.
PINNED and I can’t wait to try it!