These cake mix blueberry muffins are made with a box of cake mix and a simple streusel topping. Bakery style muffins made in a fraction of the time!

Cake mix recipes are one of our favorite time saving hacks for making delicious homemade treats in a fraction of the time.

Some of our favorite recipes include cake mix funfetti cookies, cake mix banana bread, cake mix brownies, and cake mix chocolate chip cookies.

These cake mix blueberry muffins are incredibly light and fluffy, sweet, and taste like they are fresh from a bakery.

We love making muffins from cake mix like these cake mix chocolate chip muffins and cake mix banana muffins.

Craving something sweet for breakfast or a snack?

With homemade simple streusel and a hint of fresh lemon zest, these are guaranteed to be an irresistible treat you will love!

It’s a toss up between whether these or my mini chocolate chip muffins are my favorite muffin ever.

ingredients needed to make cake mix blueberry muffins

Ingredients needed to make blueberry muffins

1 box of vanilla cake mix
fresh blueberries
eggs
lemon zest
olive oil or vegetable oil
milk
butter, flour & brown sugar: for the streusel topping

eggs, oil, lemon zest, and milk in separate bowls

How to make muffins from cake mix

Step 1: Grate the lemon zest fresh.

Add the eggs, milk, lemon zest, and olive oil to a bowl.

eggs, oil, lemon zest, and milk in a bowl

Whisk the wet ingredients until completely combined.

Step 2: Open up a box of vanilla cake mix and place it in a bowl.

cake mix, wet ingredients, and fresh blueberries

Mix the wet ingredients into the cake mix, stirring until just combined.

adding the wet ingredients to the cake mix

Step 3: Rinse and pat the blueberries dry.

adding the blueberries to the muffin batter

Fold the blueberries into the cake mix muffin batter gently with a rubber spatula.

Step 4: Make the streusel topping for the blueberry muffins. Combine the melted butter, brown sugar, and flour in a bowl.

flour, brown sugar, and melted butter for the streusel

Stir until the mixture is combined like the picture below.

Step 5: Line a muffin tin with muffin liners. Distribute the blueberry muffin batter evenly into the muffin tins.

Step 6: Distribute the streusel topping over the muffin batter.

adding the streusel topping to the muffins

Step 7: Bake the cake mix blueberry muffins at 350 degrees for 23-28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

baked blueberry muffins in the muffin tin

You kitchen will be smelling like a bakery.

These muffins not only taste incredible but no one will guess they are made from cake mix: our little secret!

While I love making homemade sour cream blueberry muffins, these are a great muffin to make when I need a shortcut!

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Yield: 12 muffins

Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins

Name: Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ⅓ cup flour; ⅓ cup brown sugar; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry; 15 oz box vanilla cake mix; 3 eggs, beaten; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest; ½ cup milk; ⅓ cup olive oil or vegetable oil

Make bakery style muffins in no time with this simple cake mix blueberry muffin recipe!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry
15 oz box vanilla cake mix
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
½ cup milk
⅓ cup olive oil or vegetable oil

For the streusel topping

⅓ cup flour
⅓ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

Add the vanilla cake mix to a large mixing bowl
In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, lemon zest, and oil
Stir the wet ingredients into the cake mix until just combined using a rubber spatula
Fold in the fresh blueberries
To make the streusel, combine the flour, brown sugar, and melted butter in a small bowl until the mixture resembles wet sand
Line a muffin tin with 12 liners
Distribute the muffin batter into the muffin cups. Top with the streusel topping
Bake the blueberry muffins at 350 degrees for 23-28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 264Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 283mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 1gSugar: 22gProtein: 4g

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Walt

Friday 17th of February 2023

Can you use frozen blueberries?

Mary

Saturday 11th of February 2023

I just made these muffins, and they are delicious! I almost skipped the streusel topping. So glad I didn't! I used a Golden Butter cake mix instead of vanilla as that is what I had in the house. I might add lemon juice to make it a bit more lemony.

Mar

Wednesday 11th of January 2023

Can I use frozen blueberries?

Joy Shull

Friday 5th of May 2023

I would not, as they will be more watery and may result in a different texture of the muffin.

Kari

Sunday 18th of December 2022

Can yellow cake mix be substituted for the white?

Tuesday 20th of December 2022

Yes!

Liana

Thursday 10th of November 2022

What can I use instead of olive oil?

Wednesday 16th of November 2022

Vegetable oil will also work