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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Breads and Baking

    Best Ever Corn Bread

    Published: Mar 21, 2019 · Modified: Apr 7, 2020 by Susie Weinrich · This post may contain affiliate links. 103 Comments

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    What do you get when you cross a yellow cake mix and 2 Jiffy corn muffin mixes….. The Easiest and Best Ever Corn Bread recipe!!!!

    It’s so easy and so perfect. It’s everything you love in a good cornbread- it has a fluffy texture, it is just sweet enough- but not too sweet, it has that delicious hint of corn flavor, and it’s NOT dry and crumbly. Add some delicious Honey Butter and this cornbread makes an amazing side dish!

    Best Ever Cornbread cut into slices

    It is the moist cornbread that you have been searching for!

    This recipe doesn’t need a lot of explanation, it’s just easy and good! It will become your go-to corn bread recipe.

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    1 How to Make Best Ever Cornbread
    2 Ideas for Serving your Corn Bread
    3 More Cornbread Recipes
    4 Did you make this recipe?!
    5 Best Ever Corn Bread

    How to Make Best Ever Cornbread

    Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. The next couple steps could not be easier.

    A 9x13 pan with baked golden brown best ever cornbread

    Simply pour all the ingredients together in a large mixing bowl:

    • 1 box Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mix
    • 2 boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 1 cup water
    • ⅔ cup milk
    • 5 eggs

    Stir everything by hand just until it is combined.

    Prepare a 9×13 baking pan with baking spray or oil.

    Pour the mix in and bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. Easy Peasy!

    Cornbread made with a box of yellow cake mix and two jiffy corn muffin mixes, cooling on a black cooling rack

    Ideas for Serving your Corn Bread

    • Top with honey and fresh sliced strawberries for a sweet breakfast.
    • Serve as a pancake substitute for breakfast and top with maple syrup.
    • Perfect side dish for Skillet Dirty Rice & Beans.
    • Serve it with Classic Chili or Quinoa & Sweet Potato Chili and crumble it into the chili instead of crackers.
    • Perfect snack with a pat of butter and a little honey! OR this amazing Honey Butter.
    a piece of best ever cornbread on a white plate being drizzled with syrup

    I hope you give this recipe for Best Ever Cornbread a try in your kitchen.

    a couple plates of cornbread made with yellow cake mix, drizzled with syrup and honey

    More Cornbread Recipes

    If you love cornbread then you should definitely check out some more of these recipes:

    • Sweet Cornbread Muffins
    • Buttermilk Cornbread

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    Best Ever Cornbread cut into slices

    Best Ever Corn Bread

    An unbelievably tasty and moist cornbread that is made with 2 corn bread mixes and 1 yellow cake mix for a perfect balance of sweet and savory. 
    4.63 from 53 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes
    Servings: 1 cake
    Author: Susie Weinrich

    Ingredients

    • 1 Betty Crocker yellow cake mix**
    • 1 cup water
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 2 boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
    • ⅔ cup milk
    • 5 eggs

    Serving

    • Optionally make a spread for serving- Honey Butter
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    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350.
    • Prepare a 9×13 pan with baking spray or oil. You can also use 2- 8×8 or 9×9 pans. (If you use a glass pan you will probably cook the entire 35 minutes, in a dark/non-stick pan start checking around 27-30 minutes.)
    • Mix all ingredients by hand, just until combined. Pour mixture into the prepared 9×13 pan.
    • Bake for 30-35 minutes until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

    Notes:

    You can use any brand yellow cake mix that calls for 3 eggs, 1 cup water, and ½ cup oil.
    Did you try this recipe? Connect with me & let me know how it turned out by commenting below!
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    If nutrition facts are provided they are calculated as an estimate to the best of our knowledge.

    I hope you enjoy every bite of this cornbread!!!

    a piece of cornbread being eaten with syrup and milk
    Best Ever Moist Cornbread recipe pinterest image

    Originally posted 8-12-17 * Photos Updated 3-21-19

    cornbread made with yellow cake mix and corn muffin mix pin image

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    1. Beth

      November 30, 2022 at 8:26 am

      1 star
      So much vanilla and cake flavor. Doesn’t taste like cornbread at all. Better off adding sour cream and butter to make a moist corn bread. Will not make this again. Yuck.

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    2. Lynn B. Walsh

      November 19, 2022 at 4:55 pm

      5 stars
      We make this Cornbread All The Time!!! My Family Loves It!!! It Is DELICIOUS!!!❤️🥰

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    3. Chrissy

      September 11, 2022 at 5:08 pm

      1 star
      I like the cake consistency for cornbread which is why I tried this recipe, but not the flavor, the vanilla of the cake ruins the cornbread taste. My family didn’t care for it at all.

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    4. Sue

      August 03, 2022 at 2:37 pm

      I made this and my family thought it was regular cake they loved the recipe! Will definitely make this again.

      Reply
    5. KC

      January 02, 2022 at 11:38 am

      Has anyone tried this in a waffle maker?

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      • Susie Weinrich

        January 02, 2022 at 4:25 pm

        Hmmmm… report back if you try it!

        Reply
    6. Julie Turner

      December 23, 2021 at 6:16 pm

      5 stars
      Love it

      Reply
    7. Evelyn

      October 26, 2021 at 4:54 pm

      5 stars
      I just tried this recipe and it really is the best cornbread I’ve ever made! Family raved.!! Already looking forward to topping it with maple syrup for breakfast..Can’t thank you enough.

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      • Carmen

        November 25, 2021 at 1:16 pm

        I made this for couple of times and I love it! I like to add 1/4 cup of honey and substitute the vegetable oil for coconut and made it moist. So delicious! Thanks! It’s perfect for the holidays.

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    8. Kerry

      August 26, 2021 at 6:24 am

      5 stars
      This was thee best cornbread I’ve ever had!! My family loved it that’s for sure.

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      • Dawn

        October 18, 2021 at 3:33 am

        5 stars
        I made this tonight, loved it, definitely a favorite.

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    9. Sammie B

      July 23, 2021 at 1:03 am

      I’ve made southern cornbread totally from scratch for over 45 years that everyone both in family and visitors have always loved, asked for the recipe, but recently my husband and I were away from home, needed cornbread, I know…but we did and we bought a pan of already made cornbread at a local grocery chain. Turns out theirs was very different and had for lack of a better way to describe it…. a very cake texture to it. We’d never had cornbread like it, but we both really liked it. I’ve been on a quest since then to figure out how to make that type of cornbread once in awhile, too. I’m very anxious to try this recipe out as I am a pretty good “judge” from reading any recipe about how it will turn out, and this one sounds promising for that cake texture cornbread we had and really liked.

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      • Susie Weinrich

        July 23, 2021 at 8:12 am

        I hope it lived up to your expectations!!! It is definitely more of a cake texture instead of a coarse cornbread.

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      • Marsha

        June 15, 2022 at 2:15 pm

        Winn Dixie, down here in Florida has that kind of texture and flavor is wonderful. I was kinda wondering how to, and I think you hit the nail on the head, as they say…lol. Thanks

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    10. T

      May 23, 2021 at 2:19 pm

      3 stars
      Ok it does taste good, but it tastes like cake, not a sweet cornbread. Not a fan

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      • Cassy

        November 02, 2021 at 9:45 pm

        Try gluten free corn bread mix you can add more CB mix if you like

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