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Best Ever Corn Bread

By Susie Weinrich · Date Apr 7, 2020· 116 Comments · May contain affiliate links.

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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 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. 
4.69 from 64 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes 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

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.

Recipe Tips and Notes:

You can use any brand yellow cake mix that calls for 3 eggs, 1 cup water, and ½ cup oil.
Did you make this recipe?Connect with me and let me know by commenting below!
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I hope you enjoy every bite of this cornbread!!!

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

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Susie Weinrich is the recipe developer, food photographer, and content creator behind Mom's Dinner. She has over 20 years experience in the food industry. Currently, Susie shares all her recipes and food knowledge on Mom's Dinner. You will find her recipes are easy to follow and full of tips and tricks to make sure the recipe you are making turns out perfect!

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  1. Cheryl says

    August 05, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    5 stars
    I have been making this same recipe for years. Best one I’ve tried.

    Reply
  2. Ruth B. Garcia says

    February 18, 2024 at 11:59 am

    5 stars
    This turned out so well my family has insisted I make them again! I made them in small loaf mini pans. Definitely a keeper! Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Beth Stadler says

    November 21, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    5 stars
    The very best ever!

    Reply
  4. Mary says

    October 05, 2023 at 1:28 pm

    5 stars
    It is so good! My family, especially my Great Grandsons, are crazy about it!! 😀😀

    Reply
  5. Jolie Nersesian says

    August 08, 2023 at 2:47 pm

    5 stars
    I have been making your recipe for years…It is the BEST cornbread in the world (& sooo easy), and my family requests it frequently. When we have guests over, they always ask me for the recipe.

    Reply
    • Susie Weinrich says

      August 08, 2023 at 3:00 pm

      Love this!!! Thank you so much

      Reply
  6. Beth says

    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.

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      August 05, 2024 at 9:06 pm

      Try using Duncan Hines Butter cake mix. It should not taste like vanilla.

      Reply
      • Susie Weinrich says

        August 06, 2024 at 8:45 am

        Great suggestion!

  7. Lynn B. Walsh says

    November 19, 2022 at 4:55 pm

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

    Reply
  8. Chrissy says

    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.

    Reply
  9. Sue says

    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
    • Vicki says

      June 13, 2023 at 1:04 pm

      Mine always is too crumbly and falls apart. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

      Reply
  10. KC says

    January 02, 2022 at 11:38 am

    Has anyone tried this in a waffle maker?

    Reply
    • Susie Weinrich says

      January 02, 2022 at 4:25 pm

      Hmmmm… report back if you try it!

      Reply
  11. Julie Turner says

    December 23, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    5 stars
    Love it

    Reply
  12. Evelyn says

    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.

    Reply
    • Carmen says

      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.

      Reply
  13. Kerry says

    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.

    Reply
    • Dawn says

      October 18, 2021 at 3:33 am

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

      Reply
  14. Sammie B says

    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.

    Reply
    • Susie Weinrich says

      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.

      Reply
    • Marsha says

      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

      Reply
  15. T says

    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

    Reply
    • Cassy says

      November 02, 2021 at 9:45 pm

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

      Reply
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