Sweet Cornbread
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Have you ever wondered why restaurant cornbread tastes so good? Well check out our Sweet Cornbread recipe below and wonder no longer!
I have been searching for the perfect sweet cornbread recipe for years. Okay, okay, let me amend that statement. I have been searching for the perfect, really really stupidly simple, restaurant style cornbread recipe for years.
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And by searching, I mean I ask people for their recipes when I like their cornbread. Usually it involves actual baking knowledge, so I tune out at about the 6th ingredient.
Sweet Cornbread
Until I heard a rumor that the secret was cake. Yes, cake! So, voila. Here it is, your really really stupidly simple recipe for the perfect cornbread. You are very welcome.

Sweet Cornbread Ingredients
- Corn bread mix – prepared per package directions
- Yellow cake mix – prepared per package directions

How Do You Make Sweet Cornbread
? First, combine cornbread batter and cake batter in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until fully incorporated.
? Next, pour into two lined and greased 18″ x 12″ baking sheets* and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, or until cornbread is lightly browned on top and a toothpick comes out clean.
? Finally, allow to cool and then serve with something delicious, like my Wendy’s Style Chili or Corn and Potato Chowder!


How to Make Sweet Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread
Ingredients
- 2 packages corn bread mix 8.5 ounces each, prepared per package directions
- 1 package yellow cake mix 15.25 ounces, prepared per package directions
Instructions
- Combine cornbread batter and cake batter in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until fully incorporated.
- Pour into two lined and greased 18" x 12" baking sheets* and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, or until cornbread is lightly browned on top and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool and then serve with something delicious, like my Wendy's Style Chili or Corn and Potato Chowder!
Notes
Nutrition

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*As with most of my recipes, this makes a whole mess of a lot of food. BUT! It can be frozen! Oh, yes.

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This sounds so good. Unfortunately I don't have the pans, or the oven (small wall oven) to cook it this way. Could I cook it in muffin tins, or some other way?