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Cake Mix Maple Walnut Muffins

These cake mix maple walnut muffins are light as air with a combination of great ingredients that come together to give them a wonderful earthy flavor.

The recipe is so easy too.

Course Breakfast, brunch, Snack, Snacks
Cuisine American
Keyword cake mix, cake mix recipes, maple syrup, maple walnut muffins, muffin, muffins, walnut
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 16 full size muffins
Author Pam

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix, either butter or yellow flavor
  • 10 ounces seltzer or club soda. I used mandarin orange flavor but you can use plain if you’d like
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg, or Egg beaters, any store brand works too
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon fine sea or kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon mixed with 3 tbsp granulated sugar for sprinkling on top of muffins before baking
  • 1 heaping cup walnuts chopped into little pieces — I used the mini chopper to do this, just pulse until you see small pieces pinch salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake foil liners. If you can’t find foil then you can use paper liners. In a large bowl mix together the cake mix and seltzer with a rubber spatula. After combined, beat with a hand held electric mixer or stand mixer on medium speed until nice and fluffy. Add the maple syrup, vanilla extract, maple extract (optional), salt, baking powder, egg, or Egg Beaters and the 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon. Beat on low speed until combined. Fold in the walnut pieces. Let the batter sit in the fridge for 15 minutes. This is an important step as it makes for much larger muffin tops. After 15 minutes. Mix gently .Pour batter into muffin cups using an ice cream scoop or large cookie scoop or use a tablespoon or a serving spoon and fill cups 3/4 of the way up. You will have enough batter for 16 muffins. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until lightly browned and a wooden skewer or tooth pick should come out clean when ready. Enjoy!