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    Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes

    Gluten Free Birthday Cake Mix Waffles

    Published: Jun 14, 2017 · Modified: Sep 2, 2020 by Sandi Gaertner · 18 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

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    No matter what the occasion, your family is going to LOVE these gluten free funfetti cake mix waffles! Use this easy homemade gluten free cake recipe and pull out your waffle iron!

    Colorful sprinkles, ice cream, hot fudge, these colorful waffles are just crazy good! If you love dessert as much as we do, you will want to check out all of my delicious gluten free dessert recipes!

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    Summer is the time of birthdays in our house. What better way to celebrate the birthday "person" than to make to a special treat? We enjoy birthday cakes as most people do, but for fun, this funfetti waffle can't be beaten!

    Now please don't think I am a terrible mom for making this sugary treat for breakfast. It is summer and my teens sleep super late right now. They usually stumble out of bed early to eat, then they go back to bed. This is the "second breakfast" celebration :-). Keep reading below...I made a video to show you how easy these waffles are to make!!

    Gluten Free Waffles For Dessert

    Why should waffles only be for breakfast? All you need is a waffle iron or frozen waffles to make new and interesting things. My son created this fun recipe for waffle cones because a few years ago, you couldn't buy gluten free ice cream cones. The frozen gluten free waffles flatten to make awesome waffle ice cream cones!

    If your crew loves waffles and cake, this waffle dessert is the perfect combination to make everyone happy. I used a wonderful gluten free cake recipe of mine to make the waffle batter for this recipe. (And if you really want a great traditional gluten free birthday cake, my gluten free vanilla cake recipe is the recipe you need to make.)

    Top view of a cake batter waffle on a plate with a bowl of sprinkles, an ice cream scoop and hot fudge next to the plate.

    Recipe step by step directions:

    pouring the dry ingredients into a bowl

    Pour your dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk to blend.

    funfetti waffle wet ingredients in a bowl

    Add the wet ingredients to a bowl and mix well.

    pouring the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients

    Pour your wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.

    waffle batter in a waffle iron

    Add your waffle batter to a waffle iron. Allow cooking for 5 minutes until the waffle is cooked. If you use a lot of waffle batter, you may need to cook it longer.

    removing a waffle from the iron

    Carefully remove the waffle from the waffle iron. Top with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge!

    Are sprinkles gluten free?

    How fun is this with all of the colorful rainbow sprinkles? We hope you like these funfetti waffles as much as we do! Definitely make sure you use => gluten free sprinkles. It never occurred to me to check this, but you do need to be careful. Some brands of sprinkles are made on shared equipment!

    A spoon is drizzling hot fudge onto the scoop of ice cream to make a waffle Sunday.

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    Recipe

    Gluten Free Birthday Cake Mix Waffles

    Sandi Gaertner
    Gluten free cake batter waffles with tons of rainbow sprinkles. Grab a box of cake mix for this fun dessert waffle recipe.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 people
    Calories 458 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ cups gluten free flour blend * see note
    • ¼ cup almond flour * see note
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • 3 eggs
    • ½ cup butter melted
    • ¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
    • ½ cup almond milk * see note

    Instructions
     

    • Pre-heat a waffle iron.
    • In a large bowl, add all dry ingredients. Whisk to blend.
    • In a medium sized bowl, add all of the wet ingredients. Whisk to blend.
    • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, add the sprinkles and mix well.
    • Add a little batter to the hot waffle iron and cook for 4 minutes until done. Use the rest of the batter to continue making waffles.
    • Top with ice cream and hot fudge. Sprinkle more rainbow sprinkles on. Enjoy!

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    Notes

    1. I have tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure GF and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
    2. If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain xanthan gum or guar gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
    3. I highly suggest using almond flour and not almond meal. Almond meal is more coarse and will make your waffles grainy.
    4. I used almond milk but other dairy-free kinds of milk will work but I do not recommend canned coconut milk.
    5. These waffles will keep up to 4 days in an air-tight container, or up to 4 months in the freezer.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 458kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 7gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 286mgPotassium: 105mgFiber: 4gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 592IUCalcium: 101mgIron: 2mg
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    Comments

    1. Agness of Run Agness Run

      June 22, 2017 at 11:12 am

      Waffles are my favourite treat! Your recipe seems finger-licking, Sandi!

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      • Sandi Gaertner

        June 22, 2017 at 4:07 pm

        Thank you so much Agness 🙂

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    2. Gunjan

      June 19, 2017 at 5:03 pm

      5 stars
      This is a such a wonderful and attractive waffles recipes. Super perfect for kids.

      Reply
      • Sandi Gaertner

        June 20, 2017 at 3:57 pm

        Thank you so much Gunjan 🙂

        Reply
    3. Cathy @ Lemon Tree Dwelling

      June 15, 2017 at 12:37 pm

      These ARE super fun! We still have 2 birthdays this summer....I need to make these!

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      • Sandi Gaertner

        June 16, 2017 at 9:06 am

        🙂

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    4. Amy @ Little Dairy on the Prairie

      June 15, 2017 at 10:25 am

      These are so fun! Kids would love these on a Wednesday or on their birthday!

      Reply
      • Sandi Gaertner

        June 16, 2017 at 2:27 pm

        Definitely Amy :-).

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