5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake Recipe

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Published: June 1, 2021Author: Kendra Murdock
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Perfectly cool, light, and fluffy cheesecake, thrown together in just a matter of minutes. Your favorite cake batter flavor topped with sprinkles and no baking required.
5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake Recipe

Cake batter and cheesecake… need I say more? It’s the perfect combination.

This light and cold dessert is so easy to make, and you probably already have most of the ingredients.

It’s the perfect dessert for barbecues, pot lucks, picnics, birthdays, or just for yourself. 🙂

5-Ingredients for Cake Batter Cheesecake

5-Ingredient Recipe

You know we love a simple recipe with just a few ingredients! For this recipe, you’ll need:

  • Pre-made graham cracker pie crust
  • Funfetti cake mix
  • Cream cheese
  • Heavy whipping cream
  • Vanilla
  • Sprinkles (optional garnish)
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How to make no-bake cake batter cheesecake

Step 1: In a medium mixing bowl, whip the whipping cream until it is a creamy substance and can hold a peak.

You can beat it by hand (the way our grandma always said it should be done!) or use an electric mixer.

It should look something like this:

Whipping cream on beater


Step 2: Add the cream cheese, cake mix (just the powder mix, don’t add anything else to it), and vanilla, and continue to whip until fully combined.

Cheesecake Filling ingredients in a glass bowl


Step 3: Pour the mixture into the graham cracker crust.

If you’d rather use a homemade crust, we love the one from this recipe.

5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake with sprinkles missing a piece


Step 4: Garnish with sprinkles if you’d like.

Our favorites are these sprinkles or these sprinkles.

Slice of 5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake


Step 5: Refrigerate for 30 mins-1 hour before serving.

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Make this recipe your own:

One thing we love about this recipe is the ability to customize it to your own liking. Here are some great additions or substitutions to put your own spin on it:

  • Use another flavor of cake batter. We like yellow cake, white cake, and lemon cake mix.
  • Cool whip instead of heavy whipping cream. This will work in a pinch, but we like the texture that heavy whipping cream adds to the cheesecake.
  • Use a homemade crust. We like this one (although you will have to bake it!).
  • Use a different type of crust. We love oreo crust, vanilla wafer crust, or sugar cookie crust.
  • Use a different garnish. The sprinkles are a great touch, but crushed cookies, shaved chocolate, or extra whipped cream would be tasty on top, too.

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Serves: 8

5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake Recipe

Perfectly cool, light, and fluffy cheesecake, thrown together in just a matter of minutes. Your favorite cake batter flavor topped with sprinkles and no baking required.
Prep Time 40 mins
Total Time 40 mins
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Ingredients

  • 1 pre made graham cracker pie crust
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese 1 package, softened
  • ⅔ cup funfetti cake mix
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ cup sprinkles optional garnish

Instructions

  • In a bowl, whip the whipping cream until it is a creamy substance and can hold a peak.
  • Add the cream cheese, cake mix, and vanilla and continue to whip until fully combined.
  • Pour the mixture into the graham cracker crust.
  • Garnish with sprinkles if you'd like.
  • Refrigerate for 30 mins-1 hour before serving.

Notes

Make this cheesecake your own:
  • Use another flavor of cake batter. 
  • Cool whip instead of heavy whipping cream. 
  • Use a homemade crust. 
  • Use a different type of crust. 
  • Use a different garnish.

Nutrition

Calories: 331 kcal · Carbohydrates: 29 g · Protein: 5 g · Fat: 22 g · Saturated Fat: 11 g · Cholesterol: 56 mg · Sodium: 327 mg · Potassium: 150 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 14 g · Vitamin A: 594 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 83 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Hand mixer

Recipe Details

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

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5-Ingredient Cake Batter Cheesecake

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  1. Nicole says:
    May 27, 2016
    I don't think I could have hit the print button any faster. Thank you for sharing!
  2. Sara says:
    May 27, 2016
    Oh this looks so easy and fun! I love all the sprinkles!
  3. Jackie B says:
    May 27, 2016
    Can I use a tub of Cool Whip instead of heavy cream? Thanks
  4. Cyd says:
    May 31, 2016
    Hi Jackie, we have not tried this recipe using cool whip. Not sure how well it would set up. Reading over the ingredients makes me think it should be fine. Let us know how it all turns out.
  5. Bonnie says:
    October 16, 2017
    I do a cheesecake similar to this and use cool whip instead of whipping cream. It sets up perfectly fine and tastes just as good.
  6. Janae’ says:
    December 22, 2017
    Do you make the funfetti cake batter or just use the funfetti mix from the box?
  7. Cyd says:
    December 29, 2017
    You use the dry funfetti cake batter mix straight from the box.
  8. Teresa Jenkins says:
    October 15, 2018
    Love all your recipes!!!
  9. Cyd says:
    October 16, 2018
    Thanks Teresa! Have a great week.
  10. Natalie says:
    December 26, 2018
    Alternate to the dry cake mix?
  11. Margaret Hamm says:
    April 5, 2019
    Have you tried chocolate?
  12. Karen says:
    June 3, 2019
    Is it safe to use a "raw" cake mix in a non bake cheesecake? With all the problems with flour recently, would that used in that manner be okay?
  13. Sarah says:
    April 30, 2020
    This was bad. The cream cheese didn’t blend all the way with the whipped cream so I had clumps of cream cheese. It also wasn’t sweet enough for me either.
  14. Cyd says:
    May 6, 2020
    It sounds like you did not soften your cream cheese before blending.
  15. Sonya says:
    June 23, 2020
    This wasn’t sweet enough. Others had sugar in it.
  16. Tammy says:
    June 24, 2020
    Since its unhealthy, and can make you really, really I'll to eat uncooked cake mix because of the flour, how can you promote this s a good idea? This recipe is scary. It sounds good, but it's not.
  17. Sandi says:
    February 18, 2021
    Can't wait to make this !!!! I love mix and match recipes!!!
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