Take a box of Compliments baking mix and you’ve got more than just cake! From our brownie shortbread bars to our chocolate-cranberry dump cake to our lemon-cranberry squares, we’ve simplified and hacked your holiday dessert repertoire to make you look like a genius. These five fabulous recipes will cap off your holiday get-together in style. Your secret’s safe with us!
Chocolate-Cranberry Dump Cake
There’s nothing more comforting or easier than a dump cake, a magical combination of a boxed cake mix and fruit filling (in this case, cranberry sauce) that you usually layer into a baking dish and bake. Couldn’t be simpler—and the other upside is, it’s delicious!
Compliments Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce + Compliments Frozen Cranberries + Compliments Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix + melted butter + Compliments Whipped Topping or Compliments Vanilla Ice Cream + chocolate shavings
How to make: Add 348 mL can Compliments Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce to buttered 13 x 9-in. (3 L) glass baking dish, spreading evenly to edges. Scatter 2 cups (500 mL) thawed Compliments Frozen Cranberries over top. Evenly sprinkle 400 g box Compliments Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix over top. Pour ½ cup (125 mL) melted butter over top, covering as much cake mix as possible. Bake at 175°C (350°F) until mostly dry on top and bubbly around edges, about 30 min. Let cool for at least 10 min. before serving. Garnish with chocolate shavings, if desired. Serve warm or at room temperature with Compliments Whipped Topping or Compliments Vanilla Ice Cream.
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Crack Brownies
If you’ve had those holiday “crack” cookies made with soda crackers and chocolate, you’ll love this cake mix brownie that’s hacked with our brownie mix and toffee bits. Takes the brownie to a whole new dimension!
Compliments Deluxe Brownie Mix + Compliments Soda Crackers + toffee bits + melted butter
How to make: Prepare 432 g box Compliments Deluxe Brownie Mix according to package directions; add one-third batter to parchment paper–lined 8-in. (2 L) square cake pan, spreading evenly to edges. Arrange 9 Compliments Soda Crackers over top; sprinkle with 2 tbsp (30 mL) toffee bits. Repeat layering, ending with batter; crumble 6 Compliments Soda Crackers over top. Brush crackers with melted butter; sprinkle more toffee bits over top. Bake according to package directions.
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Banana Bread Banoffee Trifle
A take on a British classic, updated with our Compliments Banana Bread Baking Mix, Compliments Dulce de Leche Spread, and sliced bananas. We think these look lovely in individual glasses, or you can make a big batch in a trifle bowl for family festivities.
Compliments Banana Bread Baking Mix + Compliments Dulce de Leche Spread + sliced bananas + unsweetened whipped cream + chocolate coated digestive cookies
Prepare and bake 500 g box Compliments Banana Bread Baking Mix according to package directions. Cut half of banana bread into ¾-in. (2 cm) cubes. To assemble trifle, alternate layers of Compliments Dulce de Leche, banana bread cubes, sliced bananas and unsweetened whipped cream in individual glasses or a large trifle bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hr. Just before serving, coarsely crumble chocolate-topped digestive cookies over top.
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Lemon-Cranberry Squares
Take a traditional lemon square and give it a very merry twist using Compliments Organic 100% Cranberry Juice. These pink-hued bars dusted with icing sugar sure will be your new holiday favourites!
Compliments Organic 100% Cranberry Juice + Compliments Lemon Square Mix + icing sugar + fresh mint leaves
How to make: In saucepan over high heat, boil 1 cup (250 mL) Compliments Organic 100% Cranberry Juice until reduced to ¼ cup (60 mL), about 25 min; pour into measuring cup and place in freezer to cool. Prepare and bake crust from 500 g box Compliments Lemon Square Mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, prepare filling mix according to package directions, substituting water with cranberry juice reduction; skim off any foam. Pour filling over hot crust; bake according to package directions. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. Sift icing sugar over top; garnish with mint leaves, if desired.
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Brownie Shortbread Bars
This brownie-cookie hybrid (a.k.a. a brookie) gets the most delicious shortcut with our Compliments Shortbread Cookie Baking Mix and Compliments Deluxe Brownie Mix. You’ve created an easy indulgence before you know it!
Compliments Shortbread Cookie Baking Mix + butter + Compliments Deluxe Brownie Mix
Prepare half 500 g box Compliments Shortbread Cookie Baking Mix with 6 tbsp (90 mL) butter. (Reserve remaining half for another use.) Press into buttered and parchment paper–lined 8-in. (2 L) square cake pan. Bake at 165°C (325°F) for 20 min. Meanwhile, prepare 432 g box Compliments Deluxe Brownie Mix according to package directions; pour over hot shortbread. Increase oven temperature to 175°C (350°F); bake until toothpick inserted 1 in. (2.5 cm) from edge of pan comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging, about 30 min. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.
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