A row of Bridgerton themed boxed cake mixes sit in a grocery store aisle - melissamn/Shutterstock It can happen to anyone. You wake up with a craving for waffles, but there aren't any in the freezer.

You know that boxed cake mix in the back of your kitchen cabinet? Well, there are many ways to use the instant cake mix that go far beyond an actual cake for a birthday or other special occasion.

Remember dreaming of eating cake for breakfast when you were a kid? Or eating pancakes for dinner? Sometimes, these dreams creep up and the kid inside of us is just dying to break the rules a little.

Maybe as a kid you were lucky enough to get waffles and ice cream on special occasions such as your birthday, but those ...

This vanilla cake is made in a waffle iron! Stack your cake waffles up and top them with delicious whipped chocolate ganache ...