A photo of the back of a Bisquick box listed recipes for things like pancakes, biscuits and shortcake, but most memorably, a coffee cake that called for Bisquick in its batter and crumb topping.

Though pancakes and waffles are perhaps the most common non-biscuit uses for Bisquick, the truth is, you can use the product to make coffee cake, too. The primary reason for this is that the main ...