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Honeybun Cake

Slice of honeybun cake on a plate.
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It’s a cake that tastes like a honeybun – full of cinnamon and pecan and brown sugar goodness. Make some honeybun cake for YOUR honeybun today!

Ingredients

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  • One 15.2 ounce package yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans 
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk (more if needed to make the glaze)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.
  2. Put 1/2 cup of cake mix into a small bowl.
  3. Put the rest of the cake mix into a large bowl with the butter, eggs and sour cream. Beat with a mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon to the reserved 1/2 cup of cake mix and stir.
  5. Spread half of the cake batter in the pan. Sprinkle with the pecan mixture. Drop the rest of the batter in spoonfuls over the top of the pecan filling, and then smooth the spoonfuls together until they cover the filling.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. The cake should spring back when you touch it with your finger.  Let it cool for 2 hours.
  7. Mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla together. The glaze should be pourable – if it’s not, add more milk by teaspoonfuls until it is. 
  8. Pour the glaze over the cake and spread quickly with a spatula. Cool for one hour and then it is ready to be cut into squares and served to your honeybun, with a kiss!

Notes

  • Cake mix: You can use any brand you like as long as it is a 15.2 ounce package

  • Sour Cream: Full fat or low fat are both fine

  • Nuts: Don’t like pecans? You can swap in walnuts or even chopped macadamia nuts

  • Powdered Sugar: This is also known as confectioner’s sugar and you can find this super fine sugar in the baking aisle.

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/honeybun-cake/