Honey Bun Cake
This homemade Honey Bun Cake recipe is a deliciously rich and moist cake that's loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon flavor. Topped with a sweet and sticky vanilla glaze, this cake is the perfect combination of a cinnamon swirl cake and classic poke cake!
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 349kcal
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In bowl of an electric mixer combine cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream with and mix until combined. Pour about half of the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Set aside.1 box yellow cake mix, ⅔ cup vegetable oil, 4 eggs, 8 oz sour cream
- In small mixing bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans until combined. Sprinkle butter and nut mixture on top of the batter that is in the dish, covering the batter.1 cup packed brown sugar, 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- Pour remaining half of the batter on top of the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Spread to cover the top.
- Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
- While cake is baking, make the frosting.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine confectioner’s sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.1 cup confectioner's sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Once cake is out of the oven, make holes in the cake with the tines of a fork or the back of a wooden spoon. Spread frosting over warm cake and let set.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 346mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 202IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 141mg | Iron: 1mg