Honey Bun Cake - Carson's Favorite Cake

A Honey Bun Cake is a moist vanilla cake with a cinnamon sugar filling and topped with a vanilla glaze. 

I love old recipes that have been handed down from one generation to the next. Let's face it folks old fashioned recipes are always the best. Well the recipe I'm sharing today for this deliciously easy Honey Bun Cake follows that same pattern.

I can't remember exactly when mom gave me this recipe, but I know it was over 15 years ago. Whenever we stopped for a visit at my mother in laws house, I followed the same routine. As soon as I arrived, I would ask mom where her recipe box was?

I would sit at her kitchen table and go through all her recipes jotting down the ones that caught my eye. Most of her recipes were really old and they always had a story. Those were always my favorite.

It was always such a treat sitting with mom, listening and writing each of the recipes down. This came to be something I looked forward to on our visits besides her great meals she would cook for us. Most times it was her homemade meatloaf.

Funny thing to this story is I got this recipe long before my little honey bun boy was ever a twinkle in my eye. Who would have thought that my son Carson would come to love this cake as much as I do. My little guys favorite Little Debbie snack cake is the glazed honey buns. 

I can never get out of the store without buying at least one box. That boy loves his sweets, but don't we all? The first time I made this cake for him he was hooked. This honey bun cake recipe is a bit different than some I've seen online. Moms recipe calls for butter instead of oil. It also uses plain yogurt in place of sour cream. 

The yogurt was a change that I made because I was out of sour cream one day.  In the end, I preferred the yogurt. The filling is also a bit different as it consists of a mixture of the reserved dry cake mix, brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans.   The pecans are optional, but really good. I hope you'll give this recipe a try?

Yield: 8 - 12

Author: Tina Butler | Mommy's Kitchen

Honey Bun Cake

A Honey Bun Cake is a moist vanilla cake with a cinnamon sugar filling and topped with a vanilla glaze.

Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 40 MinTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Ingredients

Cake

• 1  15.25 ounce package white cake mix, (reserve ½ cup dry cake mix)
• 1  cup butter (2 sticks) softened
• 1  cup plain or Greek yogurt or sour cream
• 4  eggs
• ½  teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling

• ½ cup reserved dry cake mix
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans, optional

Glaze

• 3  cups powderd sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 -8 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease bottom only of 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Remove ½ cup dry cake mix and set aside.
2. Add remaining cake mix to a large bowl, Add butter, yogurt, eggs and vanilla; beat at medium speed using an electric mixer.
3. Spread half of the batter in the bottom of the baking pan. In a separate bowl; stir together reserved dry cake mix, brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts if using. Sprinkle over batter.
4. Spread the remaining cake batter on top of the filling. To make spreading easier drop batter by dollops over cinnamon mixture, then spread using an offset spatula.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes or until golden brown and cake springs back when touched. Remove from oven and let cake cool slightly.
6. Prepare the glaze. In a medium size bowl add the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Stir until you have a semi-thin glaze. If the glaze is too thick keep adding a bit of milk until it's to the consistency you want.
7. Poke the top of warm cake with a fork or toothpick. Drizzle and spread half of the glaze completely over the cake and let it seep into the cake.
8. Let cake sit for 15 - 20 minutes and then pour the remainder of the glaze on the cake. Cool for at least one hour before slicing.

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