Tuesday, January 19, 2016

HONEY BUN CAKE

Okay, I confess. When I was ready to leave Hillcrest, there was still one piece of this Honey Bun Cake left in the pan and I took it back home with me. I couldn't help it. It is soooooo good.

I had shared another recipe for Honey Bun Cake from a different Amish cookbook with my friend Janice to make when our canasta group came over to her house. It was really good tasting, but she wouldn't let me take a picture of it. She had followed the recipe and the glaze was so thin she ended up adding a whole bunch more powdered sugar. Then she ended up making a cream cheese frosting to put on top to hide the holes she had made.

After I got home I found this other recipe in my The Farmhouse Kitchen cookbook from Justin & Naomi Miller. While similar, it was different. I decided to give it a try and take it to Hillcrest to share. I ended up giving her the piece I had brought home from Hillcrest and she liked it better.


HONEY BUN CAKE

CAKE:
1       yellow cake mix
3/4  cup oil
4      eggs
1       teaspoon vanilla
8      oz. sour cream


TOPPING:
1       cup brown sugar
1       tablespoon cinnamon

GLAZE:
2       cups powdered sugar
4       tablespoons milk
1        teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a jelly roll pan (10 x 15 - inches)

Mix together the ingredients for the cake.

Spread into the jelly roll pan. (I put spoonful around the pan and then spread them together. Always leave a little bit in the bowl to add where it is needed to fill in a hole.)

Combine the topping ingredients and sprinkle over the top of the cake batter.

Swirl with spatula or knife.

Bake for 40 - 50 minutes. (I used a stoneware jelly roll pan so my cake was done in 25 minutes. I would strongly suggest checking your cake after 20 - 25 minutes. Their cooking time seems too long for me.)

Prepare glaze and 
pour on cake as soon as you take it out of the oven.




19 comments:

  1. sounds pretty good and easy without taking a lot of time to accomplish. thank you

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  2. That cake looks delicious. That cake with coffee would be a great breakfast or brunch. If I have a yellow cake mix, I am going to bake it tomorrow.

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    1. Great! It is really delicious. Enjoy! Patricia

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  3. Made this tonight for my husband birthday tomorrow, September 22. I will reply again with his thoughts of his Honey Bun Cake.

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    1. Happy birthday to your husband. Hope he enjoys it. Patricia

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  4. Thanks for giving this too wonderful article. It is quite simple to understand by Everyone. Thankyou so much! Organic Honey can add more benefit compare to sweet.

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  5. All I have in house is butter yellow cake can it be used as sub for reg yellow cake mix

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    1. Go for it! Let me know how it turns out. I think it will be fine. Thanks for your question. Patricia

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  6. I just made this …. And it is sooo delicious and really so easy to pull together!!!! Bless you and your home for sharing!

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    1. You are so sweet. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Patricia

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  7. Made it! It’s a keeper!

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    1. Great! Thanks for letting me know. Patricia

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  8. What size jelly roll pan. There are several sizes out there now. Thank you

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  9. Never mind. I see it now. Should have not been so anxious to read it all. LOL.

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  10. This is almost identical to my Honeybun cake, except I bake mine in a 13x9 pan and I put 1/2 the batter in the pan, top with filing, top with remaining batter, and swirl.

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  11. I made the mistake of making this and bringing it to a family holiday and now I have to bring it every time. I have made it so many times! Thanks!

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    1. Funny Jess. I'm sure everyone enjoys it. My friend Janice has the same family requests every time they gather with all the family. Memories. Thanks for sharing your story. Patricia

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