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Honey Bun Cake

Well, I just keep giving y’all sweet dishes to work with lately, don’t I?  I can’t help myself some weeks. Every now and then you get into a sweet baking mood and you just can’t shake it. And today’s recipe is no exception.Glazed Honey Bun Cake, sliceThis recipe is called Honey Bun Cake. Doesn’t it just sound good? And you know why I especially love this recipe? Because it uses a boxed cake mix. Boxed cake mixes are the home cook’s little helper. Or if you are new at baking, then this is a great way to jazz up the boxed cake mix to make it something a little more special.

Some days you want to have a good dessert after supper but you have minimal time to prepare one and the boxed cake mix just comes through for you every time. Ain’t no shame in my game!
Honey Bun Cake recipe from The Country Cook
Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
¾ cup vegetable oil
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 cups powdered sugar
4-6 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. honey (optional)
yellow boxed cake mix, brown sugar, eggs, sour cream, oil, honey, cinnamon, vanilla extract, powdered sugar
Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13×9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix together the cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and oil and mix until combined.cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and oil mixed in a KitchenAid stand mixer

 In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon until well-blended; set aside.
brown sugar and cinnamon mixed with a fork in a glass Pampered Chef measuring bowl
Pour half of the cake batter into your prepared baking dish, spreading it out evenly.
honey bun cake batter poured into glass Pyrex baking dish
Add all of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture to the top, covering the entire layer of batter.
brown sugar and cinnamon mixture spread on cake mix batter
 Pour the rest of the cake batter on top. And spread the batter until even.
cake mix batter spread on top of brown sugar cinnamon mixture
Place the cake into the oven and bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. While the cake is baking, make the glaze. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and honey (if using) until glaze is smooth. I like mine just a bit thick but still pourable.
powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and honey mixed together to make a glaze
When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately pour glaze onto the warm cake.
pouring icing glaze over warm honey bun cake
Spread the glaze out a bit to evenly cover cake.
spread honey glaze over baked honey bun cake
 Let the cake sit for a few minutes so the glaze can set and serve warm or at room temperature.
Easy glazed honey bun cake
Enjoy!
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Honey Bun Cake recipe from The Country Cook
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Honey Bun Cake
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 
Honey Bun Cake is a super easy cake to make (thanks to a boxed cake mix) and is one of my most-requested desserts to make. Layers of yummy cake, cinnamon brown sugar and topped with a sweet honey glaze. 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 463 kcal
Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook
Ingredients
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ¾ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 4-6 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp honey optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
  2. Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
  3. In a medium bowl stir together the cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and oil and mix until well-incorporated.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon until well-blended; set aside.
  5. Pour half of the cake batter into a greased 13×9 pan, spreading it out evenly.
  6. Add all of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture to the top, covering the entire layer of batter.
  7. Pour the rest of the cake batter on top, and spread the batter out as evenly as possible.
  8. Place the cake into the oven and bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  9. While the cake is baking, make the glaze.
  10. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until glaze is smooth.
  11. When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately pour glaze onto the hot cake.
  12. Spread it out evenly.
Recipe Notes

Let the cake sit for a few minutes so the glaze can set and serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts
Honey Bun Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 463 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 14g 70%
Cholesterol 65mg 22%
Sodium 301mg 13%
Potassium 94mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 69g 23%
Sugars 55g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 4.1%
Vitamin C 0.2%
Calcium 12.9%
Iron 6.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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  3. Great Cake! My dad, who is 91 , and in a nursing home, loves Little Debbie's Honey Buns. I be that he'd like this cake, so I'm going to make it for him. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Oooh, boy, so simple and yet delicious! I'm going to tuck this away for my typical days when I don't have time to make homemade ricotta for my cheesecake 😉 Love these shortcut recipes! Thanks, Brandie!

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  9. Honey Bun Cake is one of my very favorites!!! Love this recipe 🙂
    You know, it has been a while since I made this for my family. I think I just might have to do that one day very soon.

    And, like you, I seem to be on a sweet kick recently. I'm posting a sweet treat recipe today too 🙂

    Jenn

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  11. Yep. Winter is certainly pushing us all to the sweet side, although your meatballs had be seriously tempted for something savoury! I lOVE the name of the cake.

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  17. I've never actually had a honey bun, and they don't really appeal to me, but this cake sure does. I could eat it all in one fell swoop!

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  18. i don't think i've ever had a honey bun…this looks so scrumptious.. probably shouldn't be reading food blogs at this hour! i have to try some now! =)

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  20. Well I'll be. I have never had a honey bun cake. Looks amazing. Wish I had some with my coffee right about now. Great post!

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  24. I get in baking moods too, AND I love recipes that use cake mixes — for those times I need something fast and easy.
    My Dad loves honey buns — this looks like it would be a winner in his book — saving in my recipe file!

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  30. I've seen several recipes for Honey Bun cakes and have yet to make one even though I have heard hey are amazingly delicious.

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  37. Hi, friend! I'm admiring all your creative posts here so can you please share them with us at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop? Hope to see you there at the party 🙂

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  38. {doing a happy dance} So happy to hear that Renee. Love that you made it your own and lightened up where you could!! Great idea! Thanks for coming back and letting me know how it turned out :o)

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  39. WOW! Made this for the family yesterday! It was a total hit. I adapted it where I could with lighter options & no one could tell. LOVED it! TY!

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  41. omg it just looks sinful! as do all of your sidebar recipes…i'm so impressed! looking forward to reading!

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  46. I made this recipe yesterday and it is wonderful!! I shared to everyone and they all loved it as well, also made the whole house smell yummy 🙂 Thank you for sharing! My Aunt is making it for a family reunion this weekend!!

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  50. I just made this cake and all I can say is OMGoodness!!!! It is AWESOME. It tastes like a giant honey bun. LOVE IT

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  52. I made this for the first time ever this past weekend. It was gone, lickety split. Made it for my friend two days later. She's been singing my praises since. What a fabulous cake! Thank you for sharing the love.

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  55. I made this cake before for my kids school carnival for the cake walk. When it was their turn to pick a baked item, I MADE them pick mine and then we went home and ate it. I'm so glad I did!! So yummy!!!

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  57. OH MY WORD!! I am in love with the deliciousness and simplicity of this cake! It didnt last very long with my family and coworkers either! Adding this to the recipe book! Gotta love semi homemade!

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  58. I just took this out of the oven 20 minutes ago. I had to cut it and try it right then. My house smells so good and this cake is out of this world! I am sure when everyone gets home there won't be much left!!! Great recipe!!!

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  60. I was so excited to find this recipe! I have had Honey Bun Cake once before and it was awesome! I haven't been able to find a recipe for it since! I made it as soon as I found it. In fact, I made Honey Bun Cupcakes today. I gave you a shout out on my teaching blog today. Let me clarify, I do a post each Monday called "Mouth-Watering Monday" where I post a favorite recipe. Your Honey Bun Cake is my recipe this week! Hop on over to check it out!

    http://krazyfunteaching.blogspot.com/2012/08/mouth-watering-monday_13.html

    I hope you enjoy it!

    Holly

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  62. I baked this yesterday for a family dinner……well….it was just crazy insane FABULOUS! It is beyond delicious! I find it very exciting to try a new recipe and it comes out this dang good!

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  63. I don't like cake very much (I'm an ice cream kind of girl) but I really really liked this cake!! I am thinking of trying to do it in cupcakes for my little guys birthday tomorrow!

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  64. Made these this morning for five and my six children and they loved them!! So yummy, so moist, so soft, so sweet, so gonna make these again!! Thanks for sharing :).

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  66. Making this for my baby for VDay 🙂 he loves honey buns! I ran into a little problem though. The biggest box of cake mix i could find was 16.5oz. Will this still work ok?

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  67. I was just wandering when cake comes out of oven if you could do like a poke cake and poke holes through it and then pour the glaze over it?

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  71. WOW! I tried this recipe the other day and it came out so good that i have made 2 more times since! I run a small BBQ takeaway restaurant in central Ohio and i am always looking for new desserts to make. Thanks for giving me lots of great options!

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  72. How have I never stumbled upon your site?!?! Immediately I've bookmarked you! And am honestly considering to tell the church I'll be making ALL the desserts for potluck from here on!! Haha!! Is it bad if I just take 3 desserts instead of a meal, salad and dessert?? These are beautiful and mouthwatering just to look at….. Xoxo can't wait to try! God bless! ????MH

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  74. I love this recipe and my daughter said it's the best cake she has ever had, yummy! It's also perfect with the cooler months coming.

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  75. I make all kinds of cake. Mostly from scratch. Okay I made two of these cake and I double the recipe for each one. One for my family and one to share. I never got to share the second one. This cake is sooo good and so easy to make. They started on the second one and secretly I was so happy because I don't do box cakes. This one was great with less work.

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  76. I made this last night to go with my corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage dinner. It was the perfect complement to the meal. My mother-in-law asked for the recipe because she wants to make it for her sorority get together next month. Thanks for the recipe!

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  77. I have gotten rave reviews on this cake from every event that I take it to, and have gotten requestts for it.

    I also have to keep printing the recipe, because I give my hard copy to whoever asks for it.

    Simply a great cake.

    Another request, so here we go again!

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  78. I absolutely love that you take pictures of ingredients and each step as you go along… this is so helpful.. thank you!

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  79. This looks yummy but I thought it would have honey in it. Honey buns you get at the store have honey listed in the ingredients. I love cinnamon so I may make it anyhow and maybe put some honey in the glaze. I love most all of your recipes. Thanks!

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  80. My mother wants me to make that cake, so I'll make it for her someday soon and, also, I wrote down the recipe, so I'm going to use it as a shopping list. Maybe I'll bake it this year on Halloween or Thanksgiving!

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  81. This cake is AMAZING!!! So good!!! I made it for the weekend because my parents were in town and there’s one piece left! 🙂

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