Ohhh Honey . . .Honey Bun Cake is AWESOME!

 So every now and then I get the hankering to bake something and well that happened this weekend.  Before I launch into my weekend baking story I would just like to clarify that I am by no means a professional cook or even a very good cook. I mostly cook out of a necessity to live. Growing up my Mom use to practically beg me to spend time with her in the kitchen so she could show me how to cooks, but I would have rather watched football with my Dad than stand around the kitchen. SO when I got married despite my Mom’s best efforts I could put together a mean mac’n cheese and that was about it. Unfortunately, as a newlywed you can only have man’ n cheese so many times before your waist line starts to reflect it. Thus, I had to embrace cooking and learn things trial by fire. There were a lot of panicked calls to Mom which I am sure she was amused by, but I have now developed a fairly good respect for cooking. The one thing I have always enjoyed is baking even in my younger non-cooking days I loved to learn about anything that would satisfy my sweet tooth. Just to reinforce I am not an expert, cook I mostly just have the right tools and know how to read from a recipe (I don’t even do that to well sometimes).

Okay, back to my baking urge I got this weekend. When Nick and I got married a former co-worker, Regina, gave us a Pampered Chef fluted/bunt cake pan and a customized cake recipe book. She had actually made the recipe book herself and bound it. Such a sweet gift. I have used the recipe book several times because like me Regina also had a fierce sweet tooth and I knew she would only give me excellent recipes. This weekend I made the Honey Bun Cake recipe from her book. OHHHH my it was FABULOUS!! Below is the recipe if you would like to also experience this awesomeness.

 

Honey Bun Cake

Cake:

1 Box yellow cake mix

4 eggs

3/4 cup oil

8 oz sour cream

1 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

Mix 1st 4 ingredients together until well blended. Spread 1/2 of the cake mix batter into a 9 x 13 cake pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together. Put 1/2 of this mixture over the cake batter in pan.  Add remaining cake batter and remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture. Swirl with butter knife.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

 

Topping:

1 pkg chopped pecans

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all topping ingredients together and pour over hot cake.

The cake is awesome! A special thanks to Regina for her wonderful Cake Book gift, it has come in handy many time.

Hope you have a fabulous time with your baking!