Honey Bun Cake! This is a delicious, moist cinnamon and brown sugar cake, and always popular with the family!
Honey Bun Cake! This delicious recipe is a combined effort between our Lovefoodies friends, Sally Hall and Nanny Pat. Of course, full credit must go to the famous Betty Crocker as that is where the original recipe came from. A few adaptations and changes have been made along the way and here we have Sally’s and Nanny’s version.
Honey Bun Cake is a lovely, soft, moist cake, with great flavors of cinnamon and brown sugar.
In addition, there is an easy sugar glaze, which just takes this cake to another level.
Sally says that since the first time she has made this cake, her son has asked her to make it 5 more times!! So if a recipe gets the thumbs up from family, then it is most certainly worth sharing!
The recipe uses a Yellow Cake Mix, however, if you can’t get that, or wish to make your own from scratch, I have added our own Lovefoodies recipe below for you to use.
Recipe by Betty Crocker, Sally Hall and Nanny Pat.
Prep Time 15 Minutes
Cook Time 45 – 50 Minutes
Serves 12
Ingredients
1 Box Yellow cake mix
2/3 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
8 oz sour cream
1cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
The Glaze:
1cup powdered sugar
1tablespoon milk
1teaspoon vanilla extract
3 Tablespoons melted butter
** If using our homemade Yellow cake mix, use the ingredients listed below:
2 1/2 Cups or 310 g All Purpose / Plain Flour
2 1/4 Cups or 450 g Regular Sugar
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup or 75 g Melted Butter
3 Eggs
1 Cup or 235 ml Sour Cream
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 Cup or 200 g Brown Sugar
Click the photo if you would like our recipe for homemade Yellow Cake Mix
Instructions
1. Pre heat oven to 350°F Grease a 13 x 9 -inch pan
2. In a bowl, beat cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream until all combined. About 2 minutes. Spread half of the batter in pan evenly.
*** If making this using our homemade yellow cake mix, add all the cake ingredients EXCEPT the brown sugar and cinnamon to a bowl and beat for about 2 minutes. Spread half of the batter in pan evenly. Then continue to step 3.
Spread half of the batter in pan evenly.
3. In a small bowl, add the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter in the pan. Spread the remaining batter evenly over sugar cinnamon mix and even the surface.
4. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes or the cake is a golden brown.
5. For the glaze, in a small bowl, add the melted butter, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla and stir until it is a think consistency.
6. Use a fork or skewer and prick holes in the surface of the cake whilst it is still warm. then spread the glaze over cake. Allow to cool before slicing.
After glaze
We’d love to hear from you and what you thought of our Honey Bun Cake recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
Here’s a few more lovely cake recipes for you to enjoy!
- 1 Box Yellow cake mix
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
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Pre heat oven to 350°F Grease a 13 x 9 -inch pan
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In a bowl, beat cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream until all combined. About 2 minutes. Spread half of the batter in pan evenly.
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In small bowl, add the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter in the pan. Spread the remaining batter evenly over sugar cinnamon mix and even the surface.
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Bake for 45 - 50 minutes or the cake is a golden brown.
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For the glaze, in a small bowl, add the melted butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla and stir until it is a think consistency.
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Use a fork or skewer and prick holes in the surface of the cake whilst it is still warm. then spread the glaze over cake. Allow to cool before slicing.
Rick c
I’m a little confused, the recipe for the honey bun cake is straight forward if you use the box yellow cake mix but if I want to use your yellow cake mix recipe how do I use it to make the honey bun cake?? I need some kind of combined recipe. Thank you
Lovefoodies
Hi Rick, Thanks for your question. I’ve just gone back into the recipe and added the ingredients and instructions (step 2) you will need if you would like to make this using our homemade cake mix. Hope that helps you!
Shivonne
Made this yesterday first try without previously reading any comments or changing the recipe in any way. It turned put nicely and tastes great! The only thing I will say is it does take longer than the bake time mentioned to fi ish, but that I didnt mind, and the cinnamon was not really swirled like I intended but I think that was my own doing. All in all a great loaf for breakfast or snack. Thank you