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Honey Bun Cake

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 2 hr 55 min
  • Servings 12
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Wondering how to make a Honey Bun Cake? You may be surprised to learn that there's actually no honey in this recipe. Named for the cake's cinnamon-roll-like flavor, our delicious Honey Bun Cake recipe brings a whole lot of flavor with brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans baked into Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix. Don't forget the vanilla glaze! This one's from Betty's Soul Food Collection.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 28, 2023
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Ingredients

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
  • 2
    In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread half of the batter in pan.
  • 3
    In small bowl, stir together brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over batter in pan. Carefully pour and spread remaining batter evenly over pecan mixture.
  • 4
    Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven to cooling rack. In another small bowl, stir powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until thin enough to spread. If powdered sugar mixture is too stiff to spread, add additional milk 1/4 teaspoon at a time. Prick entire surface of warm cake with fork. Carefully pour and spread powdered sugar mixture over warm cake. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Store loosely covered.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    When frosting a warm cake, spread in just one direction, using long strokes. Using a back-and-forth motion often causes the top layer of cake to come off, leaving crumbs in the frosting.
  • tip 2
    Brown sugar needs to be measured by packing or firmly pressing into a dry measuring cup. What you’re doing is pressing out any pockets of air that get trapped between the sticky grains of sugar.
  • tip 3
    Be sure to occasionally scrape the side of bowl while mixing, so all ingredients get incorporated.
  • tip 4
    Did you love our Honey Bun Cake recipe? We think our Kentucky Butter Poke Cake, also made with Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix, will be a winner, too! It has some of the same familiar flavors but with a denser, pound-cake-like texture.
  • tip 5
    Have a sweet tooth? Try a rich, chocolate version of the Honey Bun Cake, aptly named: Chocolate Honey Bun Cake. Top with Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting.

Nutrition

370 Calories, 16g Total Fat, 4g Protein, 53g Total Carbohydrate, 38g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
370
Calories from Fat
140
Total Fat
16g
24%
Saturated Fat
4g
20%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
75mg
24%
Sodium
270mg
11%
Potassium
85mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
53g
18%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
38g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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