Honey Bun Cake

I think it is breakfast themed this week… ok not that this is a wholesome breakfast.. But this is a truckers breakfast!!

I remember getting honey buns as a child and they tasted soo good! Papa would get the honey buns share with me and what a treat they were. When I came across some at a quick stop I tore into that bag thinking it would taste like before.. at least a hour later I was still trying to get the waxy glaze off the roof of my mouth and trying to forget that horrible dry waste of calories I took a bite of.  

So here is my rendition of honey buns. I was gonna say something sappy about how much I wished I could have made these for Papa but I will refrain from doing so.

Cake mix, filling and topping ingredients

In mixing bowl add your cake mix, eggs and sour cream… mine was frozen so I used water this time..

Mix at least 5 minutes scrape down sides and mix for another minute

Prepare baking pan and pour in half of the batter

Sprinkle cinnamon brown sugar mixture over batter

Lightly pour the rest over sugar

Spread over to sides evenly

While cake is baking prepare topping

In bowl add powdered sugar, milk and vanilla

Mix well and pour over hot cake

Let cool for 40 minutes and enjoy!

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Honey Bun Cake

1 bag of dry cake mix

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

Filling:

1 cup of packed brown sugar

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

Topping:

2 cups of powdered sugar

6 tablespoons of milk

1 teaspoon of vanilla

Mix sour cream and eggs with cake mix for 4 minutes. Scrape down sides and mix for 2 minutes more.

Pour half of batter into a greased 9x13 baking pan , sprinkle evenly brown sugar mixture, lightly pour over the rest of the cake batter spreading with spatula .

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until done in the middle.

Pour over the topping while cake is hot and let sit to cool for 45 minutes.

Homemade Cake mix

Over a year ago I was going through my cake stage… where I did nothing  but cakes and was obsessed with making the perfect moist cake that made the last one look like a stale little duddie. I was using cake mixes and then came across some Paula Deen cakes that made the box cakes weep with envy… That made me think, why couldn’t there be a homemade mix?




There is… and here it is!!

This is all you need

Mix your dry ingredients well…

Add your butter… it will take awhile if using a mixer (If your food processor is bigger than 8 cups then use it instead) about 5 minutes on low

Until looks like rough sand.. add your vanilla and mix for 1 minutes more
Store in the freezer up to two months..


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Homemade Cake Mix
2 cups granulated sugar
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour plus 1 tablespoon flour
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
16 tablespoons butter (2 sticks), cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Process sugar, flours, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a food processor for 15 seconds to combine. Add butter and vanilla and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal (you want this much finer than, say, a pie crust). Freeze the dry mixture in a zipper-lock bag for up to 2 months or use immediately.
To make the cake, adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour your pan of choice (see the note above the recipe).
With an electric mixer, beat the prepared cake mix, 1 1/4 cups warm water and 2 large room-temperature eggs until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan(s) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-27 minutes for two 9-inch layer cakes.
Makes enough for two 9-inch layer cakes (bake according to recipe), or one 9X13-inch cake (bake for 30 to 35 minutes), or one 12-cup bundt pan (bake for 40 to 45 minutes), or 24 cupcakes (bake for 18 to 20 minutes)


As for the flour..If you have cake flour omit the cornstarch and use 3 cups of cake flour... if your like me and don't ever buy it then use the 2 3/4 cup plus one tablespoon of flour and three tablespoons of cornstarch.

I feed enough for a small army ( one teenage boy) so I use the whole bag of mix for a cake.. you can half the mix and just use ¾ cup of water and one egg

I usually use sour cream as the liquid in my cakes, it makes it a lot more dense and moist but if the back of your fridge freezes everything like mine and you lost yours water or milk is just fine.

Buttermilk Syrup

Pancake syrup has been a battle in my house for years… always forget to buy it and when the budget was honored the cheap stuff was the only way to go… that stuff is watery and gross but everyone insisted on it. When the kids were little I could get by with applesauce or honey when we had it but as they got older and picker, it was pancake syrup…

A few years ago when the anti processed food bug hit me I would make our own.. brown sugar, water and Karo  syrup… it was good… but I knew it wasn’t any better than the stuff at the store.. so when I came across this recipe and everyone scarffed it up I was finished with my search for the perfect syrup…

Don’t turn up your nose at the thought of buttermilk in syrup… not until you try it once..

In a large pot put in your sugar, buttermilk and butter… why a large pot? You’ll see why in a bit

Heat on low heat till butter is melted..

And once it starts to boil let it cook while stirring for about 3 to 4 minutes.. if you let it go past this ( and I have several more times than I like to admit) say about 6 or 7 minutes the sugar becomes “burned” and your syrup becomes caramel like.. perfect for ice cream or if you want a variation with your syrup…

Add one teaspoon of baking soda…  what does this do you ask? Beats me.. when I find out I will let you know.. and watch.. your syrup with foam up twice it’s size… this is why you need a large pot… other wise half your syrup will be on your stove. Remove from heat and set aside

Keep stirring until cooled slightly

Enjoy on pancakes!

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Recipe

1 cup sugar

½ cup buttermilk

1 stick butter  ½ cup

1 teaspoon baking soda

In large pot heat butter, sugar and buttermilk to boiling.. let boil 3 minutes add baking soda , remove from heat .

Serve warm over pancakes or ice cream.