Honey Bun Cake Recipe

Honey bun cake tastes like a poke cake and cinnamon swirl cake! A moist yellow cake is swirled with cinnamon-sugar, poked, and iced with powdered sugar. 

– 3 cups cake flour spooned & leveled (345 grams) – 2 teaspoons baking powder – ½ teaspoon baking soda – ½ teaspoon salt – ½ cup buttermilk or whole milk room temperature (120 ml) – ½ cup sour cream room temperature (120 grams) – ¼ cup canola or vegetable oil (60 ml) – 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract (15 ml)

Ingredient

– 1 cup unsalted butter softened (2 sticks or 230 grams) – 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar (350 grams) – 3 large eggs room temperature – 2 large egg yolks room temperature

Direction

Bake the cake: Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Season a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray. Mix cake flour, baking powder, soda, and salt in a large bowl. 

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Buttermilk, whole milk, sour cream, oil, and vanilla in a big basin or cup. Low-speed stand mixers with paddles or large basins with handheld mixers smooth butter.

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Add granulated sugar and beat on medium for 4–5 minutes until foamy. Scrape the bowl bottom and edges as you add each egg and yolk slowly.

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Make three low-speed additions of dry ingredients to milk mixture. Avoid overmixing batter. Scrub the basin bottom and sides with a rubber spatula. Save batter.

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