Sock It to Me Cake

Submitted by Mary Lord

"This most delicious recipe is straight off the back of the Duncan Hines cake mix box, but any good cake mix will do."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package butter recipe cake mix or (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• Streusel Filling

• 2 tablespoons cake mix (reserved)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
• 1 cup nuts, finely chopped

• Glaze

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
3. For streusel filling, combine 2 tablespoons cake mix, brown sugar, and cinnamon in medium bowl; stir in pecans.
4. For cake, combine remaining cake mix, eggs, sour cream, oil, water, and sugar in a bowl.
5. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes.
6. Pour two-thirds of batter into pan, sprinkle struesel filling.
7. Spoon remaining batter over filling.
8. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool in pan 25 minutes, and invert onto a serving plate, and then cool completely.
10. For glaze combine confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl.
11. Stir until smooth, and then drizzle onto cake.

Reviews

[Chica Loca]

This was my grandmother's recipe as well. Well, she got it from a friend. And we always call it "Mrs. Harris' cake"!<br/>I use 1/2 cup vegetable oil and add vanilla. I also do not use cinnamon. <br/>For variety, I also use a sour cream topping - sr cream, sugar, vanilla and add just to the top.

 

[Allison Hurst]

I love this cake and was raised on it. It's so easy! Here's what my mom did that makes it even quicker and not quite so sweet. (At least the glaze part.) For the filling: Get rid of the nuts and cake mix and use 3 T of brown sugar and 1 T of cinnamon. When the cake is ready to go into the oven, take a knife and cut the cake batter up and down all the way around the bundt pan. This makes the filling swirl just a bit and keeps the cake from falling apart at the filling line. For the glaze: Just sift powdered sugar over the top.

 

[killerandred]

This is a great cake for those who don't like really sweet desserts. I modified this for my diabetic husband by using Pillsbury's Sugar Free Yellow cake mix and Truvia brown sugar. I did not use any glaze so diabetic friendly. It was hit!

 

[amandagt74]

My mother-in-law introduced me to this cake several years ago. She has passed on now & was a wonderfull cook, I want my kids to rember her so this is kinda of her signature cake. I miss her so much.

 

[justalovelysoul]

Im going to have to tweak this. Not the texture I like. Not bad.. but not moist enough .Thanks for sharing