My crack cake recipe is one for the books! Moist and gooey, this cake can be served as dessert or for breakfast with a fresh cup of coffee.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bundt cake recipes, crack recipes
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Cooling Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Servings 12slices
Calories 493kcal
Author Kathleen
Ingredients
1(15.25-ounce) boxyellow cake mix
1(3.4-ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
2teaspoonsground cinnamon
1/3cupsugar
1/4cuplight brown sugar,firmly packed
3/4cupvegetable oil
3/4cupmilk
1/2cupwhite wine
4large eggs,at room temperature
1tablespoonvanilla extract
Glaze
1/2cup(1 stick) butter
1cupsugar
1/4ounceWhite Wine
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
Instructions
Arrange oven rack to lower-middle position. Preheat oven to 325ºF (163ºC).
In a large mixing bowl, whisk cake mix (1 box), instant vanilla pudding (1 box), cinnamon (2 teaspoons), 1/3 cup white sugar, and brown sugar (1/4 cup) together until evenly combined.
To the cake mix mixture, add vegetable oil (3/4 cup), milk, (1/2 cup) white wine (1/2 cup), eggs (4), and vanilla (1 tablespoon).
Using an electric mixer beat until batter is smooth.
Heavily spray a 10 or 12-cup bundt pan with Bakers nonstick cooking spray. Immediately pour batter into bundt pan. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes or until a bamboo skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
When the cake has about 15 minutes left to bake, start making the glaze
Glaze:
In a small saucepan, cook butter (1/2 cup), sugar (1 cup), and wine (1/4 ounce) until the sugar is dissolved, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla (2 teaspoons).
While the cake is very hot and still in the bundt pan, use a long bamboo skewer, poke holes all over the cake.
Set the hot cake on the wire baking rack. Slowly, and in stages, pour glaze over the cake and allow it to soak up the glaze. This takes 15-20 minutes.
After all the glaze has been applied to the cake, let the cake cool on the wire rack for 1 hour.
Turn the cake onto a serving plate. Enjoy!
Notes
The best advice I can give you is to thoroughly prepare your bundt pan, just before you pour your batter into it. If you want the beautiful pattern to show on your cake, you will want to remove the cake as instructed. If you leave it in the pan too long, it will stick.
This cake is seriously addictive. I had to put the leftovers in the freezer because my family couldn’t stop snacking on it!
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.