• Home
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Dinner
      • Sheet Pan Recipes
      • Instant Pot Recipes
      • casserole
    • Slow Cooker
    • Soul Food
    • Southern Recipes
    • Sides
    • Dessert
      • Cookies
      • Cupcakes
    • Holiday Recipes
    • Seasoning & Spices
    • Low Carb
  • Buy My Cookbooks!
  • RosaMae Seasonings
  • About Rosie
  • Media & PR
↑

I Heart Recipes

Recipes You'll Love, Made Easy!

  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Dinner
      • Sheet Pan Recipes
      • Instant Pot Recipes
      • casserole
    • Slow Cooker
    • Soul Food
    • Southern Recipes
    • Sides
    • Dessert
      • Cookies
      • Cupcakes
    • Holiday Recipes
    • Seasoning & Spices
    • Low Carb
  • Buy My Cookbooks!
  • RosaMae Seasonings
  • About Rosie
  • Media & PR

Get Amazing Recipes straight to your inbox!

Easy Moist Honeybun Cake

11/5/17

Easy honeybun cake made with yellow cake mix. My family can’t get enough of this cake!

Moist honeybun cake is made with yellow cake mix and a sweet, creamy cinnamon sugar filling

A few weeks ago I asked y’all which desserts you wanted me to upload for the holidays. To my surprise many of you requested an easy moist honeybun cake recipe! Well my loves – I am here, and ready to share this super easy honeybun cake recipe that I have made TWICE this past week, because my family just can’t get enough of this stuff!

Honeybun cake topped with a sweet vanilla glaze

Semi-Homemade Honeybun Cake, All Homemade Flavors

For all of my readers that hate from scratch recipes,  you’ll be pleased to know that this honeybun cake recipe is made with a box of yellow cake mix. So no worries, you will be able to make this easy moist honeybun cake without any issues!

Moist yellow cake with a sweet cinnamon sugar swirl and vanilla glaze

This recipe will quickly become a family favorite. If you’re making it during the holidays, I suggest making more than one honeybun cake, because it will go fast!

If you loved my semi-homemade honeybun cake, check out these other delicious cake recipes from I Heart Recipes:

Old Fashioned Hummingbird Sheet Cake
Lemon Loaf Pound Cake
Homemade Southern Caramel Cake

Moist honeybun cake is made with yellow cake swirled with a sweet cinnamon sugar filling

Save & share this PIN on Pinterest!

Homemade honeybun cake with yellow cake mix - perfect for a weekend brunch or sweet dessert treat

Print the recipe below, and be sure to follow me on Facebook! XOXO

honeybun cake
Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Easy Moist Honeybun Cake

This Easy Moist Honeybun Cake is simple yet decadent. A sweet addition to any family get-together.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword brunch recipe, Honeybun Cake
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 15 oz yellow cake mix
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 4 medium sized eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup butter unsalted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Icing

  • 2 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a 9X13 pan with nonstick spray.
  • In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, oil, eggs, buttermilk and butter. 
  • After the batter is well combine, pour half of it into your prepared pan.
  • In another bowl, combine the brown sugar, nutmef and cinnamon.
  • Sprinkle on top of the batter in your pan, covering the entire area.
  • Take the remaining batter and pour it over the brown sugar mixture. 
  • Using a knife, swirl the top layer of batter and brown sugar mixture together to make a pretty swirl design
  • Bake for 40-50 minutes. 
  • While baking, prepare the icing by mixing the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla together.
  • When the cake comes out of the oven, pour the icing all over.
  • Cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting. 
  • Serve & enjoy!

Get All The Delicious Recipes straight to your inbox!

Filed Under: All Posts, Autumn Recipes, cake, Christmas, Easter, Holiday Recipes Tagged With: cake, cake mix

Comments

  1. Rocquin N Bogard says

    November 5, 2017 at 9:42 am

    Now Rosie I know my iPad isn’t deceiving me this time…there is no video! I just had to mess with you! Happy Sunday! Pray you and the family enjoy the rest of your day!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 5, 2017 at 9:53 am

      LOL!!! I don’t do videos for all the recipes darlin’. XOXO

      Reply
      • Rocquin N Bogard says

        November 5, 2017 at 9:57 am

        I know I know…. 🙂

        Reply
  2. Joanne says

    November 5, 2017 at 1:29 pm

    I love how easy it is to mix this cake together. And, love the vanilla glaze on top!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 5, 2017 at 1:37 pm

      Glad that you like the recipe!

      Reply
  3. Sharon says

    November 5, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    I can’t wait to try the recipe.

    Reply
  4. Deedra says

    November 6, 2017 at 7:48 am

    5 stars
    Hi Rosie— any idea if this can be made in sheet pan size? Thx

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 6, 2017 at 8:22 am

      What size sheet pan?

      Reply
  5. shay says

    November 6, 2017 at 11:17 am

    Oooooh! I can’t wait to make. As soon as I seen the title I screamed!! LoL! I will let you know as soon as I make this cake.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 6, 2017 at 2:03 pm

      Thanks for coming by Shay!

      Reply
  6. Freddie says

    November 6, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    5 stars
    Rosie, you are the best. May God continue to bless you and your family !

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 6, 2017 at 2:03 pm

      Blessings to you and yours Freddie!

      Reply
  7. Deedra says

    November 6, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Hi Rosie—
    A 15x10x1 sheet pan is what I was thinking about— We have a large family and I get told off if I make a dessert and everyone can’t get some:) thx,

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 6, 2017 at 9:08 pm

      Maybe try doubling this recipe.

      Reply
  8. Sandy says

    November 8, 2017 at 8:36 am

    5 stars
    My kids and I made this last night… They loved it ! Thanks for sharing all your amazing recipes.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 8, 2017 at 4:52 pm

      So glad that you liked the recipe!

      Reply
  9. Grace says

    November 9, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    Hey Rosie,

    This sounds delicious, this will be a new dessert on my Thanksgiving menu! Thanks

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:01 pm

      I appreciate you coming by Grace!

      Reply
  10. KATHERINE says

    November 9, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    5 stars
    Hey Rosie, I made this cake and it so the bomb! I will add this to my list of cakes. Thank you for your recipes!!!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:02 pm

      Thank YOU for trying the recipe Katherine! XOXO

      Reply
  11. KATHERINE says

    November 10, 2017 at 8:07 pm

    5 stars
    Hey Rosie,girl I have made this cake again ,it is very addictive!!! Just had to let you know☺

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 10, 2017 at 8:12 pm

      Tell me about it! I can’t get enough of this cake! XOXO

      Reply
  12. Rick says

    November 13, 2017 at 9:09 pm

    5 stars
    Sounds delicious! Might actually make this cake for breakfast!

    Reply
  13. Jasmine Davis says

    November 19, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    Can this recipe be doubled?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 19, 2017 at 4:16 pm

      Yes.

      Reply
      • Jasmine Davis says

        November 19, 2017 at 4:18 pm

        In a 9×11 casserole pan? Will that be ge enough?

        Reply
        • Rosie says

          November 19, 2017 at 4:20 pm

          No, but you can make two separate cakes

          Reply
  14. Kamisha Bunch says

    December 17, 2017 at 7:28 pm

    5 stars
    Omg!! This cake was a smash hit. I made it for the first time last night and it wasn’t cut into until today. The cake is sweet but it’s delicious and needless to say the cake is gone!

    Reply
  15. STEPhanie says

    February 10, 2018 at 11:45 am

    CAN whole milk be substituted for the buttermilk?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 11, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      No, sorry.

      Reply
  16. Larencia Norman says

    February 15, 2018 at 9:16 am

    My hubby loves honey buns. I’ll definitely have to make this

    Reply
  17. Michael says

    March 6, 2018 at 9:21 am

    4 stars
    Grandsons coming for the week and they would love this. Can it be half this recipe?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      March 6, 2018 at 2:31 pm

      Sure. 🙂

      Reply
  18. Wanda says

    June 24, 2018 at 3:08 pm

    Hi Rosie my name is Wanda and I’m from Missouri. I have a honey bunch cake recipe as well that I use and I use can milk instead of butter milk and I don’t use any butter in mine. I also add chopped nuts and sometimes raisins.

    Reply
    • Suz says

      May 8, 2020 at 7:29 am

      And? The point is??

      Reply
  19. Shannon says

    November 21, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    Hi Rosie !

    I am interested in trying this recipe! But I wanted to know could I use 3 large eggs instead of 4 medium. Medium eggs are so hard to find :/

    Thanks

    Shan

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 21, 2018 at 1:12 pm

      Yes, that will work!

      Reply
  20. Linda says

    June 22, 2019 at 11:26 am

    5 stars
    Easy and Wonderful!

    Reply
  21. Lori W says

    April 26, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    5 stars
    Made this today with rave reviews from the home team. Will definitely make again. Thank you.

    Reply
  22. Melanie says

    September 4, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    love your recipes , only problem is whenever I open your link I get an intrusion alert, could you see if you could fix this please as it makes me nervous , you know the hackers out there , thank you

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      September 5, 2020 at 12:03 pm

      Hi there! It sounds like you may have something on your end 🙁

      Reply
  23. Kandis says

    August 6, 2021 at 11:48 am

    5 stars
    Hi Rosie!

    I tried this recipe last night and it was every bit of AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing your recipes with the world. I plan on making your pecan pie, candied yams, and southern green beans recipes this Sunday!! Thanks again!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      August 7, 2021 at 6:28 pm

      Thanks so much for trying my recipe!

      Reply
  24. Melissa says

    August 25, 2022 at 12:01 am

    Oooowee!!! This was so good! Everyone loved it and theyre already asking me to make it again Thanks for a fantastic recipe!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      August 25, 2022 at 6:12 pm

      Thanks for trying! XOXO

      Reply
  25. Sherell says

    November 26, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    5 stars
    I truly loved making this recipe. This cake turned out so moist. Thank you, it was a hit at Thanksgiving!!

    Reply
  26. Barbara Cordova says

    February 4, 2023 at 2:07 pm

    5 stars
    Greatest Coffee Cake hands down. Better than any homemade, bakery made, or fancy tea house made. Mine isn’t a true Honey Bun as I made a streusel topping instead of your icing. I cut the recipe in half so I have half of the cake mix left. Oh dear, whatever will I do with it? I know, another Honey Bun cake next week. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 4, 2023 at 3:31 pm

      Thanks so much for trying! XOXO

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Hi, I’m Rosie!

I'm happy that you have found my blog. I hope that you brought your appetite, because I have a lot of recipes for you to try!

  • Home
  • About Rosie
  • Let’s Work Together!
  • Recipe Index
  • RosaMae Seasonings
  • Privacy/Copyright Disclaimer

Blog posts may include affiliate links!

pound cake
Cheddar Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Corn Pudding Casserole
Copyright ©2023, I Heart Recipes . All Rights Reserved.
Site by Pixel Me Designs