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Duncan Hines® Recipe

Sock-It-To-Me Cake

Hands-On Time:	15 minutes
Total Time:	2 hours
Servings:	Makes 12 to 16 servings.
Rating:	60 Discussions

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Sugar and spice and everything nice, plus a pecan streusel filling...that's what this Sock-It-To-Me Cake is made of! Make it part of your baking traditions.

Streusel Filling:

1 pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Butter Golden Cake Mix
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup finely chopped pecans

Cake:

4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup granulated sugar

Glaze:

1/2 cup Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Vanilla Frosting

Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.
To prepare streusel filling, combine 2 tablespoons cake mix, brown sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Stir in pecans. Set aside.
To prepare cake, combine remaining cake mix, eggs, sour cream, oil, water and granulated sugar in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer 4 minutes. Pour two-thirds of batter into pan. Sprinkle with streusel filling. Spoon remaining batter evenly over filling.
Bake at 375°F for 45 to 55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
Place frosting in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at high power 10 seconds; add 5 to 10 seconds if needed. Stir until smooth and thin. Drizzle frosting over cake.

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I had this cake for the first time in the 1970s when my aunt in Little Rock made it. I have been making it ever since--it is a family favorite.

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I had this cake first in the 1970s when my aunt in Little Rock first made it.
It is a favorite for my family.It

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I made this cake for the first time for a breakfast meeting at work, served with fresh fruit. Not a crumb left, very moist and tasty!

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I have made this cake many times. My husband loves it as does the family. It is a great go-to cake.

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I have made these recipe many times in the past but this time I decided to make it my own by adding 1/2 c diced granny smith aple to the streusel filling. And created my own glaze with confectioners sugar, milk, light corn syrup, and 1 tsp of natural maple flavoring. YUM!

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My Daddy made this cake all the time when I was little..I made it for the first time last weekend for a group of my friends...they said that it was the most moist cake that they had ever tasted..I made it in a 9x13 pan...it was great!

Did you bake 375 degrees for 28-30 minutes? Did you put all streusel on top?

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Can this be made in a 9x13 instead of a tube pan?

Yes it can...just bake for 25 to 28 minutes...I just made it and it was a hit!

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I just spent 25 minutes looking for this cake recipe because I could not remember the name. Please put the recipes back on the side of the box!!

OH!! I agree with putting the recipes on the box again. I wanted to make this and couldn't remember what went in it except the cake mix. Took an extra trip to the store to get sour cream.

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I agree with you totally,put it back on the box

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I use a tablespoon of lemon flavoring in my cake mix in the place of the streusel.I use a few tablespoons of powder sugar and evaporated milk and a teaspoon of lemon flavoring for my glaze. I mix them together and put it on the cake while its hot in a plastic cake holder it helps the icing sweat into the cake.

Hi Angel....tried your "sweat method and it was soooo good!! Thanks for sharing.

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I totally agree with Jotter--I also logged on just to ask for the recipe on the box. By the time I realized it was no longer there, I didn't have any more so I couldn't save one. I tried other (fake) recipes, but nothing compares to this one. Love it and love the Duncan Hines cake better than any other brand. Please put the recipe back where it belongs!!!!!

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I logged on to this just so I could ask Duncan Hines to please return the recipe to the box! It was one of the most appreciated little courtesies in the world.

I agree Jeff...I would love to see it back on the box....it's the best !!!

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This is by far my favorite cake, I icing mine with brown sugar and butter.

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I just finished baking my sock it to me cake. i found that once i warmed the icing in the microwave, i used a tablespoon to dip and allowed the icing to slowly drizzle on the cake and moved the spoon to make a swirled pattern. i hope this advice helps.

Thank you!!!

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Can someone please share a easy technique to drizzle the icing? My technique always looks sloppy to where I have to cut the cake.

Greetings Shaloea! I'm one of those guys who makes more mistakes than successes but I do like cooking as it's calming. My technique is that I take a small zip bag, place my icing inside, microwave it for between five and ten seconds, then with a knife or scissors clip the absolutely smallest piece off of the bottom corner of the bag. I then knead the bag, forcing the icing to move towards the corner and drizzle it out that way. I've found that it's nice to use a couple of bags such as when I want to add food colouring or different flavours such as almond flavour, or cream cheese. I even once added a few drops of rose water to the icing which gave it a lovely flavour as well as a nice essence. Best of luck!
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Shaloea Try using a fork that you have prepared your frosting or icing in. Stir your fork in your bowl and then drizzle over the cake....always works for me. Good Luck.

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