Crack Cake Recipe

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4.9 from 27 reviews

This Crack Cake recipe is easy and delicious. A yellow cake mix is doctored up, baked to golden brown perfection, and topped with a luscious wine glaze.

Total Time: 1 Hour
Yield: 12-16 Slices 1x

Ingredients

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Cake

15.25oz Yellow Cake Mix
1 Small Box Instant Vanilla Pudding
2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
50 grams (1/4 Cup) Light Brown Sugar
50 grams (1/4 Cup) Granulated Sugar
4 Large Eggs, at room temperature
6oz (3/4 Cup) Vegetable Oil
6oz (3/4 Cup) Water
2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
4oz (1/2 Cup) White Wine

Glaze

4oz (1/2 Cup) Salted Butter
200 grams (1 Cup) Granulated Sugar
2oz (1/4 Cup) White Wine
1 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F/180C and grease a 10-cup Bundt Pan, set aside.
In a large bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment mix together all cake ingredients until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until when you insert a toothpick in the center of the cake it comes out with no wet batter. Place cake on a wire rack to cool.

Glaze

Immediately after the cake is done in a small pot combine all glaze ingredients and cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Use a skewer or thin metal piece to poke holes all over the cake. Pour the glaze on top and let the cake rest for 1 hour before placing a serving plate on top of the cake and inverting it out of the pan. Store leftovers in the fridge.