Sock-it-to-Me Cake Recipe
1 yellow cake mix 4 large eggs
1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese + 2 Tbsp. milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
Streusel
Filling:
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Glaze:
½ cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. milk
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-inch Bundt or tube
pan. Melt cream cheese in microwave
until soft. Stir in milk. Combine cake mix, eggs, water and cream
cheese. Mix well for 2-3 minutes on
medium speed. Pour ½ of the batter into the
pan. In another bowl mix the brown
sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Sprinkle
evenly over the cake batter (save 2-3 Tbsp. for topping). Add remaining batter over streusel mix. Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted
in the center comes out clean. Glaze: Mix the powdered
sugar, melted butter and milk. Drizzle
over hot cake that has been placed on a plate.
Sprinkle with remaining streusel filling.
COMMENT: I have a friend who is 99 years old and her favorite cake is the Sock-it-to-Me Cake. I normally buy one but when I was getting ready to make something good to take to the nursing home on Sunday I spotted a Sock-it-to-Me Cake on the Duncan Hines site. I checked it out and found it a bit hard to read due to the way it was written but decided to give it a try anyway. The original recipe called for sour cream, which I normally keep but found that I was out and didn't want to go all the way to the store for just one cup. Then I spotted the cream cheese. I knew that if I microwaved it and added just a little milk it would end up the consistency of sour cream so I made that substitution. It was one that I'll be using in the future for not only sweet dishes but also a few veggie dishes. The original also called for a carton of their frosting mix. I seldom use store bought frosting so I made up my own using the powdered sugar. They also added 1/4 cup of sugar to the cake mix. I couldn't see the need so I eliminated that. My only other change was to save some of the streusel to sprinkle on the top. All of these changes worked beautifully. The taste the cream cheese gave the cake was so good. This is a simple, yet one of the best cakes that would be great for the upcoming holidays.