I am back among the living and the flu seems to be gone, at least I hope so – 10 days is enough. This morning I wanted to make a nice southern comfort food that was sweet and reminded me of spring because these dark dreary days are getting on my last nerve. Sock It To Me Cake, what my Aunt Irene always made for Easter Sunday lunch, seemed to fit the bill just fine! There’s no doubt this cake is rich – very rich – but not in the sickening too-much-icing rich. It’s more buttery cinnamon luscious cake rich. There are many versions out there and most start with a cake mix but not this one. Come to think of it, I never saw a cake mix in Aunt Irene’s pantry.
Sock It To Me Cake
Ingredients for cake:
2 Sticks Butter, softened
2 Cups White Sugar
1 Cup Sour Cream
6 Eggs room temperature
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
Ingredients for filling:
¾ Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Pecans, chopped
2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 Stick Butter, softened
Ingredients for glaze:
1 ½ Cups powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Tablespoon Vanilla (I use clear but Aunt Irene just used regular vanilla)
1 Tablespoon fresh squeezed Lemon Juice
Directions:
Set oven to preheat at 350F.
Grease and flour your bundt pan.
Sift flour, baking soda, and salt – set aside.
Roughly chop pecans and mix all filling ingredients together, set aside.
Using a hand mixer, whip sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Add 1 egg at a time mixing well between eggs.
Mix in sour cream and vanilla.
Add flour mixture in a little at a time mixing only until blended.
Spoon ½ of cake mixture into bottom of bundt pan.
Spoon filling around center of cake.
Spoon second ½ of cake mixture over top of filling making sure no filling creeps out.
Set pan on a cookie sheet and set in pre-heated oven until a toothpick comes out clean. Aunt Irene’s directions said for 1 to 1 hour 15 minutes but my cake was completely done in 40 minutes so be sure to start checking about 35 minutes or so in.
When done, take the cake out and allow to cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes then flip it onto serving platter and allow to cool another 20 minutes.
In the meantime, mix up the glaze with a fork and drizzle over the top of the cake and you are done.
I hope you enjoy this retro cake that, to me, is a sign of spring!
I am at Weekend Potluck with this recipe and others – come on over and check them ALL out!
I personally agree with Aunt Irene and rarely use a cake mix., This looks delicious and I love the little chick and rabbit figurines. Glad you’re starting to feel better.
I need a piece of this!!!!
I’m glad your better. This sounds wonderful ! I think I might need to make it too!
I’m glad you are feeling better Kelli!! 🙂 Your cake looks delicious, I love cinnamon!
Thank you! It is delicious!
I am sure it was this cake that made you feel better – congrats 😀
Good to hear you being up and about!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you!!
Glad you’re finally feeling better!!
I’ve heard of this cake before, but have never had it. It definitely looks delicious, though! I’ll have to make it in a month, when I’m allowed to have sugar again 😉
Yes, you will like it and if you don’t care for nuts or have a nut allergy – just leave them out!
Reminds me of Laugh In (God I’m old!)
Love the sounds of this cake. At least this week will be sunny and warm (for a while). Oklahoma weather—gotta love it! Glad you’re feeling better.
An oldie but a goodie and I had lost this family fav recipie. Thanks so much for bringing it back, I’m in good graces again as I used to make it for Easter as well as one of the other ladies mentioned. I embellished it with homemade colored marshmellows (sugar free as we have diabetics in the family & can get the sugar free corn syrup at the “All for the Diabetics in Mind” a local “life saving” literally, grocers, RX & other diabetes & health issues, ie., high blood pressure food store in the area. It’s goimg out of business which is so sad as I have come to rely on it for my substitutions. ?Thanks again for the recipe, my family fans thank you as well. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I am so pleased I was able to help you – and your family – out with the recipe! I know you will be as popular as the Easter Bunny come April! Thanks for dropping by and please come again!
what is a stick of butter equivalent to,is it half a cup?
Yes! 1/2 a cup. I should have put that in there. Sorry!
Thank you for sharing this receipe. I had this long time ago and with moved I had lost some of my receipes. My daughter and son-in-law will be here this Sunday for dinner. Steve is a big dessert eater. Thanks again.
April 13, 2015
Blanco, Texas
Hi Alice! Thanks for dropping by and please let me know ho your son-in-law likes it! 🙂
Sock It To Me Cake. How do I print the recipe? I click print icon and nothing happens. Thanks for helping.!!
At the bottom of the recipe is a little green square sitting a bit to the left. It says “print friendly” = click on that and then you can delete the photos and the writing and only print the ingredients and recipe! Thanks for asking and please come back!
I made this cake today kelli very good it was
That’s wonderful! I’m so glad you liked it!
This was my mother’s cake recipe and her name was “Iryne” too. When I married and had children, I made this cake often because it wasn’t too sweet and very easy. Thank you for sharing this recipe because I moved using a moving company and lost many of my recipes when one of my boxes didn’t arrive at my new home. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. I love this because it was the “from scratch” recipe that was a much older recipe rather than the one with a Duncan Hines cake mix in it.
I’ve been making this cake since the 1970’s. My whole family would devour it for either a dessert or for breakfast. My children informed me that it has cinnamon in it and it has to be consumed for breakfast too if donuts and pancakes can.
Thank you so much for sharing the Sock-it-to-Me cake recipe with everyone. I’m a firm believer that this recipe and….. the recipe, Texas Sheet Cake should be in every household in America. They just are too good not to be.
I agree with you! The Sock it to Me cake and the Texas Sheet Cake were regularly made at my house for many years. My children and everyone else loved them!!