Homemade Hornet’s Nest Cake
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What You Will Need for Homemade Hornet’s Nest Cake (Oven Recipe)
Aunt Lou here.
The flavor of this Homemade Hornet’s Nest Cake recipe is absolutely incredible. The pudding and cake mix combine to make an amazing cake. Then the butterscotch chips and pecans come together to make the perfect topping. While I love this cake all on its own, you can also dress it up however you like. My oldest loves to play with the recipes I make. He took his slice of cake and topped it with a little vanilla ice cream and caramel ice cream topping. I do believe he raved about it for a good ten minutes.
When making this, you can use the toothpick test. However, it is a little tricky with the melted butterscotch chips on top. I usually try to find a place in the middle of the cake where there is a small gap in the butterscotch chips on top. It makes it easier to know for sure when the cake is done.
(If this cake sounds like something you would like to make in your crock pot, you can find the original recipe here.)
What You Will Need for Homemade Hornet’s Nest Cake (Oven Recipe)
Ingredients Needed
- 3 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding, prepared
- 1 yellow cake mix, unprepared
- 11 oz bag butterscotch baking chips
- 4 oz bag pecan pieces (1 cup)
Equipment Needed
- Whatever you need to make your cook and serve pudding
- Large mixing bowl
- Stirring spatula
- Kitchen scissors
- Measuring cup
- Cooking spray
- 9 x 13 glass baking dish
Time Needed
- Prep Time: 10 minutes or less (plus more, if your oven takes longer to preheat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Cooking Time: 20 to 25 minutes, rotating your baking dish halfway through the baking time, if your oven does not cook evenly
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Homemade Hornet’s Nest Cake
Ingredients
- 3 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding mix prepared
- 1 yellow cake mix unprepared
- 11 oz butterscotch baking chips
- 4 oz pecan pieces (1 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a mixing bowl big enough to hold both your prepared 3 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding mix and 1 yellow cake mix (unprepared), mix together until completely combined. It will be a very thick batter.
- Spoon your cake mix mixture into a lightly greased 9×13 glass baking dish and spread it out with the center a little lower than the edges.
- Sprinkle 11 oz butterscotch baking chips and 4 oz pecan pieces evenly across the top of your batter.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating your baking dish halfway through the cooking time, if your oven does not cook evenly. (It is done when the center is completely set.)
Notes
- Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All ovens cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own oven and time adjusted as needed.
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