Crack Cake Recipe

Instructions

1 In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, pour in the vanilla cake mix, the
white sugar, brown sugar, instant pudding, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk it all
together.
2 Right into the same bowl with the dry ingredients, crack in 4 eggs and pour in
the water, vegetable oil, wine, and vanilla extract. Mix this all together well
either with a whisk by hand or with an electric mixer if not using a
stand-mixer.
3 Prepare your baking dish by lining it with parchment paper that goes over the
sides. Preheat the oven to 350.
4 Pour the prepared batter into the prepared baking dish and spread around evenly.
5 Bake the cake for 40-50 minutes. Start to check around 40 minutes by inserting a
toothpick in the center of the cake. It’s finished when the toothpick comes out
with few or no crumbs and the top is golden.
6 Let the cake cool completely. While the cake cools, make the wine glaze. In a
small saucepan on low heat, melt 1 stick of unsalted butter. After the froth
subsides, add in the white wine, brown sugar, and salt. The alcohol will cook
out and the brown sugar will melt into the glaze. Whisk frequently so that
everything incorporates.
7 With a toothpick or something pointy, poke holes all over the top of the cake
(you can’t have too many). Then, pour the glaze all over the cake, covering it
entirely. If you would like to take the cake out of the pan, you can do so by
lifting both sides of parchment paper up and out of the pan.