Do you have that rumbly in your tummy? It must be time for something sweet! I was inspired by the upcoming release of Disney’s Christopher Robin to whip up this Honey Bun cake for breakfast. Our weekends usually see something a bit fancier than eggs and toast. Freezer waffles, perhaps? Scarlett prefers Cinnamon rolls to anything else, but as you can see, my family has a sweet tooth like Pooh Bear! This Honey Bun Breakfast Cake Ought to hit the spot!
While you’re whipping up your morning treat (or maybe just enjoy it with afternoon coffee?) you can print out this perfectly sweet set of Christopher Robin Coloring Sheets. Featuring all your favorite Hundred Acre Woods characters, the Pooh Bear coloring pages will give you a glimpse of what you can expect when you hit the theatres to see Christopher Robin!
Pooh Bear Honey Bun Breakfast Cake Recipe
This breakfast cake turned out so much better than I would have ever expected. Does it taste like a honey bun? YES! Is there any actual honey in there? No! But that won’t stop Pooh Bear from sniffing out a slice in the morning, afternoon and evening. This is also a great time to get out your stand mixer to whip on various speeds while you’re greasing your pan.
Pro tip: when it comes time to layer your cake, make sure the bottom layer is beefier than your top batter layer. The brown sugar tends to settle a bit, and you don’t want your sugar to become a crust! The layers ought to look like this when you’re ready to bake:
After the cake comes out of the oven, poke a zillion holes in it and layer the icing over it. Immediately. The hot cake will melt the icing into the poke holes and ooze all over. YUM! Let the hot, iced cake cool for at least an hour. This would be a good time to read a Pooh Bear story to your kids!
Once you slice it up, be sure to get plenty of the soft cake with the icing intact – if you touch the top too much, the icing will pull away and you’ll lose your sweetness!
Pooh Bear Honeybun Breakfast Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 whole Eggs
- 2/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup Brown sugar, packed
- 2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/2 TBSP milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
- Combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs, and oil in a bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over batter in the pan.
- Carefully pour the remainder of the batter over the cinnamon-sugar layer.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla together in a bowl.
- When cake is done, remove from oven. Poke holes in the hot cake with a fork and pour sugar mixture over the top of the cake.
- Let cake cool completely before serving, about 30 minutes.
Christopher Robin Official Trailer
About the Movie
In Disney’s heartwarming live-action adventure, the young boy who shared countless adventures with his stuffed animal friends in the Hundred Acre Wood has grown up and lost sight of what’s important in life. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin rediscover the joys of family life, the value of friendship and to appreciate the simple pleasure in life once again.
Will you make this honeybun breakfast cake for your family? Leave me a comment about the taste!
This looks so good, both the cake and the movie. I can’t wait to see it.
Is there an actual recipe???
I’m so sorry! The plugin broke. I have fixed it. Enjoy the cake! 🙂