10/02/14

White Wine Cake

A super moist, rich cake recipe made with white wine and a touch of cinnamon. This short-cut recipe is made easy with a cake mix!

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I don’t usually drink white wine but I try to keep some in the house for guests and recipes. Any time I open a bottle and don’t finish it all, I whip up one of these cakes to make use of the rest of the wine.

And for the record, it’s not that I don’t like wine (I love it – especially red), it’s that, as a beer drinker, I drink at a certain “speed”. While my brain knows I can’t drink as much wine as beer, my body forgets so I drink too many glasses and end up with a lampshade on my head on the neighbor’s diving board.

I got this recipe from a truck driver named Don. And it’s one my very favorite cake recipes. It’s moist and rich and the ever-so-slight hint of wine pairs perfectly with the vanilla and warm cinnamon in the cake.

White Wine Cake! A super moist, rich cake recipe made with white wine and a touch of cinnamon. This short-cut recipe is made easy with a cake mix!

Don and I used to work together a long time ago and both shared a love of good food. He told me about this cake his wife makes and brought me a handwritten recipe for it (which I still have). I've made this many times over the years and I always think about Don when I make it.

I remember two things most about Don: he appreciated good food and he loved buying his wife nice things (pretty sure he kept the Coach outlet in business).

Folks have often asked if this can be made with red wine. I've never tried it myself but I can't imagine a reason that it wouldn't be great! It might take on an interesting color but I'm sure it would taste great!

White Wine Cake! A super moist, rich cake recipe made with white wine and a touch of cinnamon. This short-cut recipe is made easy with a cake mix!

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Recipe for White Wine Cake

White Wine Cake! A super moist, rich cake recipe made with white wine and a touch of cinnamon. This short-cut recipe is made easy with a cake mix!

White Wine Cake

White Wine Cake
Yield: 8-10 Servings
Author: Mandy Rivers | South Your Mouth
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
A super moist, rich cake recipe made with white wine and a touch of cinnamon. This short-cut recipe is made easy with a cake mix!

Ingredients

Cake:
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 3.5-oz box instant vanilla pudding mix
Icing:
  • 1/4 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Grease a standard-sized bundt pan; set aside.
  2. Combine brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, eggs, vegetable oil, wine and water in a large bowl or stand mixer then mix until well combined. Add cake and pudding mixes then mix until smooth.
  3. Pour batter into greased bundt pan then bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  4. Just before cake is done, make the icing. Combine wine and powdered sugar in a small saucepan then bring to a boil. Boil icing for 2 minutes then remove from heat (icing will be thin). When cake is done, remove from oven and pour hot icing over hot cake, leaving cake in the pan.
  5. Cool cake completely in pan then invert onto a plate. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Notes

Use any dry white wine. I typically use a sauvignon blanc or chardonnay

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35 comments:

  1. Recipe sounds delicious. Had to laugh out loud as I am a beer drinker too and know exactly what you mean about drinking wine!! (Debra)

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  2. Squat Blossom... Jo10/2/14, 3:51 PM

    Thank you! This will be so easy to convert to gluten/dairy free for me! New kitchen almost done.. might this be my first desert???? Love you girl - thank you for sharing your beautiful recipes.

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  3. My! Oh! My!.........what a cake! Brilliant!!!

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  4. Who This is a cake to make and eat and make again and again, I feel It around my hips(allready)But be shore I'm going to make It. Thanks for the recipe, greatings from the Netherlands, Ria

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  5. can you make this with red wine?

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    1. Yes! But the cake has a pink tint to it :o)

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  6. Will this fit one square pan instead of a bundt pan?

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    1. If it's 9x9 or smaller, I doubt it. It would work in a 13x9 pan, though.

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    2. I ended up using 2 7.8X7.8 square pans and it worked! So delicious and moist, thank you for the recipe!

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  7. Can I use French vanilla pudding instead?

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    1. Yes. I have used white chocolate and cheesecake flavors. Delicious

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  8. Can't wait to try this. Sounds wonderful. Thanks again for all the great recipes. - Kim M.

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  9. This looks a lot like the recipe I use for Rum Cake. So, I'm guessing you could substitute rum in this recipe, too?? Thanks for the reminder! Now I'm going to whip up a few rum cakes for Christmas gifts.

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    1. Ooooh, I bet you could! I LOVE those rum cakes you get on cruises. I might have to try that myself! Thanks for the idea!

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    2. I make it with white wine and it so good

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  10. This cake is awesome and talk about easy . This is going in my everyday recipe book. Try this you will not be disappointed . Thanks for sharing.

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  11. I was going to ask if I could use a 13x9 pan but I see someone else asked. The recipe sounds easy and scrumptious. As always, thanks for sharing.

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  12. I have a beer cake recipe, similar starting with a box cake mix, jello pudding powder, beer, etc., but I made my glaze out of powdered sugar and tangerine/orang juice to add another layer of flavor. It was very good. I cant wait to try this one.

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  13. Do we use the cake mix that has the pudding already in it?

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  14. Is there a spice other than cinnamon that can be used, I'm allergic to cinnamon.

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    1. Maybe nutmeg - but only half the amount.

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  15. I want to make this cake and I have everything except for white wine however I do have sherry. Do you think it would be an acceptable substitute?

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    1. Sherry's a good bit stronger than wine. Maybe use 1/2 the amount?

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    2. I have a recipe similar to this using cream sherry. It calls for 1/2 to 3/4 cup sherry. The glaze is made with 1/2 cup sherry 1/4 cup water, 1 stick butter and 1 cup sugar. Boil for 5 min. in saucepan. Pour over warm cake that you have poked holes all over the top. This can be done in the bundt pan or after you remove it from the pan. Delicious!!

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  16. How about a yellow cake and a bottle of wine? LOL

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  17. I made this but before I poured the batter in the pan I sprinkled about a cup of chopped pecans in the bottom of the pan. I though it added some nice texture. Fab recipe!

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  18. Wow, Terri, that sounds like a great idea!
    I have a question: Why do you pour the hot icing over the hot cake? Is it meant to soak the cake? Will that not make it a very messy process to get the cake out of the pan?

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  19. Sounds wonderful and I want to try it. Am I reading that correctly that you pour the icing on BEFORE taking the cake out of the pan (the icing goes on the BOTTOM?)?

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    1. That is correct! The cake absorbs the liquid icing.

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  20. Dee Weatherington12/24/17, 9:46 AM

    Great Cake! Moist and delicious. I think it gets better day after day. Made them for Christmas

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  21. Replaced white wine with sangria. Cake did not last long should have made two cakes.
    Thanks for sharing all the great recipes.

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  22. Hi , I’m confused, why all the sugar if you’re using a box cake?

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  23. Would a sweeter wine (Moscato) make it too sweet?

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  24. made this for my parents who were skeptical just by the name and it blew their socks off!

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Hi there! While I’m not able to respond to every comment, I try hard to answer any questions that haven’t been addressed in the post, recipe or in other comments.

I can tell you now 1) I have no idea if you can substitute Minute Rice or brown rice in my recipes because I’ve never used them and 2) If I know how to convert a recipe to a Crock Pot version, I will make a note about it (otherwise, I don’t know).

And though I may not respond to them all, I do read each and every comment and I LOVE to hear from you guys! Thanks, y’all! - Mandy