Mama Neely's "Sock It To Me" Cake

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: It's Neely Lunch

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: 25 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

Filling:

2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans

Glaze:

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Cake:

1 package golden cake mix
4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

For filling:

Directions

For streusel filling, combine all ingredients and set aside. Blend glaze ingredients and set aside.

For cake:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine cake mix, eggs, sour cream, oil, water, sugar and flour in a large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes with electric mixer. Pour 1/2 of batter into a greased 13 by 9-inch pan. Sprinkle streusel filling on top and swirl the filing. Spoon remaining batter evenly over filling. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 minutes invert onto serving plate, cool completely.

For glaze:

Combine sugar, milk and lemon juice in bowl. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle over cake.

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recipe Mama Neely's "Sock It To Me" Cake
kristen atlanta, GA 01-31-2010
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Almost as Good as Grandma's
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This cake came out great... almost as good as my grandmother used to make. I didn't add the extra ingredients to the cake... mix (just used the directions on the box). The glaze came out great and so did the streusel. I think I will double both next time. Read more
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Roszenia Brooklyn, NY 01-26-2010
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Even with oven trouble-it was great
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this cake today and despite having issues with the pilot light staying lit in my oven-the cake came out great. ... Although I can see the brownness from the cinnamon in my cake but not in the Neely's pictured cake. I think without oven trouble it would have been better. But once it started baking it smelled great and I really like the glaze on top. I think I'll try this cake recipe without the streusel filling-just cake recipe with glaze. Another great one from the Neely's.Read more
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Shanita Inglewood, CA 01-25-2010
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Perfect
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The recipe was perfect! Delicious!
recipe Mama Neely's "Sock It To Me" Cake
Ruth Brooklyn, NY 01-20-2010
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Publisher issued recipe correction
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Not much consolation for those of you who purchased "Down Home with the Neely's Cookbook" but the publisher did acknowledge... the error and posted the following: Correction: It has come to our attention that the recipe for Sock-It-To-Me-Cake in Pat and Gina Neely?s cookbook contains an error. The amount of cake flour to use is written as ? cup; it should be 2 ? cups. You will find the revised recipe below: http://cooking.knopfdoubleday.com/2009/05/21/revised-sock-it-to-me-cake/ The difference between what is posted on food network versus what is in the book is that food network recipe calls for store bought cake mix. The one in the book contains a homemade yellow cake recipe. Read more
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j cape may, NJ 01-18-2010
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Don't use Neely's cookbook for this recipe
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I made this cake yesterday using the DOWN HOME WITH THE NEELYS cookbook and it came out terrible. I should have known when... the recipe called for only 1/4 cup of flour. The recipe in the book is quite different from the one on the web site. Read more
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NATALIE caledonia, WI 01-11-2010
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Mystery solved
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this cake the first time, it was terrific, used a 12 x 9 pan. I also tried it in a bundt pan last week and it... flopped. I used a toothpick to test for doneness and thought it was finished cooking after an addition 8-10 minutes in the oven. It was not completely cooked. the middle to bottom was soupy. I had to throw it all out. My girf\riend also made it in a bundt and it flopped for her as well. I will make it again, in a 13 x 9 as it is so vey good and for the record, who cares what they call it or who made it first, some people forget this is a cooking website where receipes should be discussed and taken apart to be made better, what difference does it make who makes it better---grow up people.Read more