This Hornet's Nest Cake is a cake mix recipe made with vanilla instant pudding and butterscotch chips. With just 5 ingredients, this vanilla cake recipe is easy but totally tasty!
Prep Time10 minutesminutes
Cook Time35 minutesminutes
Total Time45 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1package, 3.4 oz vanilla instant pudding
2cupswhole milk
1package, 18.25 oz plain yellow cake mix
1package, 11 oz butterscotch chips
1cupchopped pecans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13×9 baking pan, set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together pudding mix and milk. Let sit 5 minutes until it firms up. Fold in the cake mix and stir until combined (a few lumps are ok).
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Scatter the butterscotch chips and pecans on top of cake batter.
Bake cake for 35 to 40 minutes — until it springs back when lightly pressed with fingers. Remove from oven and let cake cool on wire rack for 30 minutes before serving.
Store this cake in baking dish (covered in aluminum foil) at room temperature for up to 1 week.