Cinnamon Pecan Sock-It-To-Me Pudding Cake

We had a memorial day BBQ tonight. Ryan and I went grocery shopping this afternoon and Ryan found a cake he wanted to buy for dessert. We looked at it and then I decided we should make our own! So I compared a few recipes and came up with this one:

1 (18.25 ounce) package butter cake mix
1 small instant vanilla pudding mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 c water
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Combine 2 Tbsp of the cake mix with the brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts to make the streusel filling and set aside. Mix the remaining cake mix with the pudding, eggs, oil and water until well blended and smooth.  Preheat the oven to 350. Grease and flour a Bundt pan (lots of shortening!). Pour 2/3 of the cake mix into the pan. Sprinkle the streusel filling onto the cake batter and then top with the remaining cake batter. Bake for 50 min or until a toothpick comes out clean.

After it has cooled, frost it with a powdered sugar glaze - I found one recipe that said to use 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons milk. I didn't measure I eyeballed it all and added some vanilla too.

 It was really good. I think next time I will swirl the filling into the cake more. Everyone loved it. And there are only 5 pieces left- just enough for lunches tomorrow.