Whoa Cake

Re-dubbed  "Whoa Cake" (a.k.a. Champagne Cake). It's deceptively delicious! I say deceptively cuz, let's face it, it doesn't look all that decadent. No fancy frosting here, but man o' man that first bite makes people go: WHOA! Printed in the Fuquay-Varina Middle School recipe book by Marie Cunningham and brought to me by my good friend Susan.

Oops, forgot to include the butter but you know what that looks like. ;-)

I don't know if it makes a lick of difference but I like to mix the dry and wet separately then pour the wet into the dry ingredients.

And now the most difficult part of the whole recipe.......waiting.

Cake:

1 box yellow cake mix

1 (3oz) instant vanilla pudding

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cups water

3/4 cups oil

1/2 cup white wine or champagne

4 eggs

Glaze:

1/2 stick of butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup champagne or white wine

Directions:

1-Mix all cake ingredients till well blended (about 3 minutes).

2-Pour it into a non-stick bundt pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. 

3-Let cool and invert on plate.
Now for the glaze....

4-Bring ingredients to a boil. Pour over cake while it is still warm. 
*I'm told it freezes well but I've never made it to the freezer.