Cinnamon Roll Cake
Cinnamon Roll Cake is a moist and buttery cinnamon cake with vanilla glaze drizzled over the top. If you love cinnamon rolls, then you’ll absolutely love this gooey cake!
Cinnamon Roll Cake is a moist and buttery cinnamon cake with a creamy vanilla glaze drizzled over the top. If you love cinnamon rolls, then you’ll absolutely love this gooey cake! Serve it for breakfast, brunch, or a late-night dessert for one tasty treat. No matter when you choose to devour it, you won’t be disappointed! 🙂
I have to say, one of life’s greatest pleasures is that first bite into a warm, gooey, melt-in-your-mouth cinnamon roll. Actually, just cinnamon rolls in general are such a pleasure- you can’t convince me otherwise. Now, to have one in cake form? That’s just pure bliss right there!
You will transcend into complete cinnamon roll heaven when you take a bite of this cake. It’s all the things you love about a classic cinnamon roll, but in one of the best forms possible. Because who doesn’t love a light, cinnamon, and glaze-soaked cake? Only a weirdo, that’s who. 😉
I was actually kind of surprised at how light and not too sweet this cake was, but then again, I’ve never thought any dessert was too sweet, so don’t quote me on that.
CINNAMON ROLL CAKE
One nice thing about this recipe is that if you’re not feeling up to making the cake from scratch, you could use a cake mix instead. A white or yellow cake mix would make the best alternatives, but if you want to mix things up, you could also use a devil’s food cake mix. Then you would have the richest and chocolate cinnamon roll cake that would just be to die for.
I would ask you to save me a slice, but I know it’s a waste of breath because once you make it for yourself, you won’t want to share. 😉
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Cinnamon Roll Cake
Ingredients
Cinnamon Roll Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ cups milk (I use 2% milk)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup salted butter melted
Cinnamon Swirl Topping
- 1/2 cup salted butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Vanilla Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 to 4 Tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F°. Spray a 9×13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
Cinnamon Roll Cake
- In an electric stand mixer, add the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Slowly mix in melted butter. Pour batter into the prepared pan, spreading out evenly.
Cinnamon Swirl Topping
- In a large bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together until well combined and creamy. Drop tablespoons of the topping evenly over all of the batter. Use a knife to marble/swirl topping throughout the cake.
- Bake cake for 32 to 38 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean. Carefully remove cake from oven and let stand at least 15 minutes before topping with glaze.
Vanilla Glaze
- In a medium bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla together with a whisk. Drizzle evenly over the warm cake. Slice and serve warm or at room temperature. Enjoy!
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I bet adding people pecans to this cake would be awesome. Looks so yummy !!!
ARe the butters salted or unsalted?
I only use salted butter in my recipes
I love anything cinnamon. This was wonderful.
I love this recipe, every time I make it I tend to sample the batter-my husband told me to don’t eat all of the batter save some for the cake. Thank-you for all of the recipes.
I recently made your cinnamon roll cake to take to work for a co-worker’s birthday. I received rave reviews from everyone in my department. One young man made the comment that this was the most amazing cake he had ever eaten!! He could not believe that it was homemade either. He keeps asking me “How did you learn to bake?” Thank you, Holly, for making my day!
Hi… I saw in your comments that you can use a white or yellow cake mix. What additional cake ingredients do you add to the cake mix? Or do you just prepare the cake according to package instructions? I reaLly want to make this cake. Thank you for a reply.
Hi Wanda, if you want to use a yellow or white cake mix then prepare the cake batter according to the package the directions. Then resume with my recipe by mixing the topping ingredients and then swirling them into the cake batter. Bake the cake for around 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. 🙂
This cake is amazing!! So delicious. It will be one of my favorite breakfast/brunch recipes. Thank you Holly for another great recipe.
Perfect! I made it 3 times, easy, fast and yummy! Thank you 🙂