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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This looks very very good, I’m sure it’s very aromatic too :)!
You always have the best recipe. I just printed this out. I have to make this today! Yum.
I make it and it’s great
Holly,
In the cake ingredients you did not list vanilla but in the cake instructions you did? Which is it? Thanks.(I know it’s in the glaze ingredients,I’m talking about the cake)
Oops… Yes Donna there are 2 teaspoons vanilla in the cake batter. I will fix this error. Thanks
These look so so so good! I am going to print this for later use. Thanks for sharing!
Yumm, that looks fantastic! Can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy…. this looks SO good.
Holly..I love Cinnamon Rolls!
And this looks so good!
I am SO glad I found your blog! I feel like I am bookmarking every single recipe you post…they all look so good! I love your taste in food 🙂
This looks delicious!! I am restraining myself from making this right now. I’d likely eat the full pan. Yum!
Why did I have to start my diet today??? WHY??? (crying)
Oh Wow Holls! This looks AMAZING!!!!! I too love cinnamon rolls and cannot wait to try this cake! You can bet that I will FOR SURE be making this one before christmas morning thats for sure!!!
I’m with you…LOVE cinnamon rolls and LOVE cake. I will definitely have to try this. Thanks!
That looks so GOOD! Cinnamon rolls are my addiction!!! I could turn down just about anything else but you put a cinnamon roll in front of me and it’s all over. I am going to try this recipe right away.
I could live my life just eating this cake.
I’ve bookmarked this recipe to try later, when there are plenty of people around to save me from myself. I could sooooo eat all of this without sharing. 🙂
Looks delicious and naughty. Why do you tempt me with such ingredients like cinnamon and brown sugar……
Heaven, heaven, heaven….I have got to try this!!
Dear God that looks good. It looks so fluffy and gooey. I need to make this!
Seriously?! WOW! I am going to make it this week….looks completely fabulous!
Oh my – this is my type of cake. Looks sooo good.
Oooh, yum. I love cinnamon rolls AND cake. You just made my day. 🙂
Oh I am ALL over this!! So making this one. I’m like you – is anything really too sweet? lol Love this one Hol!!
That cake lookis devilishly scrumptious! So moist and addictive, I’m sure.
Cheers,
Rosa
I just died and went to heaven. Cinnamon heaven or cake heaven – I’m torn, but either way it’s amazing!