My mom makes the best cinnamon rolls. I don’t make cinnamon buns… I wanted mom’s cinnamon buns, but they were gone. So I had to improvise. Get into the cinnamon bun, or as our two-year-old calls it, the cinnamon bun cake. In this cinnamon roll cake recipe, you swirl a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon into a white cake and cover it with icing. My mother makes the best cinnamon rolls. I don’t make cinnamon rolls… I wanted my mom’s cinnamon buns, but they were gone. So I had to improvise. Get into the cinnamon bun, or as our two-year-old calls it, the cinnamon bun cake.
This cinnamon roll cake recipe is easily a favorite in my house. In fact, I thought I shared this cake recipe a long time ago… turns out I didn’t. See, when you bake as often as I do, things get confusing. Maybe it’s because of the sugar? No… Anyway, it’s the easiest cake in the world. My kids even ask for it for their birthday cake, which I think is so weird…hello no buttercream…but we all know kids are weird. Or maybe they’re not… this cake is that good. This cinnamon cake is simple, it takes your favorite roll and puts it in the shape of a cake. Stirred with cinnamon, butter and brown sugar and covered with icing, this cake is sure to be a new favourite.
Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a 9 x 13 baking pan (buttered).
Mix all of the base ingredients together, with the exception of the butter. Add the melted butter last, and then pour into your prepared pan,
Mix all of the topping ingredients together in a separate bowl. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonful over the base, as evenly as you can over the entire base. Take a butter knife and swirl the topping into the base. Pop into the oven and bake for 28-30 minutes.
While the cake is baking, prepare the glaze and set aside.
Remove from oven and glaze the cake while still warm.
Base:
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
Topping:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
How to Make It:
Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a 9 x 13 baking pan (buttered).
Mix all of the base ingredients together, with the exception of the butter. Add the melted butter last, and then pour into your prepared pan,
Mix all of the topping ingredients together in a separate bowl. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonful over the base, as evenly as you can over the entire base. Take a butter knife and swirl the topping into the base. Pop into the oven and bake for 28-30 minutes.
While the cake is baking, prepare the glaze and set aside.
Remove from oven and glaze the cake while still warm.
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
Topping:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon.
If I use boxed cake do I still use the cup of sugar
The amount of sugar in this is unreal. Also too much butter for my taste.
how the fuck is 1/2 cup butter “too buttery” too much for this recipe if you read it they did the recipe twice and spread it around.
I wish that the recipes I find online would have a way to print them. It takes a lot of time to copy them by hand. Some of them are so good, but you would have to have your laptop by your side to make the recipe. It just takes too long to copy them by hand.
Linda
1. Highlight the recipe, then right click and hit print. It will only print the highlighted portion.
2. Highlight the recipe, click copy. Go to word hit paste on to word and then print.
I take a picture of it with my phone and print it.
If you are looking at recipes on phone take screenshots of it… that’s what I do 😁
Go. To App Store and download “copy me this”. It’s all recipes and it is FANTASTIC!!!
On my computer I click on the 3 dots in upper (R) corner and click on print
All you have to do is Highlight the text you want to print by holding down your mouse
and scan the text you want to print and then print it.
highlight recipe click, then hit print, there you have it, hope this helps!!
You could always take a screen shot photo and save it in your gallery. 🤷♀️😊🤷♀️
Take a picture with your phone.
I highlight what I want to print on the screen on my laptop. Right click on the mouse and hit print and it will print.
Linda, you need to do what i do with all those recipes, copy and paste to words, then print. Already made this cake twice, will be adding it to our Christmas dessert this year.
you can print them copy and paste into a note pad and print.
Take a pic of recipe I do all the time
going to try to ‘ketofy’ this recipe, almond flour in place of regular and Lakanto monk fruit sweetner in place of sugar.
many years ago I discovered that recipes turn out great using half the amount of sugar in recipe … for those who want to cut down on sugar.
To take a pic ____sometimes the recipe might end up being 5 pages with all the adds
No wonder you are anonymous, lol. You are such a pessimist. 🙄 There’s ways around that.🤦♀️You just have to figure it out. 🤷♀️ FREE YOUR MIND and the rest will follow! 😉
I like to use a cream cheese glaze on these!!!
Forward to your email where you can open the link. Hopefully you can print from there. :0))
This recipe needs some tweaking. There’s too much butter in the topping which makes the cake too greasy and messy. I’m going to half the topping recipe next time. The glaze recipe is too much. I’m going to half the recipe for this too. The cake part is perfect.
Whenever I try an Internet recipe, I always make it exactly as directed, which I did for this recipe. Honestly, it was not bad. Anyone who has ever made cinnamon rolls knows that they can be involved. I was looking for a quicker way to approximate the experience as I like making treats for my wife and serving to them at her desk while she is working. Ultimately, this cake does have a nice cinnamon flavor, and it is certainly very high in fat and calories, so portion size is important. It was much better on the second day than it was fresh-out-of-the-oven. I don’t know if I would ever make it again as I could make actual cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing with an extra 30-minutes of time, but I’m glad that I did make it and we did enjoy it. If I did ever make it again, I would not “tweak” the recipe at all, but I may would “swirl” the topping more heavily into the cake than I did. The recipe was appreciated!
The filling sunk to the bottom when I made this. I felt it was way too sweet too. I’m also going to try cutting the filling & glaze in half next time
I make a similar recipe and add a can of apple pie filling. My family loves it.
No leftover instructions. Do you just cover and store on counter or refrigerator
All you people that complain to much sugar to much butter if I use a cake mix do I leave out sugar. Some makes a recipe that’s how it’s made if you dont like it dont make it. I happen to think it’s great tasting and easy to make.
Cake mix has plenty of sugar, don’t add extra sugar! Good luck!
Self rising or plain flour???
Not to complain but I followed the recipe exactly what called for but the topping is little runny.maybe to much butter maybe try half cup next time and see if that works .got them in oven right now .
Please Clarify the melted butter on the base of this recipe is to be added last. Is that added on top of the batter or mixed into the batter? Help!
I made this and it was perfect!! So so good. I will definitely make again.
We are big fans of cinnamon at my house, so I added some in the frosting. This was a big hit, and will be making it again!
Sounds wonderful without tweaks!
Made this EXACTLY as stated. So fantastic!!!! No it’s not “diet” friendly. Who cares! It’s amazingly flavorful and a welcome addition to pot lucks, brunches, and everywhere I’ve ever taken it!
We make this at least 1-2 times per month just to have with coffee in the mornings or as an after dinner pop of sweet.
Yes you can change the recipe up to make it “more to your liking”.
But, I fail to understand all the negative comments.
If it’s not for you – fine. Move on and don’t tear apart a WONDERFUL recipe that anyone who’s actually made it? LOVES!!!!
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I am making this cake now. I will be back with the results.