Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe (2024)

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This easy Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe is everything you love about a cinnamon roll, but without all of the work! You’ll be sharing this recipe will all of your family and friends! They will be impressed that you made this from scratch.

If you love cinnamon rolls, get ready for your life to be changed! There is no denying that we love cinnamon rolls around here, but boy are they a lot of work. Just like our Cinnamon Bundt Cake Recipe, you get all the flavors without all the work in this recipe for cinnamon roll cake.

If you love this cake, you must try this Christmas Coffee Cake Recipe.

Ingredients

Ingredients For the Cake:

• Flour

• Salt

• Sugar

• Baking Powder

• Milk

• Eggs

• Vanilla

• Melted Butter

For the Cinnamon Topping:

• Butter, melted
  
• Brown sugar
  
• Flour
  
• Cinnamon

For the Glaze:

• Powdered Sugar

• Milk

• Vanilla

How to make Cinnamon Roll Cake:

Step 1 – In a large bowl, mix everything, including the dry ingredients, together for the ingredients of the cake. I like using my stand mixer.

Step 2 – Pour batter into prepared pan.

Step 3 – For the streusel topping, mix all of the cinnmamon topping ingredients well in a small bowl.

Step 4 – Drop spoonfuls of cinnamon sugar mixture on the remaining batter

Step 5 – Swirl the topping around with a knife. If your topping isn’t runny, you can still swirl it around and it will still taste great!

Step 6 – Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Cake is done when toothpick inserted or knife comes out clean.

Step 7 – Meanwhile whisk together the glaze ingredients and drizzle glaze over warm cake.

How to serve

You can serve cinnamon roll cake warm or at room temperature.

How do I tell when cake is done?

The easiest way to figure out when the cinnamon roll cake is done by inserting a knife in the center of the cake. If it comes out clean then you can is done.

We love serving the cake warm. The warm and gooey brown sugar makes this cake irresistible!

Can I substitute with a boxed cake mix?

If you would rather use a boxed cake mix instead of making your own, you can absolutely use a boxed cake mix instead. You will need a white cake mix and all of the ingredients the instructions call for.

Simply mix the cake mix up according to the package directions, then mix up the cinnamon mixture and the glaze following the recipe below. Pour the cake batter into your prepared pan and drop the cinnamon filling by spoonfuls on the top. Using a knife, swirl the cinnamon filling into the cake.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Spread the glaze on top of the cake while it is still warm.

This cake is ready to enjoy in about 30 minutes!

Tips + Tricks:

• When swirling the cinnamon mixture into the cake, make sure you push the knife all of the way to the bottom of the pan so that you get the cinnamon swirl mixture infused through the whole cake.
  
• We usually devour this cake as soon as it is glazed and ready, but if you need to make this ahead of time you can certainly do so! I wouldn’t bake the cake any more than 24 hours in advance and don’t glaze it until you need it. When you’re ready to serve the cake, warm the cake up and top with the glaze while the cake is still warm.
  
• While most cake recipes want you to wait until the cake is cool to put on the icing or glaze, this one works best if the cake is still warm. The glaze melts right into the cake and makes it taste just like warm cinnamon rolls!
  

Frequently Asked Questions

More Easy Cinnamon Roll recipes:

• Crockpot Cinnamon Roll Casserole
• Mini Cinnamon Rolls
• Cinnamon Roll Waffles
• Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
• homemade cinnamon rolls