This next recipe is a new favorite.
I would be lying if I said I was an expert at Cinnamon Roll Making… that’s my mom’s job, and she’s just so stinking good at it, that most of us in the family leave that recipe to her. Although, I haven’t been brave enough to try Cinnamon Rolls all on my own, I was able to make a Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe that was a HUGE hit! It’s perfect for a breakfast dish or for dessert. It was suuuuper easy to make and can be done by anyone.
I recommend serving this yummy treat when it’s warm because it just melts in your mouth and tastes just like regular Cinnamon Rolls!
Cinnamon Roll Cake
By January 4, 2013
A yummy breakfast dish that tastes just like cinnamon rolls!
Ingredients
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- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 TB flour
- 1 TB cinnamon
Instructions
- Mix flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, milk, eggs and vanilla together.
- Stir in melted butter, slowly. Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
- Mix topping ingredients (1 cup butter softened, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon). Drop over cake mixture evenly.
- Swirl your topping and cake mixture with a knife going up and down the length of the pan.
- Bake at 350 for 28-32 minutes.
- Top with the glaze which is made by mixing 2 cups powdered sugar, 5 TB milk and 1 tsp. vanilla. Drizzle over the cake while it's still warm. ENJOY!
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{Cake batter}
{Topping batter dropped over cake}
{Swirl the top and cake batter with a knife}
{Top with glaze while still warm}
Yummy looking, right?!
I hope this recipe can become a family favorite like it has at ours!
And in case you’re looking for another Morning Treat, be sure to check out this Quick Coffee Cake recipe:
ENJOY!
BEHIND THE SCENES AT LIL’ LUNA:
Are you kidding me!!!! I so want to be your neighbor : ) This looks so FINGER LICKING good!!! I think I should have been sitting there in the photo next to your daughter with the same BIG smile, just waiting to get the go ahead to “Dig In”
Yummy!!
Angelina
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Now that looks amazing!
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I love how easy this is! It looks incredible!
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My mom and I have been trying to figure out how to make gluten free cinnamon roles. The results have not been fabulous. Gluten free dough is really sticky and difficult to roll out. Adapting this recipe would be so easy! Thanks so much for the idea! Pinning.
Yummy!!! I love a little behind the scenes!
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This looks o seriously YuMMy! I love my moms cinnamon rolls, I took a bunch of them to my faculty Christmas thing and all 4 trays were eaten with in 2 hours! It was AWESOME! I am so going to try this for breakfast in the morning! Thanks for sharing!
Looks sooo good! I’ve made homemade cinnamon rolls before and they take forever…this looks yummy, fast and easy! I’m pinning it. Do you have any idea if you could mix it up the night before and put it in the fridge? Thanks!
KC
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I wish this was breakfast tomorrow. Heck, I wish it was dessert right now!
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Ooo… my oldest requests cinnamon rolls every single time I ask what he wants for breakfast and I usually have to say there’s not enough time. I can’t wait to surprise him with this. Thanks!!
Yummy!!! I just made homemade cinnamon rolls on New Years Day for the first time. I had a grandma that was an absolute wonderful baker so I was a little apprehensive to make them. I did though and my family loved them. My husband loves anything cinnamon so I will definitely try your cake recipe
Yum! I love cinnamon anything=) Can’t wait to make this!
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does anyone have an easy banana muffin recipe please
I have one but haven’t posted it yet – hopefully within this month it will be up on the blog.
I also have a banana bread recipe that I use all the times as muffins. Here is the link: http://lilluna.com/the-best-banana-bread-recipe/
I have one here http://bigredpot.com/whole-eating/melt-in-your-mouth-banana-muffins/
This was delicious! everyone Loved it, thx for sharing
My husband asked if I could make something for his work brunch tomorrow. Um, I think his co-workers will just LOVE this!!!
I think they will! I just made this again on Sunday and came home with an empty pan – it was a hit!! Let me know how it goes.
Verdict is in…….This is sinfully delicious!!!! Some of the co-workers had 3 pieces!!! My hubby was able to bring home some for myself and our boys! I will make this again!!!!
Just made this but I had to bake it 10-15 minutes longer. Did anyone else have this problem? It tastes great and I will make it again.
Hmmm, I just made it last week and maybe put it in for 2 minutes longer. Not sure why you had to bake yours for so much longer, but I think it just depends on your oven since they’re all different. :/
I’m wondering if you “over swirled” the brown sugar mix like I did? I ended up having to cook longer.
Do u use plain flour or self rising flour.
I couldn’t wait to try this recipe. I’ve always enjoyed eating but disliked making cinnamon rolls, so this was very appealing alternative. I had pretty good results but it was too sweet for me. I think I’ll try to reduce the sugar and see how it turns out. I’m going to try to cut the butter in half also. My globs of cinnamon were probably too big so I will make them smaller. I think this is a great recipe pretty simple just for me needs a few tweaks. When I get it down pat I’m going to try to incorporate maple into the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I made this tonight and it so amazingly good. Thanks for the recipe
It’s in the oven as I type, but now I’m wondering if I should have reduced the oven temp to 325 because I’m using a glass dish
We shall see!
I used a glasd dish too and it worked fine. Let me know how it turns out!
Well, I let it cook longer because I did reduce the temp to 325 at about halfway and probably shouldn’t have. It’s for hubby’s birthday, so we haven’t cut into it, but I can tell you it doesn’t look like yours, lol! I’ll make a note to use the 350 all the way through, thanks.
Just made this but it didn’t work at all.. The butter just went to the bottom and it was just soaked in butter and soggy.
Really bummed, it smells good though.
So sorry it didn’t work out. I’ve had so many people make this and not have a problem. Not sure what happened, but I would try it one more time.
Oh my! This is so delicious! After I tasted it, I told my husband to take the rest of the cake to work with him otherwise I will eat the whole thing
Just made this!! Very tasty!! I halved the recipe because with the two of us we didn’t need all of it. I will make again.
What size pan did you use when you “halved” the recipe? Thanks.
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do not waste 3/4 a pound of butter on this cake. It is awful.
Sorry you feel this way, Brenda. Everyone else seems to love it, and my entire family LOVES it.
Brenda is wrong! this is great, got an offer of marriage the first time i made this for work! made it for the second time tonight for guests who are coming tomorrow
I so love when I get a craving for something sweet and I have all the ingredients in the kitchen without having to go out. This cake is an absolute HIT!!!
YAY! So glad it was a hit. It’s so easy to make too which helps!! Thanks for stopping by.
This cake is a new family favourite in my house too! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. I hope you won’t mind me sharing a Britished-up version (weights rather than cups) on my blog. I will of course link back to your original recipe.
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Since I saw these on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago, they have been on my mind! I have made cinnamon rolls once since being married, but the amount of work was a bit daunting (especially since I’m not a morning person!). This is such a fabulous idea! I’m making these this afternoon for a mom’s group tomorrow- thanks so much for the idea!
I am currently on the fence. I just cut thru this and anywhere there was the brown part it’s soggy as… And so as soon as I am done, I am going to throw it back in the oven and hope for the best, but I can honestly see myself throwing this in the garbage or eating around the brown. I am wondering if this much butter is necessary? It seems excessive somehow and I can’t understand why the white is cooked and the brown is nearly ruining the cake. Of course it tastes good, but I probably shouldn’t have tried it with it being so gooey. Sigh.
You definitely don’t want to over swirl. If you do, like I did, you will have to add on some extra time. Still yummy and would make again. Thanks for the great recipe..
I am making this right now. However, I added an additional 10 minutes and it still isn’t done. Has this happened to anyone else? Thank you!
Did this turn out, Sonja? I haven’t had anyone who’s had problems with it so far. :/
please do tell ..plain flour or self rising ?? there is a difference ..i see another ladie has ask this question as well .thanks linda
It´s in the oven! Smells great, but its taking longer than 30 minutes…. i´m adding another 10 minutes or so because its still runny in the middle. I’ll take a bite in a few! Will let you know how it turns out! =)
OH MY GOD!!! This is sooooo DELICIOUS!!! my mom and grandma loved it and i know everyone else too!! Thank you so much, it’s so easy to make and it tastes great!
I was wondering do you use self rising or plain flour. I think someone already asked this question , but did not see the answer. Can’t wait to fix this
Regular flour
ive never seen regular flour … here where i live there is only plain and selfrising
This looks easy enough to make. Will give it a try and pinning it.
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Hi I was wondering if you could substitute the butter with margarine. I can’t wait to make this! It looks so yummy!!
I tried it with margarine and didn’t like it that much….
Did it twice in 4 days…… Enough said hahaha. Everyone LOVES IT! I took it out of the oven 2 hours ago and im afraid its not gonna last through the night!
Great recipe! A billion stars!!!
Getting ready to make this today. Questions: 1) reading comments, so me are saying “don’t over swirl” what does that mean?? 2) in measuring flour I typically use a spoon to scoop the floor into a measuring cup – should I do same for this recipe or do you just put your measuring cup straight in a scoop up – I think it makes a slight diff ??
Has anyone tried cutting back on the sugar and buttuer? If so, what amounts did you use?
Thanks – this is worth trying for sure since I LOVE cinnamon rolls! Will post when its all done!
So I made the cake and it is VERY good! Perfect with a hot cup of coffee. I made a couple of mistakes – 1) of adding one too many Tablespoons of cinnamon, but really, I love cinnamon so it was a good mistake (lol) and 2) I didn’t measure the powdered sugar – tried eyeballing the two cups, but clearly it wasn’t enough. The glaze wasn’t thick enough like your photo but i think its still amazing.
This one is a keeper.
Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Wonderful recipe! I take it! I love cinnamon!
My family loved it, but it took almost 20 extra minutes to cook through. It’s very sweet and rich.
If a recipe calls for baking powder and salt then the flour is all purpose. Self rising already has those ingredients in it.. If you’d like to substitute self rising for all purpose omit the baking powder and salt.
hi… i made this cake because it looked really good in the pics its still in the oven cant wait to eat it but it does take along time in the oven and because of the brown sugar it is really brown on the top i guess its my first time but to get it perfect i will make it again thanks!
I made this for a friend’s birthday and doubled for our family to try! My kids had a nice treat when they got home from school. They loved it so much that they asked for more and wanted to call that dinner.
LOL! I LOVE it!! It’s definitely a quick and easy alternate to real cinnamon rolls. SO glad it was a hit with the family.
Thank you. Sounds so good.
Love your recipes
I’m not even sure how I came across your blog and this recipe, but my Sunday brunch crew thanks you! It took just a few minutes to put together and was absolutely amazing. I’d recommend this recipe for a brunch potluck or for a family get-together on a holiday morning.
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Made this for a girl’s night. Everyone loved it!!
So glad everyone loved it! It’s definitely a family fav of ours. Thanks for stopping by!