Since it’s Father’s Day tomorrow and all, I thought I’d share a brunch/dessert recipe that I’m positive both my father and my husband would go cuckoo for! This Cinnamon Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is straight up DELICIOUS. All of the warm, ooey gooey, cinnamon taste you love from a cinnamon roll, without any of the fuss. No rolling, rising, etc. This cake literally took me 10 minutes to prep–it’s SO easy. And the end result is a delicious, moist, cinnamon roll cake that will make the Dads in your life very, very happy!
Cinnamon Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings: 9
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup butter , melted
Cinnamon Swirl
- 1/2 cup butter , softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp butter , softened
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1-2 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8'' baking dish.
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In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, egg and vanilla. Stir in melted butter. Pour mixture into prepared pan and smooth into an eve layer.
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Make the cinnamon swirl topping by creaming all ingredients together until smooth.
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Drop spoonfuls of the mixture evenly over the cake batter. Use a knife to swirl through the cake and disperse the mixture throughout the cake batter.
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Bake 32-37 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Drizzle frosting over warm cake. Serve warm.
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For the Cream Cheese Frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese together. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and enough milk to make a smooth, slightly thin frosting. Drizzle frosting over the cake with a spoon (or use a ziplock bag like I did--just snip a hole out of one of the corners and add the frosting).
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anna says
they all look really good!!!1
Dawn says
Step 5 says to drizzle frosting and then step 6 are the cream cheese frosting directions. Is there another frosting in addition to the cream cheese?
DJ says
Hi,
Wanted to know if the “cinnamon roll cake” can be frozen .
Lauren Allen says
I’ve never tried freezing this so I can’t say for sure! I bet it would work–let me know if you try it 🙂