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his Homemade Cinnamon Roll Cake dessert has all the flavor of a cinnamon roll but in an easy cake with a vanilla icing drizzled on top!
HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLL CAKE
Are you one of those folks whose eyes glaze over when you see a recipe that has more than 5 ingredients? You completely lose interest and skip on to the next one. Yeah, I know the feeling. It’s kinda how I felt about this one when I first saw this recipe for Cinnamon Roll Cake. But then I heard all the great reviews everyone was giving it and I knew I had to make it!
![slice of Homemade Cinnamon Roll Cake on a small white plate with a bottle of milk in the background](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/slice-Homemade-Cinnamon-Roll-Cake-recipe-1024x683.jpg)
CAN I SUBSTITUTE WITH A BOXED CAKE MIX?
Yes you could. You could use a vanilla cake mix and then just make the cinnamon roll filling and swirl it around. Then continue with the rest of the baking instructions. I think a butter pecan, white and yellow boxed cake mixes would all work as well.
![From scratch cinnamon roll cake recipe from The Country Cook](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Cinnamon-Roll-Cake-main-image-683x1025.jpg)
INGREDIENTS NEEDED:
for the cake:3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white granulated sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, melted
for the cake:3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white granulated sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, melted
for the cinnamon filling:3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) salted butter, softened to room temp.
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
for the glaze:2 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
5 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON ROLL CAKE FROM SCRATCH:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it.) In a large bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer), combine ingredients for cake (except melted butter.)
![flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, vanilla,](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9232.jpg)
While your mixer is running, slowly add the 1/2 cup melted butter. Mix just until combined – overmixing flour in baked goods can make it tough and rubbery. Spread this batter evenly into your baking dish.
![vanilla cake batter poured into 9x13 baking dish](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9253.jpg)
Now to make the filling. In a small bowl, combine all your filling ingredients: softened butter, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon.
![brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, flour](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9241.jpg)
Stir until combined well.
![cinnamon roll filling](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9246.jpg)
Drop the cinnamon filling by spoonfuls onto the cake batter.
![cinnamon roll filling dropped by spoonfuls on vanilla cake batter](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9255.jpg)
Now the artistic part. Take a butter knife and make swirly, marble-effect patterns all around the cake. Drag the knife through both the cinnamon and cake batter.
![cinnamon swirls in cake batter](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9262.jpg)
Bake the cake for about 35-40 minutes (it took about 40 minutes in my oven), until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
![cinnamon roll cake, fully baked, golden brown](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9270.jpg)
While the cake is baking, make the glaze. Whisk together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in small bowl. Pour the glaze over the warm cake.
![drizzling icing on cinnamon roll cake](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IB1A9279.jpg)
The glaze is gonna settle into all those nooks and crannies.
![Homemade Cinnamon Roll Cake with icing](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Cinnamon-Roll-Cake-with-Icing.jpg)
![SLICE, From Scratch Cinnamon Roll Swirl Cake on a plate](https://www.thecountrycook.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SLICE-From-Scratch-Cinnamon-Roll-Swirl-Cake-on-a-plate.jpg)
Enjoy!
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