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I really like making Cinnamon Rolls.
Love mixing the dough, rolling it out, watching them rise.
I adore the heavenly smell that wafts throughout my house and the sticky gooey-ness of each blissful bite.
But, my friends…there ain’t no denying it.
Cinnamon Rolls take a chunk of time to make, don’t they.
And it’s Christmas is this week, you know.
And you might need something FABULOUSLY tasty to make for your family’s Christmas morning breakfast of delight.
And you might not want to spend three hours doing it!
Don’t hang your head if you are planning on spending three hours on breakfast.
Don’t hang your head if you are planning on spending three hours on breakfast.
To each, her own.
Hold your head high if Cinnamon Rolls for Christmas morning are your thing.
You go girl. You are the bomb dot com.
You deserve a high five, three times over.
But if you would like to take a little load off,
and still enjoy the delightful flavors of a cinnamon roll
this Christmas morning…
Or any other morning, evening, afternoon or mid life crisis….
make this Cinnamon Roll cake!
Spend the 15 minutes it takes to assemble and then sit back and relax! It’s a cinnamon and butter delight, that will melt in your mouth with every bite. You most likely have all the ingredients to make it just sitting in your pantry this very second.
Make it.
Love it.
Be one with the the cinnamon and butter.
You won’t be sorry.
🙂 🙂 🙂
1. Into your stand mixer, or large mixing bowl put 3 C flour, 1/4 t salt, 1 C sugar, 4 t baking powder, 2 eggs
and 2 t vanilla. Pour the 1 1/2 C milk over the other ingredients and mix well.
2. While the mixer is still running slowly add the 1/2 C melted butter. Mix just until combined.
3. Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray and spread the batter out evenly in the pan.
4. To make the cinnamon filling use a small bowl and a wooden spoon to combine 1 C softened butter, 1 C brown sugar, 2 T flour and 1 T cinnamon.
5. Drop the cinnamon filling by spoonfuls onto the cake batter.
6. Take a butter knife and drag it through both the cinnamon and cake batter layers, making a pretty marble effect.
7. Bake this baby at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
8. In a small mixing bowl whisk together 2 C powdered sugar, 5 T milk and 1 t vanilla. Pour the glaze over the warm cinnamon cake. Serve warm, or at room temperature.
Enjoy this beauty!
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Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 3 C flour
- 1/4 t salt
- 1 C sugar
- 4 t baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 t vanilla
- 1 1/2 C milk
- 1/2 C butter, melted
- CINNAMON FILLING:
- 1 C butter, softened
- 1 C brown sugar
- 2 T flour
- 1 T cinnamon
- GLAZE:
- 2 C powdered sugar
- 5 T milk
- 1 t vanilla
Instructions
1. Into your stand mixer, or large mixing bowl put 3 C flour, 1/4 t salt, 1 C sugar, 4 t baking powder, 2 eggs and 2 t vanilla. Pour the 1 1/2 C milk over the other ingredients and mix well2. While the mixer is still running slowly add the 1/2 C melted butter. Mix just until combined.
3. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and spread the batter out evenly in the pan.
4. To make the cinnamon filling use a small bowl and a wooden spoon to combine 1 C softened butter, 1 C brown sugar, 2 T flour and 1 T cinnamon.
5. Drop the cinnamon filling by spoonfuls onto the cake batter.
6. Take a butter knife and drag it through both the cinnamon and cake batter layers, making a pretty marble effect.
7. Bake this baby at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
8. In a small mixing bowl whisk together 2 C powdered sugar, 5 T milk and 1 t vanilla. Pour the glaze over the warm cinnamon cake. Serve warm, or at room temperature.
Enjoy this beauty!
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Oh, my Heavens! This is an answer to my prayers! Now I can make “cinnamon rolls” for Christmas breakfast, and still make it to church on time. Of course, my hips an thighs don't thank you, because now I will be tempted to make this yummy treat quite often! You are the best!
Brilliant AND WELL PRESENTED vidS how to make our own food. These free from the mass produced cialhcems that are not good to eat long term. Thank you for these vids. I will certainly be trying to encourage my family to do what you have taught us, in your facinating vids to date. My REGARDS
Couldn't you put this together the night before, so you can just throw it in the oven while you get to the presents? Then, just throw the glaze on, eat and get back to presents/playing. (Or, off to church, as is the case this year!)
Robyn – the batter won't rise properly in the oven if you make it the night before because of the baking powder. It will start to react and give off gas immediately. Maybe you could mix everything but leave the baking powder out until the morning.
I have this cake in the oven right now! My husband will be thrilled when he gets home. Thanks for the recipe!
ur voice is just lik nike delfino off of derepsat housewive, never useeeearificial powder like grlc alays us fresh, just blitz it in the procesor,, if u churn it slowly at the end it’ll be lovely ad speadable, a bit of olive oil b4 churning keeps it light an dlicious but still firm an set
My family loves cinnamon rolls. I'm thrilled to get to try this quick and easy recipe tomorrow morning! It looks yummy! Thankyou!
I just made this and I and happy to say it is one of my favorites…
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Yummy, this looks so good. Thanks for sharing the recipe! I truly enjoy your blog!! 🙂
I made this tonight and we all LOVED it! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. 🙂
I LOVE this recipe, but I'm having a tough time with it. We don't have a countertop mixer, don't know if we're not mixing it properly enough and that's why we're having a tough time getting the batter to rise/bake propertly, or if we're doing something wrong elsewhere.
Does the pan have to be ceramic? We're using glass…
The kids and I made this four times since Christmas trying to get it right, much to their delight, since they love it no matter how it comes out 😀
P.S. THANK YOU for putting the amounts/measurements right in the instructions as we follow along — stops us from scrolling up and down.
Hi JD,
Thanks for your feedback on the measurements being added to the instructions. I've had a few requests for that lately and am happy to hear you like it.
A glass pan should work fine. Are you using hand held beaters? Also, could your baking powder be old?
Thanks,
~Jamie
Sorry it has taken me a bit of time to get back to you!
I made this recipe this afternoon and it turned out beautifully! I only baked it for 35 minutes, then let it cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes before adding the glaze. It was moist and delicious!
LOVE this recipe…quick, easy & so good!! I used Stephanie's suggestions for the cinnamon filling which was just right and I used my own cinnamon roll icing recipe of 2 cups confection sugar (sifted), 1/2 cup butter & 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Add 1-2tblsp. of warm milk to get the desired consistency.
cake was yummy and easy and fun…love that you include the amt. with the ingredients as the recipe progresses-no need to scroll back up…the pictures are fantastic…i use them with my kids and my kiddos on the autism spectrum get more of it ..so thank you so much