I realized only after I started to type this blog post that Pat managed to make me bake him two different things for his birthday :) He's lucky I like him. But anyway, the day before his birthday, he requested pretzels and I baked the 30-minute soft pretzels. Then I had a really bad cold for a couple weeks, and when I was back up and alive, I offered to make him a belated birthday cake. Smartly he chose not to remind me that I had already baked him his birthday treat, and after a list of the items in my Pinterest dessert board, he settled on the cinnamon roll cake.
This is a cake I was happy to make, not just because Pat is an awesome cousin, but because I really like cinnamon rolls. I've made 45-minute cinnamon rolls, regular cinnamon rolls (I even baked a batch last summer while I waited for our photographer to come do our engagement photos), and even cinnamon buns with chocolate. But let's be honest: even the 45-minute ones are pretty time-consuming. Cinnamon rolls are not the quickest recipe in the world, especially if you want to do them right. So I was very intrigued by the idea of a cinnamon roll cake. It has all the flavors of a roll, minus the lengthy process. In fact, this is a super fast and easy cake, even considering that it has three "components."
The cake is basically just a regular vanilla cake, but then you mix up butter (okay, a lot of butter), brown sugar, flour and cinnamon and pour it on top, and swiiiiiirl it into the cake batter. After it bakes, you pour on a glaze while it's still warm. Doesn't that sound crazy good? Well I think it is. It was very rich and sweet with lots of cinnamon flavor. I will say that it's not half as good the second day, so it's definitely something you want to make for a hungry crowd that will devour it all immediately :) Mom of course said it was too sweet, but the birthday boy was more than happy!
Recipe:
cinnamon roll cake
from Rumbly in my Tumbly
Ingredients:
for cake:
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
for topping:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
for glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all cake ingredients together except for the butter. Slowly stir in melted butter and pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
2) For the topping, mix all the ingredients together until well combined. Drop evenly over the batter and swirl with a knife. Bake for 28 - 32 minutes.
3) Mix together all glaze ingredients. While cake is still warm, drizzle glaze on top.
My New Year's Resolution in 2012 was to be a better, more confident cook . I hoped to use this blog to chronicle my culinary adventures (and misadventures). Ever since, I have been hooked, and the kitchen is my happy place! I have also become a vegetarian in that time. I may cook some weird things, but they're really good! Trust the vegetarian, okay?
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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