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This Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe is SO easy and SO delicious! After tasting this you will never want to make regular cinnamon rolls again!
I tried to avoid posting this Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe for a few weeks because I always like adding lots of dessert recipes to my blog much closer to Christmas. But, somehow, I couldn’t NOT post it because its one if the easiest and tastiest cakes I’ve made in a while.
I took some help from the store by using a cake mix to speed things up {because the holidays mean a lot less time spent in the kitchen…at least it does for me!} but if you wanted to make this from scratch, you could definitely use my Double Vanilla Sour Cream Cupcake recipe, swirled with the butter-cinnamon mixture and baked the same way as described below in the recipe.
In case you were wondering, this cake is the bomb dot com. It’s filled with lots of sweet and buttery crevices that are drizzled and filled with icing. SO good!!
Scroll down to get the printable recipe.
Have a wonderful weekend!
PS–if cinnamon cake isn’t your thing, try my perfect chocolate cake recipe with accompanying frosting. It’s one of my most popular recipes!
PSS – a half sheet pan measures 18x13x1. If you have 2 smaller quarter sheet pans (9x13x1), you can use those instead.
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Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe
Ingredients
for the cake mix-
- 1 package white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup water
for the cinnamon mixture-
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
for the icing-
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line half sheet pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Make cake mix according to package directions and spread evenly into a sheet pan.
- Mix melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together and drizzle across cake batter. Using a butter knife, swirl cinnamon mixture through cake batter.
- Bake about 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean after being inserted into the cake.
- While cake bakes, stir powdered sugar, vanilla, and just enough milk to create icing the consistency of white glue.
- Remove from oven and cool 5-10 minutes before drizzling with icing. Serve warm or at room temperature.
This is on the menu for Christmas morning.
Just wanted to let you know that this cake is AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for sharing it!!
Looks yummy! Love cinnamon, will try!
This sounds awesome! I was going to make cinnamon rolls for brunch on Christmas Eve but this is so much easier and sounds delicious! Thank you!
I love cinnamon buns and my husband loves cake, a match made in heaven for Christmas Day.
You make everything look so easy. Delicious and calorie scary but I do it anyway! This is in the files for don’t make it for me cuz I can scarf the pan before anyone gets any. Bad girl baking so delicious.
This will be the sweet treat on my Christmas morning buffet!
This is going to be our Christmas morning treat!
This looks like fun to make with my kids over Christmas break.
This looks so yummy! I might try it for Christmas morning.
Looks great – can’t wait to try it!
This looks amazing.
Nothing is better than the taste and aroma of cinnamon rolls!!!! Can’t wait to try this!
Oh my gosh, this looks incredible… can’t wait to try it!
Lauren, this looked so good, so I saved it to Pinterest. I needed a quick dessert, I had the ingredients so I made this cake. It was DELICIOUS!!! (It was really hard not commenting on that beautiful blue eyed baby)
I could eat this all by myself….not kidding….
I have made this and love it! I love pretty much everything that you post!!! Lol
This looks sooo good, I am going to have to make it. Like the sheet cake idea so you can have more to eat. Yumm.
Yay!!! Easy cinnamon rolls….nothing better!
This looks amazing! I’m definitely going to make this one of these cold winter days!
This looks easier than rolling the dough and waiting for dough to rise. I have made Cinnamon Rolls just one time lol – took so long to do. I will try this recipe for the holidays.
I can’t wait to try this. This looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
This looks amazing! Yum!
I think I’ll try this tonight!
I always make cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning but think I will make these instead. So much easier but look just as yummy!!!! Love getting your emails sent, such yummy ideas.
This looks amazing and so easy! Anxious to try it. Thanks Lauren!
This looks and sounds amazing. Definitely going to try this soon.
This looks so yummy! I need to try this soon!
Cant wait to try this
Looks absolutely delicious! Going to make it for Christmas Eve gathering! Thanks for the time you put into sharing with us!
This looks amazing and perfect to serve for the holidays when you have guests over.
Going to make this for Christmas morning,adding a sprinkle of nuts!
This looks perfect for Christmas morning!
This can be breakfast, right?! Maybe for Christmas…. 😉 still trying to decide on a Christmas breakfast tradition since our oldest is only 2! Any suggestions???
This looks so good! Even better that I can shorten the time by using a cake mix! Yay! Making this Christmas Eve I think!
This looks delicious!! My 4 year old says we HAVE to make it this weekend! 🙂
Love your recipes.
I made this the other day for my family’s Christmas gathering and it turned out perfect!!
This recipe is going to be a “must make Christmas morning” recipe! 🙂
This looks so good. I am going to make it for New Years brunch.
I’ll be making this for Christmas morning!
We always have cinnamon rolls in some form on Christmas morning! I’m looking forward to making this recipe this year! Looks amazing.
This looks amazing! We love cinnamon rolls in my house!
This is just what I was looking for…an easy but delicious looking dessert for the holidays! Thank you!! I have thoroughly enjoyed your blog!
This looks like something my family will enjoy. I am going to give it a try over the holidays. Thanks!
I love creative cakes that start with box mixes!
I think I’m going to have to try these on Christmas morning
I have made this several times and my family loves it! Thank you.
What an ingenious idea ! This will be a regular for us now ! SOOOO GOOOD ! I made a hard copy for my Special Recipe Notebook. These are the ones my family loves and wants all the time ! Thank you for your recipe !
I made this last weekend and it was so easy and delicious! My son been begging for cinnamon rolls for weeks. So I made this. He said it was way better than any cinnamon rolls ever!