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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 cake is so delish, any time day or night.
I’m confused. It says make cake according to package directions but it also shows oil, water and eggs? Is that in addition to the package directions?
Thanks so much!
Should we be following your ingredient list or your instructions which state to follow directions on the cake mix box?
This was really good! However it needs way more than 15 minutes to bake. I think it’s a typo and needs 25
What does it mean to line half sheet pan with parchment paper? Is this half a cookie sheet? Seems like it would over flow, should be a full sheet?
I made this for my kids for brunch. It was bussin.. fire.. so good. Me and the family loved it. Thank you.
I just made this very delish cinnamon roll cake.
My question: I used half a sheet pan. At the suggested 15 minute baking time, it was not done. I ended up cooking it 30 minutes.
I baked this for 15 minutes and it was just liquid! So I then followed the instructions on the cake box.
I am thinking the bake time was a misprint?
What size sheet pan?
In the directions it says to line half of a sheet pan. Does this mean this is only going to be the half the size of a cookie sheet? This has me confused. If it’s only half of a sheet pan/cookie sheet that you use, how do you keep it from running off the liner? I want to make but maybe I am reading this wrong. Thanks
Why does the parchment paper only go on half the sheet pan ? I am going to be making this soon it looks yummy.
I made it!! It did not last long enough to take a picture. Lol. Easy and delicious.
Has anyone made this in a Bundt pan?
What size sheet pan do you use?
I didn’t care for this recipe. The cake was too soft. I was hoping for something more dense like a coffee cake.
I also question the directions regarding using a half sheet pan. I think it’s supposed to be a jelly roll pan, which is 15 x 10, rather than a half sheet which is 18 x 13. Judging by the amount of batter I went with the jelly roll pan and it turned out fine.
This is meant to be a thinner cake and when using a cake mix, it should puff up just fine using a half sheet pan. You’d get a thicker cake in a jelly roll pan. And using cake mixes means soft cake. Sorry you didn’t like it that much. If you want a denser cake, try this recipe: https://laurenslatest.com/bundt-cake-recipe/
I do not understand why no one has mentioned how difficult it is to stop the batter from crawling. There is no wall on one side and the batter does not stop moving. The batter is not thick enough to stay in place.
Hi Terri! In the recipe, I state to use a half sheet pan. That is basically a cookie sheet with sides. It won’t work with a pan that has no sides since this is after all cake batter!
A tiny bit confused- do I make this according to the cake box instructions like it says in the directions or follow what you wrote in the ingredients and add the eggs etc
Hi, wondering if this recipe will work in a bundt pan?
I have a question. How many pieces Does this make. This Wednesday I need to make enough for at least 60 kids for our church dinner each Wednesday I know you’re using a half pan so I know that it makes a large amount.
Well, it is made in a half sheet pan so the cake itself is quite large. If you want smaller pieces, you could easily cut this into 60. But those would be small. I would probably double the recipe.
I wish you had more comments from people who have actually tried your recipes than people wanting to. I’ve noticed this on several of your recipes. But Thank you for sharing.
Can you make this in a 10 x 15 sheet pan
After looking at this recipe, I wonder what size cake mix? This was in 2016, and I do not remember when the box mix size changed. Is it the newer version of just over 15oz, or the old one that was 18oz? It would make a difference in making this
Whichever box cake mix you use, just follow the directions on the back of the box to make the cake, then add the goodies to make it a cinnamon roll cake. Yes, I do remember them changing the cake mix box weight recently too. Though 2016 isn’t that recent. Haha!
Very easy and totally amazing!
I made this in a 9×13 glass dish and cooked it for 34 minutes. It was so moist and delicious! It is now the favorite dessert of my three granddaughters. My husband told me to keep the recipe, because it’s definitely a keeper!
What size pan pls?
Half sheet pan which is 18×13.