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Cinnamon Roll Cake

Judith Hannemann — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Cinnamon Roll Cake

This yummy cinnamon roll cake tastes just like the rolls you get at the mall–only easier!

Delicious And Easy

I’d seen this type of cake floating around the past few weeks in various groups I belong to on Facebook.

Yummy, buttery and simply perfect

Since I was planning on making more of my Cinnabon Rolls, I figured an easier and less time-consuming option wouldn’t be a bad idea. So I thought I’d give this a try.

I have no idea where the recipe originated. I have seen several renditions of the same thing over the past week, so what I did was take the best–or what I thought would be–of what I saw and combine it, plus adding a touch or 2 of my own cake-baking rituals. I use evaporated milk–only slightly reconstituted. It’s an old trick of using 2 parts evaporated milk to 1 part water in any cake for the liquid. It works and it works WELL.

Buttery Delight

The cake uses a lot of butter. The flavor and the texture is superb and this is just perfect for a lazy Sunday breakfast–a cup of coffee, a HUGE hunk of this and the Sunday papers and you have it made!

One thing I will try the next time is cutting the butter for the topping in half. It actually seemed a bit much to me because the amount of topping was HUGE. Go for it if you like a lot of topping and “candy” running through the actual cake–and remember there’s a lot of icing too. I’m not implying this tastes bad…OMG, it doesn’t, but I found as the cake cooled it became a texture-type thing, at least with me. If the cake doesn’t stand much chance of surviving a few hours, then this won’t be important. I only mention this for singles and empty-nesters who won’t finish a 13×9 cake in one day!!!

I’ve really fallen in love with this baker and that surprises me since I was never an Old World kinda gal. I was always more of a Floral Lace gal.

Temp-Tations Carved Old World Baker

But I have to say I simply LOVE this–it’ looks so rich, especially in the cream color I got it in.

Wonderful cake, wonderful baker

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Cinnamon Roll Cake

This yummy cinnamon roll cake tastes just like the rolls you get at the mall–only easier!

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time50

Course: Breakfast, cakes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cinnamon roll cake, cinnamon rolls recipe

Servings: 12

Calories: 582kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

CAKE

3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup water
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup butter melted

TOPPING

1 cup very soft butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbs cinnamon
2 tbs flour

GLAZE

2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla
4-7 tbs milk or cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray or grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
Mix all dry cake ingredients in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, beat egg with milk, water and vanilla. Add the melted butter to the dry cake ingredients, then stir in the egg/milk mixture, mixing until all dry ingredients are incorporated. It is important here NOT to use an electric mixer but to mix with a spoon--the "cake" is actually a muffin base by the amount of baking powder, so it should not be "over-mixed."
Pour cake batter into prepared pan. Set aside.
In another bowl, beat the topping ingredients until they resemble a paste--for this you CAN use an electric mixer.
Drop topping randomly over top of cake batter--I did 4 rows with 3 dollops in each row, each dollop being about 2 tbs. Now pull a knife through the cake and topping, "marblizing" the topping into the top part of the cake batter.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool slightly on a rack.
Mix the glaze ingredients in a small bowl, adding ONLY enough milk or cream to make a thick but pourable glaze--always start with the lowest amount of liquid.
Drizzle glaze over cake and let it set about 15 minutes. Cake may be served warm or completely cooled.
Makes about 12 servings.

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Cinnamon Roll Cake

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Cinnabon Rolls with Orange Kist Icing

Judith Hannemann — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Cinnabon Rolls with Orange Kist Icing

Famous Cinnabon rolls with an orange accent. Surprise–they are easy to make and perfect for Christmas breakfast!

Since I got my new professional-strength Kitchen Aid Pro 600 mixer, the ol’ Midnight Baker has gotten back to baking!

I’ve been wanting to make cinnamon rolls for a while now. I found this recipe for Cinnabon Rolls in several places…the furthest I can track it back is to AllRecipies.

Cinnabon Rolls with Orange Kist Icing

Rather than make them plain–and they probably would be good made the standard way, I decided to ramp up the taste a bit with some hints of orange. I love the combination of orange and cinnamon…so warm and spicy. And perfect for a drab winter day. The orange brings a hint of sunshine into the picture. At least for me.

Cinnabon Rolls with Orange Kist Icing are unbelievably yummy

This is a very rich sweet dough recipe, but it’s very easy to make, especially with a great stand mixer! I’ve given directions for bread machines as well.

A little hint here–but we just may be giving away a great Kitchen Aid mixer sometime after the New Year, so check back

Not only is the dough easy to make, the whole operation is easy. While it looks as if there are a lot of steps, each one is simple. Even the shaping is simple. The icing is easy too. You couldn’t ask for something so wonderfully flavored yet so darn easy to make.

If you don’t like orange, by all means leave the zest out of the filling and substitute vanilla for the orange extract.

Some sad news: It is with regret I have to tell you that these GORGEOUS pans, the Revol Cook & Play line of lidded bakers, will no longer be manufactured. Once all remaining stock is sold that will be that so if you want a great pan that holds up under professional use AND has a cover/lid that you can bake on, grab one while they are still available.

Cook and Play Covered Pan (approx 13 x 9)

Longer Shot of Pan

Amazon still has stock. I’ve provided a link below.

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Cinnabon Rolls with Orange Kist Icing

Famous Cinnabon rolls with orange icing. Surprise–they are easy to make and perfect for Christmas breakfast!

Prep Time3 10

Cook Time25

Total Time3 35

Course: desserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cinnabon rolls, cinnamon rolls recipe

Servings: 12

Calories: 524kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

Dough:

1 cup milk lukewarm
1/3 cup unsalted butter very soft, cut up
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp instant yeast SAF yeast or bread machine yeast
4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

Filling:

1 cup light brown sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp orange zest
1/3 cup unsalted butter soft

Icing:

1/4 cup unsalted butter soft
3 oz cream cheese soft
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp orange extract

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Instructions

Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Set aside.
Combine all dough ingredients in the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer. Mix until a soft dough forms. To knead by machine, change mixing paddle to the dough hook and knead for 4-7 minutes. Knead by hand 5-8 minutes. Dough should be soft but not sticky. Place about 1 tsp oil in the bottom of a large bowl. Add dough, coat bottom of dough with oil then turn oil-side up and cover with a greased sheet of plastic wrap. Set in a warm, draft-free place to rise until double, about 1 1/2-2 hrs depending on conditions.
Bread Machine Method: Add dough ingredients per bread machine instructions. Run on DOUGH cycle and let rise in the machine.
Punch down dough. Lightly oil your work surface. Turn out dough onto prepared work surface and roll into a rectangle 12 x 16-inches.
Spread the 1/3 cup butter evenly across the top of the dough. Mix the cinnamon, orange zest and brown sugar in a small bowl. Sprinkle evenly across buttered surface.
Roll up tightly starting from narrow end. Seal seam. Cut into 12 slices, 1-inch thick. Place in prepared baking pan 3 slices across short end, 4 slices down long end. Cover with greased plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft-free place to rise until double, about 45-60 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until rolls are golden brown on the top.
While rolls are baking, prepare frosting by placing cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and cream cheese well. Add the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time beating until smooth. Add the orange extract and beat until well blended.
Ice rolls while still very warm.
Serve warm or cooled. Makes 12 servings (12 rolls)

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Nothing smells better baking than cinnamon rolls

YUMMO

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