If you have been a reader of my website for any length of time, you know I love a cinnamon cake recipe. Heck, I am a cinnamon dessert fan in general! I’ve made: Easy Cinnamon Roll Cake, Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake, Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Bake, Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls, Cinnamon Roll Cookie Bars…heck, I’ve even made a Cinnamon Roll MILKSHAKE to name a few!
How to make Cinnamon Roll Layer CakeHow to make Cinnamon FrostingA delicious cinnamon glaze adds to the flavor of the cake!Get the Recipe
SO when I realized I had never made a Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake, I knew I needed to remedy that! Plus, cake for breakfast…you don’t have to twist my arm.
How to make Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake
This cinnamon roll cake recipe is a delicious, buttery, cinnamon cake. It’s soft, with a tender crumb. I use sour cream in this recipe, which adds to the moist texture of this cinnamon cake! The cinnamon cake batter comes together easily, and makes 3, 8- inch cake layers! And we all know a 3 layer cake means extra frosting. Get excited!
How to make Cinnamon Frosting
When the cakes are baking I made the cinnamon frosting. It’s a creamy cinnamon buttercream frosting recipe, and I’m having dreams of using this on cinnamon rolls! Also note this recipe makes A TON of frosting. I consider myself to have a heavy hand when it comes to buttercream, and I still had a lot left. I am certainly not complaining, though! And like I said…a little extra cinnamon frosting will be fab on my cinnamon rolls!
A delicious cinnamon glaze adds to the flavor of the cake!
A fun step in this recipe is the addition of a cinnamon glaze that you let soak into the cake. It really packs cinnamon flavor. You mix some brown sugar, cinnamon, powdered sugar, and water together! When the cakes are baked and cooled you can “level” them with a serrated knife to remove the domes. You do this so as you stack the layers they will be flat. You spread the glaze right on the top of the cake and let it soak in which happens quickly, especially when you level it… Now you just spread on some frosting… And repeat!! If you feel like getting fancy go ahead and use some of the extra cinnamon frosting to pipe swirls on the tops and/or around the bottom of the cinnamon roll layer cake. I used Wilton Tip 1M and Wilton disposable piping bags. Oh, and a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon to cover up my poor piping skills! Look at the slice! This Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake is a show stopper! This is a cinnamon cake recipe you will make time and time again! A few weeks ago I received Simply Beautiful Homemade Cakes by Lindsay Conchar. Lindsay is the talent behind the blog, Live, Love and Sugar. She makes some of the most delicious (and beautiful) cakes going right now. This cake recipe is from her book!
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