Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake is the best of all worlds, easy, sweet and impressive! It has all the flavors of a delicious cinnamon roll with about 5% of the effort. With a delicious sweet glaze, and even a few seconds in the microwave the following day, it will be the best accessory to that cup of coffee we all look forward to in the morning.
Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday and I’m not too excited. We live pretty far from family, so there is no celebration to attend and our little ones are too young to understand what Mother’s Day is. Instead, I am using it as an opportunity to save my calories until Memorial Day when I blow through them with lots and lots of bbq. That being said, I will take any excuse to make a delicious meal for someone, especially a brunch meal. This week we will explore some delicious Mother’ Day options for your weekend needs.
Let’s start the Easy Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake by setting the oven to preheat at 350 degrees.
Mix flour, salt, sugar, baking powder with a whisk. In a separate bowl mix the milk, eggs and vanilla. Mix the wet and dry together, then add in the melted butter.
Use some baking spray to spray a rectangular cake pan, 9×13, then pour the batter evenly into the pan.
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and spread evenly on the cake.
Using a knife or fork, start swirling the brown sugar and cinnamon into the cake until it resembles this picture. Bake for 30 minutes, let cool completely.
Mix the powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and water until it is a consistency like pancake syrup. Pour over the cake and it will set into a harder glaze. Enjoy this Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake with a fantastic cup of coffee.
Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-2 tablespoon water
Instructions
Set oven to preheat at 350 degrees.
Mix flour, salt, sugar, baking powder with a whisk. In a separate bowl mix the milk, eggs and vanilla. Mix the wet and dry together, then add in the melted butter. Mix until well combined.
Use some baking spray to spray a rectangular cake pan, 9x13, then pour the batter evenly into the pan.
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and spread evenly on the cake. Use a knife or fork to swirl the sugar and cinnamon into the batter.
Bake for 30 minutes, let cool completely.
Mix the powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and water until it is a consistency like pancake syrup.
- Pour over the cake and it will set into a harder glaze.
- Enjoy with a fantastic cup of coffee
The cake was great but I had to make a lot of changes. First of all the batter was way to flowery! It tasted like I had a wet lump of flower, cinnamon, and sugar in my mouth. Then when I baked it it was completely raw at 30 minutes so I doubled it. Overall it was delicious and a perfect winter treat with some hot cocoa.
wow this recipe is AMAZING. it’s so easy to make and i had all the ingredients at home. i added a little bit of nutmeg too. i definitely recommend it’s so good.
This was a complete disaster. Not only was the cake raw in the center and overdone to the point of fail on the edges, the glaze required much more than 1-2 T of water and tasted awful. What a disappointment. Wish I had tested the recipe prior to having several people waiting to eat cake.
Made this for my family just for fun and it was a big hit!!! I over baked it slightly because our oven is being temperamental, but even with that slight hiccup it was very well received. I also very much enjoyed it, and I loved how simple a recipe it was!! Thank you!!
Do you use vanilla powder or vanilla extract?
Extract 🙂
Enjoy!
This recipe did not work ?, wouldn’t recommend!
Hi Brittany, this is one of the most made recipes on the site, I would love to help you troubleshoot it if you’d like? Happy Thanksgiving!
Umm I will bake tomorrow
Really beautiful cake that came out perfectly! Tastes amazing!
Something for me went wrong in the baking process because the center of my cake wont cook.