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Gooey Cinnamon Roll Sheet Cake

Cinnamon Roll Sheet Cake

If you love homemade cinnamon rolls but hate how long they take to make you'll love this cinnamon roll sheet cake recipe. The batter comes together in one bowl. Is swirled with cinnamon and sugar. And topped with the most delicious cream cheese frosting. It is moist and gooey just like a cinnamon roll. Perfect for a crowd or large gathering since it's baked in a sheet pan.
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Servings: 32 cake slices
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Vanilla Cake
  • 2 cup organic cane sugar
  • ½ cup avocado oil or canola oil
  • 3 eggs room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • 2 ½ cup organic all purpose unbleached flour
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 ¼ cup milk room temperature
Cinnamon Swirl
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • ½ cup organic brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose unbleached flour
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 3 cup organic powdered sugar
  • 2 oz full fat plain cream cheese room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract
  • 4 tablespoons heavy cream

Equipment

  • 1-2 Mixing bowl
  • 1 Dough Whisk or whisk
  • 1 Measuring Cup Set
  • 1 Rubber Spatula
  • 1 Sheet Pan
  • 1 Hand Mixer
  • 1 Sifter

Method
 

Cake
  1. Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Then grease and flour a standard 12x18 baking sheet and set aside for later.
  3. In a large mixing bowl add the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract and whisk together until combined.
  4. Then mix in the sour cream or greek yogurt.
  5. Now sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until the last bit of flour disappears.
  6. Pour the cake batter into the flour and greased baking sheet pan and tap it against the counter a few times to release and air bubbles.
Cinnamon Swirl
  1. Let's make the cinnamon swirl.
  2. Begin by melting the butter and then add in the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon to the butter and mix together with a fork until combined.
  3. Drizzle the cinnamon paste all over the cake and swirl it in with a knife in figure 8 motions.
  4. Bake the cake at 350 F for 20-25 or until a toothpick has been inserted and comes out mostly clean, with a few crumbs.
  5. Once baked, remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely before making the frosting.
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. Now that the cake has cooled prepare the frosting.
  2. In another large bowl, add softened butter and cream cheese and mix together with a hand mixer until smooth.
  3. Add in a cup of powdered sugar and mix until combined.
  4. Keep adding a cup of powdered sugar at one time and make sure to mix in between each cup until 3 cups have been reached.
  5. Then add in the vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract) and heavy cream and beat the frosting with the hand mixer for 2-3 minutes until creamy and silky.
  6. Dollop the frosting onto the cooled cake and spread using the rubber spatula or an offset spatula.
  7. Slice, eat and enjoy. You can get 32 even slices from a large sheet cake.

Notes

If you want to make a layered cake, pour the cake batter into two 9 inch greased and floured cake pans that have been lined with parchment paper on the bottom. Bake the cake 350 F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out moistly clean with a few crumbs. Then cool the cake, frost and stack as normal.