Cinnamon Roll Sheet Cake Recipe

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This recipe uses all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, buttermilk, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, cream cheese, and powdered sugar. The ingredients create the perfect balance of tender cake with cinnamon swirls and tangy frosting.
Learn how to cook Cinnamon Roll Sheet Cake Recipe by first making a vanilla cake batter, creating a cinnamon-sugar mixture for swirling, and preparing cream cheese frosting. Layer the components in a sheet pan, swirl with a knife, then bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes until golden. Once cooled, top with cream cheese frosting for that classic cinnamon roll flavour in cake form.
Absolutely! You can bake this sheet cake 1-2 days in advance and store it covered at room temperature. For best results, add the cream cheese frosting the day of serving or store frosted cake in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. The flavours actually develop nicely after a day.
A sinking cinnamon swirl typically happens when the mixture is too heavy. Adding flour to your cinnamon-sugar mixture (as this recipe does) helps prevent sinking. Also, ensure your cake batter has proper consistency and avoid overmixing after adding the swirl components.
For perfect cream cheese frosting, ensure ingredients are softened but still cool. Beat cream cheese and butter together first until completely smooth before adding sifted powdered sugar gradually. Avoid overbeating which can make it runny, and chill briefly if too soft for spreading.
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