Here are two cozy bakery favorites — a soft Cinnamon Roll Cake and a buttery Crumb Cake. I’ll give you both recipes so you can choose your vibe 😊
🍥 Cinnamon Roll Cake (No Yeast!)
Tastes like a cinnamon roll but made as an easy cake.
🧁 Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup melted butter
Cinnamon Swirl
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ½ cup softened butter
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp milk
- ½ tsp vanilla
🥣 Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×13 pan.
2️⃣ Mix cake ingredients until smooth. Pour into pan.
3️⃣ Mix swirl ingredients and drop spoonfuls over batter. Swirl with knife.
4️⃣ Bake 30–35 minutes.
5️⃣ Drizzle glaze over warm cake.
✔ Soft, gooey, and perfect with coffee.
🍰 Classic Crumb Cake
Thick buttery cake with a heavy crumb topping.
🧁 Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Crumb Topping
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup melted butter
🥣 Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2️⃣ Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla.
3️⃣ Mix in sour cream.
4️⃣ Stir in dry ingredients. Spread into greased 9×9 pan.
5️⃣ Mix crumb topping and sprinkle generously over batter.
6️⃣ Bake 35–40 minutes.
✔ Buttery, crumbly, bakery-style texture.
💡 Want to Combine Them?
You can add a cinnamon swirl layer to the crumb cake for a hybrid cinnamon-roll crumb cake 👀
If you’d like, I can give you:
- A yeast-raised cinnamon roll version
- A New York–style crumb cake
- Or a quick 1-hour cinnamon roll recipe
