Searching for a deliciously sweet take on a classic coffee cake for breakfast or brunch? Give this cinnamon roll breakfast cake a try with your morning coffee.
Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Cake Recipe
For the topping, I saw a recipe somewhere for coffee cake, but the topping was made with melted butter, which sounded a bit strange, but I decided to give it a try.
For the recipe, I used a recipe I have for the batter and changed up the melted butter idea for the center and topping of the breakfast cake. I did end up adding oats to mine to thicken it up a bit, but the results were good, in my opinion.
It definitely turned out to be more of a breakfast cake than a coffee cake with the traditional crumble type topping. But overall, I was happy with the results.
To make this cinnamon roll breakfast cake, you really don’t need a whole lot of ingredients, just the following:
- Flour
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Butter
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Egg
- Sour Cream
- Vanilla
- Oats
- Cinnamon
For the complete list of detailed ingredients and instructions for the cinnamon roll breakfast cake, please see the recipe card located at the end of this post. If you don’t want to read through this entire post, feel free to skip down to the recipe.
First, you’ll preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9×9 baking pan with nonstick spray.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix. Next, you’ll cut in the butter and then mix using the mixer to combine completely.
Add the egg, sour cream, vanilla, and 1/4 cup of milk. Using a mixer, combine completely. If needed, add the remaining milk until you get a cake batter consistency.
Next, we are going to prepare the center and topping by melting butter. Once the butter is melted, mix in brown sugar, cinnamon, and oats.
Next, pour 1/2 to 3/4 of the batter into your prepared baking dish.
Add about 1/4 of the brown sugar on top of the batter you just placed in the pan and swirl it into the batter using a spoon.
Pour the reaminaing batter on top of the brown sugar mixture evenly, and top off with the remaining brown sugar mixture, swirling it into the batter a little bit.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick done in the center. Remove the cinnamon roll breakfast cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely; the top will harden up a bit.
Enjoy a slice of the cinnamon roll breakfast cake with your favorite coffee for breakfast or brunch with family and/or freinds.
Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1 larege egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup milk
Topping
- 1 cup melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup oats
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon (More or less to your taste buds)
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare 9×9 baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut the butter into flour mixture then mix using mixer to combine.
- Add egg, sour cream, vanilla, and 1/4 cup milk and mix completely. If needed, add the remaining milk until you get a cake batter type consistency.
Center/Topping
- Melt butter, add brown sugar, cinnamon, and oats and mix completely.
- Pour 1/2 to 3/4 of the batter into your prepared baking pan.
- Next add about 1/4 of the brown sugar mixture and using a spoon, swirl the brown sugar into the cake some, it doesn't have to be a lot.;
- Pour the remaining batter on top and spread it as evenly as possible.
- Pour the remaining brown sugar mixture on top and swirl it into the batter a little bit.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpicks done in the center.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, and the top will harden up a bit.
I found the melted butter topping idea from a coffee cake recipe from Cakes Cottage.
If you decide to give this recipe a try, leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts! We love hearing from you, also if you have any ideas you’d like to share or fun twists you added to the recipe let us know. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy.
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