Here is a full homemade recipe for Cinnamon Roll Cake with Vanilla Glaze—soft, buttery, and tastes like cinnamon rolls but much easier to make. 🍰✨

🧁 Cinnamon Roll Cake with Vanilla Glaze

⏱ Time

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 30–35 minutes
Total: ~50 minutes

🥮 Ingredients

Cake Batter

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1½ cups milk
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup unsalted butter (melted)

Cinnamon Swirl

¾ cup unsalted butter (softened)
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tbsp ground cinnamon

Vanilla Glaze

2 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Preheat Oven

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.

2️⃣ Make Cake Batter

In a large bowl mix:

flour
sugar
baking powder
salt

Add:

milk
eggs
vanilla
melted butter

Mix until smooth.

Pour batter into the prepared pan.

3️⃣ Make Cinnamon Swirl

In another bowl mix:

softened butter
brown sugar
flour
cinnamon

Mix until smooth and creamy.

Drop spoonfuls over the cake batter.

Use a knife to swirl it through the batter.

4️⃣ Bake

Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

5️⃣ Make Vanilla Glaze

Mix together:

powdered sugar
milk
vanilla

Stir until smooth.

6️⃣ Finish

Pour the glaze over the warm cake so it melts slightly into it.

🍰 Serving Tips

Best served warm.
Perfect with coffee or tea. ☕
Can add cream cheese glaze instead of vanilla for richer flavor.

✅ Texture: soft cake with gooey cinnamon swirl
✅ Flavor: like homemade cinnamon rolls but quicker

If you want, I can also give you:

Bakery-style Cinnamon Roll Cake recipe (super moist)
Air fryer version
Eggless Cinnamon Roll Cake recipe.