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gooey slice of easy cinnamon roll cake with vanilla glaze dripping

Easy Cinnamon Roll Cake

"Fluffy vanilla cake swirled with buttery cinnamon sugar and topped with creamy glaze—no yeast required
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Ingredients
  

  • ### Ingredients
  • - 3 cups all‑purpose flour 15 oz
  • - ¾ tsp sea salt
  • - 1 cup granulated sugar
  • - 4 tsp baking powder
  • - 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • - 2 large eggs
  • - 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • - ½ cup salted butter melted
  • #### Cinnamon Swirl
  • - 1 cup salted butter softened
  • - 1 cup dark brown sugar packed
  • - 2 Tbsp flour
  • - ⅛ tsp sea salt
  • - 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  • #### Glaze
  • - 2½ cups powdered sugar
  • - 3 Tbsp melted butter
  • - ⅓ cup warm heavy cream
  • - Dash sea salt
  • - 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • ### Instructions
  • Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line & grease 9 × 13 pan.
  • Whisk dry ingredients. Beat in cream, eggs, vanilla. Drizzle in melted butter.
  • Spread batter. Beat swirl ingredients; drop & marble.
  • Bake 35–40 min until toothpick nearly clean.
  • Whisk glaze; drizzle over hot cake. Cool 15 min, slice, enjoy!

Notes

- Add pecans for crunch.
- Freeze squares up to 2 months.
- Reheat 10 sec in microwave for gooey texture.