Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls.
So… I didn’t just make one outrageous cinnamon roll last weekend.
I clearly made two.
I think this is the end of the cake batter era. Unless I come up with something even more ridiculous to create with a cake batter flavor, I’m pretty cake battered out.
Even the glaze is a cake batter glaze!
These are just as simple as the regular cinnamon rolls, and perhaps simpler than the cookie dough stuffed version. I layered a good amount of cake mix on the dough along with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. It worked perfectly. They mix dissolved, leaving the rolls with the cake batter flavor.
In all of this cake batter madness I’ve had going on lately, there is one thing I haven’t been able to master: the cake batter flavor without the actual cake mix! I have tried trial after trial of sugar + vanilla combination and just can’t get it. I can’t even find anything on google… and google usually answers everything. Every other “cake batter” recipe I find uses the actual cake mix, hence my usage of the mix. I don’t mind – I’m still using the same box from the cake batter chocolate bark – but I think it would be really cool to be able to create the cake batter flavor from scratch.
No can do.
So these tasted just how they look – over the top.
Holy sugar rush.
Of course I find them wildly fun with all of the sprinkles going on. I think it’s time to buy stock in sprinkles. And head to the dentist.
Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
Cinnamon Rolls
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 package dry yeast, or 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup of yellow cake mix
- melted butter
- cinnamon
- sugar
- sprinkles
Cake Batter Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup yellow cake mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
- sprinkles
Instructions
Cinnamon Rolls
- Mix the milk, sugar and oil in a large pot. Scald the mixture, then let cool for one hour. When it has cooled (but is still slightly warm), sprinkle the yeast into the milk mixture and let it sit for a minute. Add four cups of flour and mix until a dough forms, then cover and let rise for at least one hour.
- After an hour, add the remaining 1/2 cup of flour, baking soda and powder and mix. I use my hands to make sure the dough completely comes together. Flour your workspace and roll the dough with a rolling pin until it’s thin and somewhat rectangular, then brush with melted butter (as much as you want – I use at least one melted stick) and generously cover with cinnamon, sugar and 3/4 cup cake mix. Sprinkle on sprinkles, then starting with the end away from you, roll the dough into a line towards you. Slice the rolls about 1 inch thick and lay in pans (I use aluminum 9 inch cake pans) that have been brushed with melted butter. Let the rolls rise for about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
Cake Batter Glaze
- Mix ingredients together until a smooth glaze forms. If needed, add more liquid one drop at a time until desired consistency is reached. Pour over cinnamon rolls then cover in sprinkles.
Notes
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177 Comments on “Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls.”
Jessica, seriously – you put Martha Stewart to shammme. You rock :)
FREAKING YUM!!!!
omgggggg! Those look so flippin good!!!
You are a GENIUS. That looks absolutely incredible! Sprinkles make everything better :)
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You are an evil, evil woman!
Well, gooooood morning to you too!
You are all kinds of crazy (in a good way of course)…lol. Cake batter is one of my favourite things in the world. To use it as a glaze is GENIUS!!
I’ve never tried this, but maybe it would give a flavor you like?
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/princess-cake-flavor-4-oz
Ah! In all of my searching I have not found this before. Thank you Corinne!
Certainly! I tend to like King Arthur stuff=)
WOW i have to get that extract along with the 10 others from that company! good job on the search!
This was what I was going to suggest. It has been on my wish list for ages but I still haven’t tried it!
I try to recreate those flavors too, but I fear it is the “made in New Jersey” part that makes them taste so stinkin’ good! These look fun and delicious!
Holy moly!!! I feel my pants popping already! Delish :)
Cake battered out? Is that possible?! ;)
I was thinking of trying this the next time I made cinn rolls! Great minds think alike! As far as going for the cake batter flavor, why don’t you try one of the many “homemade funfetti” recipes out there…. I’ve printed a few… most call for some almond extract and vanilla extract- maybe the almond flavor is what you’re missing? Some call for a little lemon extract… Try using some of those flavors with cake ingredients in super small amounts to make a mini batch of batter… or a hell of a lot of it to keep adding to all your stuff?
Hahahah that’s what I feel like I’ve been doing too… I have tried 3 or 4 “homemade” cake mixes and still can’t get the flavor replicated. Did you see someone just linked a cake extract? I think I have to get that!!
AGAIN with the cake batter!
These look soooo good
Those look so awesome!! =D Could you ship some to Brazil, pretty please?
drooling here…wish I had one of these for my breakfast!! :)
I love this idea! The flavor of cake batter is wonderful, so nice to experience it in ways that don’t involve raw eggs! I almost just typed “rawl” instead of “raw” and now “raw” isn’t looking right. Wow, it’s only 9:30 here on the east coast and I am losing it. Anyway, thanks for sharing this recipe :)
Those look amazing! This morning, I had some maple bacon and thought of you!
reading this before the gym….WHY DO I DO THIS!!!!! haha have a wonderful weekend, Jessica! xo
Wow, you have the most scrumptious looking recipes. You are pretty much totally awesome. I’m so glad that I found your blog. Thanks for existing!
My teeth hurt just looking at these! I have some funfetti cake mix in my pantry and I think I just found an answer for it! Apologizing in advance to my thighs and those who will have to see me in a bathing suit next month! ;)
Heaven on a plate.
Who needs birthday cake when you can make these? Stick a candle in them and I’d be happy!
Holy Heaven!
I found cake batter extract at this website
http://www.amoretti.com/home
Amongst a variety of other ones that I would have never imagined!
Wow! I think this will keep me busy for a few hours. Thanks!
Cake Batter comes to breakfast again. This is my kind of cinnamon roll!
Please send some of these to Halifax, NS. Canada. Thank you :-)
i think you’ll figure it out eventually :) i’ll wait patiently for that day!
for the record, you are the best person in the entire world.
the GREATEST.
i refuse to let you stop making cake batter flavored things!
i can’t wait to try these!
ps- i just started an internship working at a fancy hotel in the catering/party planning department yesterday, and tonight is my first wedding to go to. can i just tell you how much food there’s going to be, and how hard it’s going to be to not eat it all.
i realllllyyyy hope i get to have some. i might go crazy if i can’t.
I think I love you! Have fun tonight. :)
I was gonna suggest the cake batter extracts as well! I love adding extracts (esp cheesecake and cake batter flavors to Greek yogurt and smoothies!) Capella also makes good flavors!
https://www.lorannoils.com/p-8979-cake-batter-flavor-fountain.aspx
Awesome! Thanks!
Those look outrageously good.
you’re like the cake batter goddess. I’m so glad I stumbled on your site…it’s so fun and entertaining. If I wasn’t trying to be “healthy” I would so make these.
Hahah thank you so much!
Ohhh man – these look awesome!!
They look so fun!
You just made my weekend…
I’ve never seen cinnamon rolls with sprinkles on them. I can’t look away! I’m sure that cake batter glaze is to *die* for.
Every time I think you’ve outdone yourself you do it again. Looks amazing!
You are the cake batter queen Jessica!
Un.be.lievable. My husband is going to kill me if I keep reading your blog. haha!
I love your current obsession with cake batter- all of your creations are just so pretty :) Awesome weekend breakfast? I think so
You are a wild woman!!!!!!
You devil :)
Please, PLEASE don’t say the cake batter era is over. I just had cake batter pancakes for supper this week….delicious!
you are insane. And I mean that in all the best ways… :)
love,
cathy b.
p.s.my yoga pants are getting stretchier than ever since i started following your blog. True fact.
Brilliant as always!! These look heavenly!!!
Wow! I’m so impressed and jealous I didn’t think of this first. The texture combo would seem so perfect.
I need these in my life, like yesterday. For reals.
Hahahaha I don’t know why I didn’t see this coming. Only you. I love it.
This makes me want to cry. I cannot make these because the fiance is away for a few more weeks and I don’t think I could manage to eat them all. :( I have the dentist’s-kid syndrome and I have a love/ indifferent relationship with sweets. Except for these cinnamon rolls – having made the original Pioneer Woman version my mouth is watering for a cake-battered-up version!
Let’s talk about how sprinkles make everything better. I’m pretty sure that if you had children, you would be the favorite mom- who else makes cake batter cinnamon rolls?
LOL! Thanks. :)
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