Saturday, October 15, 2011

Cinnamon Swirl Cake


Very buttery and cinnamon-y....



Fresh from the oven!

Finished cake with vanilla glaze on top!


I adore pinterest.com. It's a fantastic site created just for the purpose of wasting time looking at beautiful and helpful things.

A picture of a cinnamon swirled cake caught my eye and I had to try it!

It turned out swimmingly.


Cinnamon Swirl Cake

Cake:
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp.salt
1 cup sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted



Cinnamon Swirl:
1 cup butter, softened near melting
1 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Mix all cake ingredients together except for the butter.
Stir in the butter gently right before transferring to a large greased pan. Transfer to pan.
Mix all cinnamon swirl ingredients together and drop onto top of cake. Swirl with a knife. Make a lovely design.
Bake at 350 for 28-32 minutes.

Vanilla bean Glaze:
2 c. powdered sugar
5 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla bean extract or 3 vanilla beans

Mix all ingredients and drizzle over cake.




Here's a few things I altered:
I split the recipe into two 9 inch springform pans.
I also didn't add all of the melted butter to the batter before I put it all in the pans.
I just drizzled the butter over the top of the cake and then added the cinnamon swirl. Seemed to work out okay.
I ended up baking them both at the same time for about 26 minutes.
I also only made a half recipe of the glaze and it seemed to be sufficient, not drowning in it.


A great and simple recipe. I think this cake recipe could be a base for general vanilla cakes, or even lemon cakes.

Try it! Get in the kitchen and be creative!

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