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

Thanks to Cookin' Up North

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!