Cinnamon Brunch Cake

By á-25138

This sweet cake is swirled with cinnamon and brown sugar and must be shared! It's perfect for a brunch and easy to toss together. I can't promise you won't want seconds. I can promise you that seconds will send you into a sugar coma...but in a good way.

Have you ever tried those Cinnabon Muffin mixes sold at Sam's Club? If you replaced the yellow cake mix with a white one, I think this tastes pretty close. Be careful not to under bake the cake, it stays very moist with all the sour cream, eggs and oil. You will find little, gooey pockets of sugar from swirling the batter.

Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix *
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup oil (halved I use 1/4 c. plus 1/8 cup)
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 5 Tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Details

Adapted from stellabskitchen.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Blend by hand: cake mix, eggs, sour cream, oil and cinnamon. Mix in another bowl, brown sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Pour half the cake batter
into a greased cake pan, top with half the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture, then the remaining cake batter, followed by the remaining brown sugar/cinnamon. Using a knife, swirl the cake to marble. Bake at 325 for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. For glaze, mix powdered sugar, cinnamon, milk and vanilla and pour on still hot cake. Cool a bit before serving. Once glaze has set, cut into small squares.

*This is incredibly sweet! Halve the ingredients and measure out 1 1/4 cup plus 1/8 cup of dry cake mix for an 8x8 pan. Save the remaining half cake mix for another brunch. You can also use half the glaze amount for a drizzled cake. I kind of like bits of crunchy sugar peaking through the glaze.