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With a flavor like cinnamon rolls and a topping that is the ultimate cinnamon toast crunch, this cake is an awesome surprise. If you love cinnamon toast, this is the cake for you!
The sides of the cake form a phenomenal buttery cinnamon crunch layer that is irresistible. I’ve served this cake for breakfast, for an afternoon snack, for a late night dessert; it is irresistible at any time of the day!
I made this cake for the first time when I was a little girl. While flipping through my cake recipe binder the other day, I saw this recipe and couldn’t resist making it right then. I fell in love with it all over again.
Lucky for me, my boys fell in love with it too and they have already requested it again for the next birthday.
This is a cake that has never failed to impress our guests. It might look simple and unimpressive at first glance, but one bite is all it takes to win a person over.
With just a few ingredients that are likely to already be in the pantry, this has been one of my favorite desserts for over twenty years.
I love this so much that I’ve made Cinnamon Toast Bars as well. I’ve even made a Cinnamon Toast Ice Cream!
My friend Rebecca at Foodie with Family has made this cake in both traditional and vegan versions and her family and friends loved them.
Her post eventually led to a community thread over at King Arthur Flour. The comments made me laugh as they proclaimed their love for the Cinnamon Toast Bars and the Cinnamon Toast Cake.
Check out all of the Gluten Free Dessert Recipes on this website!
Cinnamon Toast Cake
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour*
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons butter melted and semi-cooled
*Gluten-Free Alternative
- 1¼ cup brown rice flour
- ½ cup tapioca starch
- ¼ cup potato starch
Topping Ingredients
- ½ cup butter melted
- ½ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 10" square pan (8" or 9" works as well). Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the milk, vanilla,and butter. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 25 minutes (27 minutes for 8" pan).
- While the cake is baking, combine the topping ingredients and whisk together. Remove the cake from the oven after 25 minutes and pour the topping across the cake.
- Bake the cake for an additional 10 minutes until the cinnamon layer is bubbling. Let cool before serving. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
{Recipe originally published 10-22-2011 – recipe card updated 7/11/14}
This sounds absolutely wonderful. And egg free too, which is great since I don't always have fresh eggs in the refrigerator. The photos did not appear on the blog
Mary this sounds amazing!! I love anything with lots of cinnamon flavor! My newphew has an egg alergy this would be a great one to make when he comes to visit!
I am with you on the whole egg allergy hard to find anything without egg in it. thanks for the share
Thanks, Three-Cookies! They are there now.
Mmmm sounds good.
Look at those kids waiting for your carrot cake. They don't care if it collapsed or not.
My mom used to make a cake like this, I can remember the crusty cinnamon topping—so good. We ate it all day, but I would love it for breakfast. The b'day photo is so great, I just love how you can see the magic of it all on their faces.
This is awesome… we love cinnamon flavour, and I've been looking bake egg-less for a while and this just seems perfect
What a good looking bunch of kids! How very cute!
(And the cake looks yummy, even if it is a bit deflated!)
oh this is great, I am know trying to bake cake for my kids and in couple of weeks of trying they told me that it is almost perfect.
I love the photo of all those cute hungry faces! Kids just love a birthday cake with candles. Very nice. Yeah – that cinnamon cake is looking mighty fine! I can smell it now. Oh yum.
I love the picture of the kids. It reminds me of my own kids when they were younger. The cake sound so good. Sounds like it would be simple to make and the topping would be great.
I love cinnamon, and this looks like a cake everyone would be fighting for the edge pieces on 🙂 Love the birthday photo – happy birthday to your boy!
ps. Did you get a haircut recently or did I totally miss it ages ago? Anyways, I love it, you are beautiful!
Yum! I would eat this for breakfast, even if I shouldnt be! Great recipe!
This is the type of cake I love;))Are all these kids in your Family?:)
This cake looks amazing. And the picture of the kids is so cute! There's nothing like getting family together, especially when there's a bunch of kids.
Just lovely! And after that amazing description I'm thinking I need to make it too.
I love the picture of the kids and the cake – such anticipation!
Yum! My dad used to make us cinnamon toast all the time on weekend mornings. This just looks so delicious!
Cinnamon toast is still my favorite thing for breakfast! Can't wait to try this cake.. thanks for sharing!
I made this tonight and not only did the house smell wonderful, we couldn't stop eating it! So simple and so delicious. When it was warm, my daughter thought it tasted like a mini-donut:).
I've been lurking for awhile, but had to come out of the shadows to comment on this cake.