Cinnamon Bun Layer Cake


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 583.4
  • Total Fat: 35.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 110.3 mg
  • Sodium: 432.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 61.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
  • Protein: 5.2 g

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Introduction

Got this from a friend.... heard it's awesome... Super fattening. Just entering to calculate... super fattening, so I'd save up the whole week to have a slice! Got this from a friend.... heard it's awesome... Super fattening. Just entering to calculate... super fattening, so I'd save up the whole week to have a slice!
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    CAKE:
    3/4 cup + 3 tbsp. packed dark brown sugar
    1/2 cup butter or margarine at room temperature
    1 tsp + 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
    1 package (18.25 oz) yellow cake mix
    1 cup sour cream
    3 eggs
    1/3 cup canola oil
    1/4 cup water

    FROSTING (optional):
    2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese at room temp
    3/4 cup butter or margarine at room temp
    2 tsp vanilla extract
    3 cups confectioners sugar
    Cinnamon sticks (optional - nutrition does not count for this)

Tips

1) To make even easier: buy cream cheese frosting and skip the fuss (note: nutrition calculation INCLUDES frosting! According to sparkrecipes, if you replace with cream cheese frosting -- 3 cans -- the calories go up to 676 calories per serving -- eek).
2) If you're having trouble with hardened brown sugar, microwave it on high next to small bowl of hot water for 2-3 minutes.


Directions

CAKE:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F. Line bottom of 2 (9") round cake pans with parchment paper and coat all (including parchment and between pan and parchment) with cooking spray. (I had to edit this recipe because I made it without the parchment and the bottom got stuck and the cake broke in places).
2) Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, butter and 1 tsp cinnamon.
3) Spread half of mixture in each pan to within 2" of edge.
4) At medium speed beat cake mix, sour cream, eggs, oil and 1/4 cup water until blended.
5) Increase speed to medium-high. Beat until fluffy (2 minutes)
6) Transfer 1 cup batter to separate bowl.
7) Divide remaining batter between 2 cake pans.
8) Stir remaining brown sugar and cinnamon into reserved batter.
9) Drop cinnamon batter by heaping tablespoons onto batter in pans and swirl with spoon -- be sure not to stir up sugar layer.
10) Bake 25-30 mins or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean.
11) Cool on racks for 10 mins.
12) Remove from pans right away.

FROSTING:
1) At medium-high speed beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth.
2) Beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
3) Transfer 1 cup frosting to pastry bag fitted with star tip (or just use a ziplock with cut whole in corner)
4) Place on cake layer, sugar-side up on plate.
5) Spread with 1 1/2 cups frosting to within 1/2" of edge.
6) Top with remaining cake layer, sugar-side down.
7) Spread with remaining frosting.

Serving Size: makes 16 servings

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    Incredible!
    I love the cinnamon bun layered cake recipe - 10/9/20