Few baked goods are just as fun and delicious. Homemade Cinnamon RollsThey are loved in my house. But we all know they can be a little mushy, with the need to lift, shape and reshape them before baking. Most days, a simple Pour the cake My speed is high.
So imagine my joy when I saw a recipe going viral on Reddit. Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake. My son, who has long called cinnamon rolls his favorite snack, was blown away to see his favorite snack remade as a dessert and I knew I had to try it as soon as possible. Need
What’s Big Mama’s Secret Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake?
Redditor r/HumawormDoc shared them Grandma’s Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe To r/old recipes subreddit a few years ago and it has been a popular dessert recipe on Reddit ever since. “This is a cake that my great-grandmother used to make,” she wrote, “the base of the cake is what she used for all the poke cakes in her house.”
Beyond the basic cake recipe—a mixture of self-rising flour, eggs, shortening, sugar, milk, and vanilla—the cake is filled with cinnamon-brown sugar and topped with a warm mixture of powdered sugar, butter, milk, Iced with. and vanilla. And there are even some Big Mama-approved variations on the dessert.
“She would make a cake and sometimes put a sliced banana or two on top and then add banana cake icing,” HumawormDoc wrote. “Or she would make a hot chocolate glaze with Hershey’s cocoa powder and pour it on top for a chocolate cake. She and my great-grandfather raised 5 children during the Depression and World War II. They had a farm. And she could make delicious food out of seemingly nothing.
Big Mama’s Secret Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake Recipe
I love a good family-friendly cake recipe, so I tried taking Big Mama’s Cinnamon Roll Cake as dessert to a holiday dinner party. Beyond the need to buy Self-rising dough– A combination of all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt — I had everything I needed in my pantry to make this simple yet decadent dessert.
Big Mama’s cake was easy to make. You just mix flour, eggs, shortening, sugar, milk, and vanilla together to make a batter. Next, mix up the brown sugar-cinnamon filling. Then, pour half the batter into a 9-by-13-inch pan, top it with the filling, and pour the rest of the batter on top. The whole thing bakes at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes, then comes out of the oven to cool.
After the cake has cooled, poke holes in it—I did this with a wooden chopstick I found in my kitchen drawer. Then heat the powdered sugar, butter, milk and vanilla in a saucepan and pour the mixture over the cake. It was delightful to watch the gooey, sugary icing mixture settle into each hole and I couldn’t wait to try it.
The full recipe reminded me of this Grandma’s Honey Bun Cake Recipewhich makes things even easier by using a Boxed cake mix Home beater’s place.
Big Mama’s Secret Cinnamon Roll Cake Review
At my dinner party that night I reheated the cinnamon roll cake in the oven for a little while, then served each slice with a scoop of cream. Vanilla ice cream. The cake was delicious – the perfect combination of a gooey poke cake and warm cinnamon rolls. Everyone at my dinner party loved how sweet, cinnamony and gooey the cake tasted.
This recipe makes thick, heavy, sweet. 9 by 13 inch cakeso we had plenty left too. We snacked on the rest for a day or two, adding more. Ice cream Warming up a slice in the microwave for evening desserts and to enjoy with our morning coffee. Big Mama was on to something with this delicious cake, made with the simplest of ingredients.
Redditors who have tried Big Mama’s Cinnamon Roll Cake also love it. “Finally made this cake, after it popped up so many times in my feed,” Wrote one. “Yum. I was craving sugar and this cake arrived.
Big Mama’s Secret Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake Recipe
by the r/HumawormDoc on Reddit
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup Crisco
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk or buttermilk, or a mix of both
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
- With a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat together the granulated sugar and Crisco.
- Add eggs and keep mixing.
- Add the flour, milk, and vanilla and beat for 1-2 minutes until fully combined.
- Spread half the batter in the prepared pan.
- Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon-brown sugar mixture over the batter in the pan, then spread the rest of the cake batter on top. Spinning with a knife.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- When the cake has cooled, combine the milk, butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan and heat until a gooey icing forms.
- Poke holes in the cake with a fork and pour the warm icing on top.