Cinnamon Cake Roll Recipe

Super moist and packed full with cinnamon and cream cheese filling, this cinnamon cake roll is a finger liking Swiss roll cake that has been the center piece in our gatherings dessert table. Enjoy it with friends or better have it all for yourself 😋 with your afternoon tea or coffee.

We love anything and everything cinnamon. I'm discovering many ways to enjoy cinnamon roll like desserts each day and this recipe is one of the easiest Swiss cakes you can ever make.

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• ❤️ Why You'll Love It
• 📝 Ingredients
• 🥄 Instructions
• 👩‍🍳 Variations
• 🧺 Storage
• 🍽️ Serve With
• ⌛ Make Ahead
• 🥣 Equipment
• 📣 Related Recipes
• 🍰 Creamy Dessert Recipes
• Cinnamon Cake Roll Recipe
• 👩‍🏫 My Experience

❤️ Why You'll Love It

• The recipe is a foolproof recipe for Swiss roll, if you follow the steps correctly, there is no chance of failure here.
• Festive cake for the holidays or any occasion.
• Cozy cinnamon spice flavor is perfect for fall parties and potlucks .

Cinnamon cake roll is a very delicious and easy coffee cake recipe. Suitable for after dinner treat as well as in parties and holidays. This Swiss roll cake can be prepared a day a head before serving.

📝 Ingredients

Note: This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

• All purpose flour.
• Baking powder.
• Eggs.
• Vanilla.
• Confectioners sugar.
• Cinnamon.
• Cream cheese, room temperature for the cream cheese frosting.
• Butter.

🥄 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.

• In a clean bowl using an electric mixer start beating egg whites with some vanilla and vinegar until it forms a stiff peak.
• In another large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, beat egg yolks, vanilla and sugar until creamy and color turns into pale yellow then add water.
• Add sifted dry ingredients and mix with a spatula making scraping the sides of the bowl then fold egg whites.
• Pour cake batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for just 12-15 minutes.

• While the cake is in the oven prepare the cream cheese filling. Beat cream cheese with the other filling ingredients until smooth and creamy. Prepare the cinnamon sugar.
• Wait for the cake to cool down for 5 minutes until able to handle. Dust top with some more powdered sugar and invert into a clean towel.
• Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cake leaving about ½ inch from all sides. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over and roll tightly using the towel.
• Cover rolled warm cake from all sides with the towel and let it rest for about an hour in the fridges.

👩‍🍳 Variations

• You can use cocoa powder instead in the cinnamon filling if you prefer. Also a mixture of cocoa powder and cinnamon can be used.
• Instead of filling it with cream cheese frosting you can make sour cream frosting instead.

🧺 Storage

Leftover slices can be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and kept in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

🍽️ Serve With

• If you're looking to make an easy, refreshing meal to serve the whole family, try these mouthwatering, super-quick Baja Shrimp Tacos.
• This Meatloaf Recipe with Bread Crumbs is so simple to make, yet tastes amazing. Serve with a side of Cheesy Mashed Potatoes before indulging in this cinnamon treat.
• My family loves it when I serve this Cream Cheese Pasta with meatloaves, or you can simply whip up a batch of this light Alfredo Sauce and add it to any pasta of choice.
• Make a batch of this Philadelphia Cream Cheese Frosting and serve it on the side for more deliciousness.

⌛ Make Ahead

You can make the cake without filling it and wrap it tightly then refrigerate for 24 hours. When ready unroll the cake and spread the filling and continue with the rest of the instructions.

🥣 Equipment

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This half sheet pan works great for this recipe.

📣 Related Recipes

• Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake is one of the easiest and tastiest cakes you can make using in season apples.
• Enjoy the warm spices, apples, pumpkins, and more with these easy Fall Cakes. Moist bundt cakes, decadent apple crumble, sweet potato, layer cakes and more to satisfy your fall baking needs.
• Revani is a classic Mediterranean semolina cake drenched in lemon infused simple syrup and topped with coconut flakes.
• Fresh apples and puff pastry are the main ingredients to make these beautiful apple roses. Easy, not overly sweet and have just the right amount of cinnamon and sugar to give them a perfectly balanced flavor.
• Chocolate Coconut Cake is the perfect dessert to make when you are wanting something simple and rustic to make. If you are heading to a potluck or family gathering this recipe is always something everyone loves but no one brings.

🍰 Creamy Dessert Recipes

• This tiramisu without alcohol is a holiday and party staple around here, very easy to make with my step by step tutorial.
• Trilece is a delicious Turkish take on the ever popular Tres Leches cake with rich and silky caramel layer.
• This date cake is a modern spin on my grandmas' version of date cake. Hers was really great, but this one is awesome!
• Best fluffy marshmallow frosting recipe, easy to make with a handful of ingredients. This is the perfect frosting for cakes and cupcakes.
• Snowball Cake is a melt-in-your-mouth fluffy, moist, and incredibly easy no-bake cake. Made with just a few ingredients, this adorable and tasty treat needs a few minutes of work and the rest is for your fridge.

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First published Feb 19, 2016 . Last updated November 1, 2022 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.

👩‍🏫 My Experience

I've fallen in love with Cinnabon from the first day it opened its doors in Egypt, way way back in the old days may be 12 years ago, I do not exactly remember. Let me make something clear here, Cinnabon in Egypt is much different than here in the US - or at least in Colorado-  they make the most heavenly delicious cinnamon and caramel sauce in the whole world.

I do not know why it is so dramatically different than here- although it should not-, so a word of advice, if you happen to be in Egypt do not miss the chance to grab one of their rolls and make sure it is covered all over with all sorts of goodies, you'll thank me later.

This cake has never stayed in my home for more than 12 hours, it is usually gone sooner. My kids have it for breakfast, snack, after dinner treat and all year long dessert, so I try to serve it along with some fruits to justify  having more than one piece.

I've made it many times before when I had guests coming over or in potlucks and it is always a winner and everyone asks for the recipe. You do not really have to be that careful when rolling this cake as actually it does not matter if it cracked, we'll dust it with some powdered sugar and it will take care of those cracks, so do not panic.