Cinnamon Roll Cake

  
             When you're 23 and still living with your parents, not many things that happen at home are enjoyable. Perhaps the most tiresome habit is when my "Middle-aged roommates" ask unnecessary and redundant questions. "What does this only button on my iPhone do again?", "What time did you say you would be home after your 3 hour class?", "How do I send this as an email attachment?", "Wait, how do I send this document in an email?", "What's this paperclip next to my email message? Ohh that's an attachment...", "Are you hungover? How much did you drink, who drove, what car, from where, whose house, what bar, did you dance, what color were the walls, who's in your bedroom?". Yadda yadda yadda. My parents should get shirts that say "The questions we ask our children are as endless as the love we have for them". Amidst the chaotic game of "20 Questions", also known as my life with Mom and Dad, there is peace in Sunday brunch. And the best thing about breakfast: cinnamon rolls. Something about the taste of cinnamon and cream cheese frosting has my mom completely speechless. The silence may be more comforting than the actual taste of the delicious pastries. However, cinnamon rolls can be too time consuming. Also, if you're like me, you can't even get yourself to open one of those exploding bombs known as Pilsbury Cinnamon Roll canisters. Fear and suffer no more my readers, there is a simple solution. Cinnamon Roll Cake. This cake takes under 30 minutes, is even more delectable than an actual Cinnabon (I mean it, too), and could feed your family plus the neighborhood children who seem to linger around for breakfast...and dinner. I suggest that you make this cake ASAP. When was the last time you were able to just sit at the table and hear the sounds of utensils clacking against plates and your husband's stomach growling loud enough to wake up your teenage boys? Bake this cake and I guarantee it will be this morning.

"Cinnamon Roll Cake"

Ingredients:
Cake:

• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Topping: 

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 5 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract 

Directions: 

1. Lightly grease a 9x13 in. pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. For cake, mix together all ingredients *except for the melted butter*
3. Once those ingredients are mixed properly, slowly stir in the melted butter 
4. Add cake mix to greased pan 
5. Prepare topping by mixing all  ingredients until well blended together
6. Drop topping onto the cake mix and swirl back-and-forth with a knife
7. Bake in oven for 28-32 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean in the middle
8. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes
9. While cake is cooling prepare glaze by whisking together ingredients in medium sized bowl
10. Pour glaze on top of warm cake
11. Eat the entire thing

             
            Ok, cmon'. Was that not the most simple recipe you've read in awhile? Leave the days of trudging to the mall for an overpriced cinnamon roll behind you! Besides, is it really worth the trouble to battle through groups of pre-teen boys and girls? The smell of puberty is too much for any sane individual. I mean, hello nostalgia and its horrible twin sibling, regret. (I know what you're thinking but those straight-across bangs did NOT hide your acne). Save yourself the trouble and relax at home with this delicious cake. Who knows, perhaps you may even have a moment of that sweet peace-and-quiet.
            Thank you very much, Just a Pinch. You may have saved Sundays for me and many other individuals. You're simply the best!

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            I  declare this recipe a: simple task for even the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz