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I’m completely in love with this Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake. This incredible cinnamon roll cake is soaked with an amazing buttery cinnamon mixture and topped with vanilla icing! It’s to die for!
Cant get enough of this moist cinnamon cake? You have to try my tasty Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake as well!
Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake
I got to meet some people from BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers at the BlogHer Food conference in May and I was totally pumped to try their new coffee creamer flavors, both in my coffee and in baking. I love Baileys brand in general. I’ve always loved their creamers and Baileys liqueur.
They’ve got three tasty new creamer flavors and the one I was most excited to try was the Cinnamon Dolce. I love me some cinnamon! And it was awe-some in my coffee!
So when they sent me a few flavors to try, I new the cinnamon one would be the first I’d bake with.
It took me a bit to decide what to bake, but once this poke cake popped into my head, I knew I had to make it. I’ve used coffee creamer in cake once before (see my Cherry Almond Amaretto Ice Cream Cake) and it gives such an awesome flavor and moistness to the cake.
How to Make a Perfect Cinnamon Roll Cake
This one is no exception! Sure, you could use regular milk and some ground cinnamon, but trust me. It would not be the same. This coffee creamer has a uniquely awesome flavor to it that really comes through in the cake. I LOVE it!
And though this is a cake, not actually a cinnamon roll, I still wanted the awesome buttery cinnamon-ness that comes in cinnamon rolls, so butter is melted with brown sugar and cinnamon, just like in actual cinnamon rolls. The butter and sugar are microwaved together, so that the sugar dissolves. You don’t want to skip that step.
Combine it with sweetened condensed milk and you have the most delectable cinnamon roll filling that ever lived!
Pour that all over cake and you have the most wonderful cinnamon roll cake that ever lived. Honestly, it tastes so good, you could stop right there. But then you have a bunch of holes all over the cake.
So what do you do? Top it with an awesome, light vanilla icing! Duh.
It’s got some whipping cream and is whipped for a couple minutes to give it that light airiness. It goes perfectly with the cake.
You seriously won’t want to stop eating it. Every time I had another piece, it was like I’d forgotten all over again just how good it was. Like I didn’t believe it until I tasted it again. And then of course I didn’t want to share, but I knew I needed to or I’d eat the entire thing on my own.
So I shared. And it was agreed all around that this cake is shockingly tasty. I mean really, how can you beat a cake soaked in cinnamon, brown sugar, butter and sweetened condensed milk?
You can’t.
Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 15-18 slices
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
A simple sheet cake soaked with an amazing buttery cinnamon mixture and whipped frosting, this Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake is perfectly spiced, ultra moist, and easy to make.
Ingredients
CAKE
- 15.25 oz box white cake mix
- 1/2 cup Cinnamon Dolce BAILEYS® Coffee Creamer
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
ICING
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
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5. While cake is cooling, melt butter in a bowl in the microwave.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 382
- Sugar: 26.5 g
- Sodium: 105.3 mg
- Fat: 21.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 46.4 g
- Protein: 3.3 g
- Cholesterol: 72.3 mg
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Enjoy!
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Has anyone found a good substitute for the Bailey’s since it has now been discontinued. I was really looking forward to making this cake. Bummer!!! please help with any alternate suggestions. Thanks
A couple suggestion options – one is that even though Baileys has discontinued this flavor, I’ve seen other brands with cinnamon creamer and those should work well too. The other option would be to replace it with vanilla and add a little more cinnamon – maybe another 1/2-1 tsp. It will still give that great flavor that you get from the creamer, and also increase the cinnamon to account for the loss there. I hope that helps!
Do you think this would work with a golden cake mix?
By golden do you mean yellow? I think that’d be fine.
My icing started to separate too, not sure why. I wasnt real sure how to fix it so I just added a tub of cool whip to thr mixture and it was really good. Also I couldn’t find the creamer so I used French vanilla and added some cinnamon sugar. The cake was delicious.
I love trying this cake with my two kids. It must be a delicious cake!
If I can’t find the baileys creamer…. Could you suggest what other type of creamer I could use that would come close to this. I’ve searched everywhere :-/
I’m sorry you’re having trouble finding it. I’ve seen other brands of cinnamon flavored creamer that would work well too. If you can’t find a cinnamon flavored creamer, you could just use vanilla creamer for moistness.
Made this last week and my girl friends LOVED it. Loved it so much that they passed out in a food coma after having a slice. And to be honest I’ve never been a big fan of cinnamon, but this cake has completely changed my mind.
I’ve posted the resulting pic here: https://instagram.com/p/22L2KIofxl/?taken-by=vivibug.fit
Thank you kindly for this delicious recipe – I’ll be sure to make this again.
It looks great! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and that it changed your mind on cinnamon – I love it! 🙂
I made the cakes (I used 2 heart shaped pans by Reynolds…because it’s Valentine’s) today…and they turned out beautifully! I followed the recipe (mostly) and they’re perfect. The glaze went on like it should…filling every hole, nook and crannie (sp?). I added a little extra vanilla in the icing…because we like vanilla and my husband is a cinnamon freak…so, a little extra cinnamon added too. Great cake! Thanks for posting this wonderful recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I bet the hearts were so pretty! 🙂
Can you make this with a regular scratch-made white cake recipe, using half milk, half creamer? I don’t use cake mixes because of GMO, but do bake from scratch.
It’s hard for me to say for sure since I don’t know the recipe you’re using. I would think it’d be ok, but sometimes the creamer ends up being heavy for the cake. You might need to reduce the liquid a bit, but you’d have to test it.
Did you mean evaporated milk instead of sweet and condensed milk?
No, it uses sweetened condensed milk.
I made this today and the mixture that you pour over the top is way too thick. It just sits on top like a glaze. I’ve made tres Leches and poke cake many times and the mixture is usually thinner so it soaks right in. Maybe if you mixed in more creamer it would be thinner and work better.
Hi Emily. Yes, the mixture is thicker than a traditional poke cake or tres leches cake where you’re just pouring the milk over the cake. It should soak in though as it sits, but there will still be a little of the mixture on top of the cake. You could thin it out with more creamer though if you prefer.
Could you use actual Bailey’s instead if the creamer?
Actual Baileys would definitely change the taste of the cake, but I think it would bake ok. I haven’t tried it in this particular case though, so I can’t say for sure.
Umm, I love that everyone THINKS this cake looks delicious, but of all the comments only one person tried making it? I’d love more feedback as to how others cakes turned out because I attempted to make this cake and it turned out NOTING like the pictures. Now, I’m not a professional baker, but I know I’m good. So I was highly disappointed in the recipe. The cinnamon mixture that you’re supposed to soak into the cake was so thick that I knew immediately it would not be soaking (and it didn’t). Then, the icing actually separated when I added in the whipping cream. I had to set my bowl in hot water to re-soften the butter. Then it finally came together. I’m disappointed.
I’m sorry the cake didn’t work out Miranda. While there aren’t as many comments on the actual post of people’s success, I’ve been tagged by a few people on instagram who made it with great success. I’d love to be able to help you figure out what went wrong – though it is hard from a distance. I’m not sure why the cinnamon mixture would be too thick – perhaps it was heated too long? To thin it out, you could always add some additional sweetened condensed milk. As for the icing, I’m not sure why it separated, but you could always use a regular buttercream instead. I hope you’ll give it another try – it’s a great tasting cake! Thanks Miranda!
wonder how this would be with a spice cake mix and run in the poke icing part?
Hmm, a spice cake might be a little different kind of flavor, but you could try it.
Hi Lindsay! I totally thought I had subscribed to your emails but I hadn’t… Solved that one real quick! I was perusing your recipes and this one was screaming my name. Cinnamon is one of my ingredient weaknesses and this looks incredible. I also love using creamers in baked goods– you’re right. It really does add flavor and moisture. A double win! Now excuse me while I peruse a ton more cinnamon recipes… 🙂
Thanks for subscribing Lynn! 🙂 I LOVE cinnamon! Sometimes I think I need to add a disclaimer, haha.
This sounds WONDERFUL! What a quick and flavorful dish. I love your finishing touch of cinnamon chips, too 🙂
Thanks Paula!
My first poke cake and what a winner!! I wasn’t able to find the Bailey’s creamer but I did find a Coffee Mate Natural Bliss Cinnamon Vanilla Creamer and made the cake last night. OMG!! It’s only 10:00 and there are only a few pieces left here at work. Big hit! I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for a great recipe. I may have to go get a 2nd piece 🙂
I’m glad the other creamer worked, and I’m so glad you and your coworkers loved it! Thanks Annette! 🙂