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Slice of cinnamon swirl sour cream cake on a white plate

Cinnamon Swirl Sour Cream Cake

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cinnamon swirl cake
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 14 servings
Calories: 536kcal
Author: Kara @I Scream for Buttercream
This Cinnamon Swirl Sour Cream Cake has got some major cinnamon swirl going on. This one's super moist, thanks to the help of sour cream, then it's covered in a smooth cinnamon glaze.
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Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (for the main cake batter)
  • 2 tablespoon cinnamon (for the cinnamon swirl)
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar (for the cinnamon swirl)
  • 1 ¾ cups regular sugar (for the main cake batter)
  • 1 cup butter (room temp)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the Cinnamon Glaze:

  • 4 cups confectioners sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup milk or cream (can add 1-2 tablespoon more)

Instructions

For the cake:

  • Grease and flour a bundt pan well. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Whisk well and set aside.
  • In another bowl, add the sour cream, milk and vanilla. Whisk well and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and 1 ¾ cup of regular sugar. Mix on medium and then on medium high for several minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Add in the eggs two at a time and mix on medium just until combined.
  • Alternately add in the flour mixture and the sour cream mixture. (Add in ⅓ of the flour mixture and mix on medium just until combined. Add in ½ the sour cream mixture, mixing only until combined. Add in another ⅓ of the flour mixture, mixing only until combined. Add in the last of the sour cream mixture, mixing only until combined, then the last of the flour mixture and mix until well combined.) You only want to mix until well combined, about 20 seconds. Mixing for several minutes is too long.
  • In another bowl, mix together ½ cup packed brown sugar and 2 tablespoon of cinnamon and set aside.
  • Add a little less than ½ of the cake batter to your pan and smooth.
  • Sprinkle the sugar, cinnamon mixture over the batter.
  • Add the remaining cake batter into the pan and smooth.
  • Take a knife and gently swirl the batter around. Just go around a couple of times. If you want more of a swirl, go ahead and swirl a bit more. You just want to be careful not to swirl too much or it'll mix completely together and you will lose the swirl effect.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for about 55 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 20 minutes, then turn out of the pan and onto a rack or a cake plate and cool completely.

For the glaze:

  • In a mixing bowl, add in the confectioners sugar, cinnamon, extract and milk. Mix well until smooth. Check the consistency. If it's too thick for drizzling, add more milk or cream by tablespoon until desired consistency.
  • Drizzle over cooled cake.

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Notes

This cake does not need to be kept in the refrigerator, unless you've added perishable frosting.
Nutritional values are an estimate.
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Nutrition

Calories: 536kcal | Carbohydrates: 90g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 195mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 595IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 1.7mg