Cinnamon Swirl Bundt Cake

Ingredients

Cinnamon Swirl

  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup ground cinnamon

Pound Cake

  • 3/4 cup butter, room temp
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
  • 1/2 heavy whipping cream or 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup milk

Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 TBS cream or milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray pan with Baking Spray.
  2. Cinnamon Swirl– Stir together cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
  3. Pound Cake
    1. Sift together or whisk together really well the flour and baking powder and set aside.
    2. Mix together the whipping cream and milk, set aside.
    3. Using mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and fluffy.
    5. Beat in the vanilla extract.
    6. Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients by adding the dry ingredients in 3 portions and the milk in 2 portions.
  4. Adding Batter and Cinnamon Layers
    1. Add 1/3 of the batter into the Bundt pan and sprinkle 1/3 of the cinnamon swirl on top of the batter. Repeat 2 times until all the batter and cinnamon are used.
    2. Using a knife, swirl the cinnamon into the batter.
  5. Bake the cake for 50-60 minutes depending on the size of your pan.
  6. Insert a wooden toothpick into the center and when it comes out clean, the cake is done.
  7. Let cake cool for 5-10 minutes before flipping upside down to remove it from the pan.
  8. Whisk together the ingredients for the glaze while cake it cooling. The glaze should be thick but also pourable.
  9. Drizzle over cake and enjoy!

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