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The Best Gluten-Free Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe

February 10, 2018 Rebecca Baron 31 Comments

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This is the best gluten-free cinnamon roll cake recipe that's like a cinnamon roll. It may just be the best cake I've ever eaten. Seriously, I had a hard time shooting a picture of it because I wanted to eat the whole thing right then and there.  This is THE most tender cake I have ever had.

The Best Gluten-Free Cinnamon Cake Recipe - It's Like a Cinnamon Roll

I was asked to make the treat for a family party we were putting together and I gladly accepted. I have been wanting to experiment and create the best gluten-free recipe. I was very happy with the results and so was everyone who ate it. It was the hit of the party and no one cared that it was gluten-free or made from quinoa flour.

I can't taste the quinoa flour in this recipe because the cinnamon masks it so well. You could make it for breakfast, but I'm not the type of person to think regular cinnamon rolls are a suitable breakfast, so it's hard for me to want to recommend cake for breakfast. But, it doesn't seem any less healthy to me than regular cinnamon rolls.

Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Cake

I thought that instead of rolls but making it in the form of a cake was a brilliant idea! This way a large piece can be cut or a small one depending on diet/preference. 🙂 If you want it to "look" more like a cinnamon roll you can take a glass or anything round and push it down into the cake to cut it after baking it.  Doing it this way cuts out all the rolling and rising too!

This is so much easier and faster than traditional cinnamon rolls. I'm the kind of mom that's never going to make regular cinnamon rolls. That's just way too much work for me, so this is a compromise I'm willing to accept. I hope you enjoy the best gluten-free cinnamon cake recipe ever.

Do you like cakes when they are hot or cold more? Let us know in the comments and how you enjoyed this cake.

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Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Cake

The Best Gluten-Free Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe

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  • Author: Rebecca Baron
  • Prep Time: 30
  • Cook Time: 30
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 16 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Gluten-Free
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This might just be one of the best cakes I have ever had. Seriously, I had a hard time shooting it because I wanted to eat the whole thing right then and there. I added tapioca starch to the quinoa flour and the texture was so tender and perfect. I reduced the sugar by ⅓ in the cake along with changing all ingredient amounts and the prep method(using melted butter instead of solid), and added milk. This is THE most tender cake I have ever had.


Ingredients

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FOR THE CAKE:

  • 2 Cups Quinoa Flour *
  • ¼ Cup Tapioca Flour *
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Real Salt *
  • 3 Eggs
  • 10 Tbl Butter (melted, 1 ¼ sticks)
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • ¾ Cup Sour Cream
  • ¾ Cup Milk

FOR THE CINNAMON SWIRL:

  • 12 Tbl Butter (softened 1 ½ sticks)
  • ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 Tbl Quinoa Flour *
  • 1 Tbl Cinnamon

FOR THE GLAZE:

  • 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 Tbl Milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease a 9x13 baking dish.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the quinoa flour, tapioca starch, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until combined.
  4. Pour the melted butter, eggs, and sour cream into the bowl of dry ingredients and whisk together until combined. Add the milk and whisk until smooth. Pour the batter into the greased baking pan.
  5. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the softened butter with the browned sugar, quinoa flour, and cinnamon until smooth. Scoop into a piping bag and cut the tip off(about ¼”). Pipe the cinnamon sugar/butter over the cake batter in swirls.
  6. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until the middle is puffed and firm to the touch.
  7. While the cake is baking, make the glaze.
  8. In a mixing bowl, whisk the powdered sugar with the vanilla and milk until smooth, adding more or less milk for the preferred consistency.
  9. Remove the cake from the oven.
  10. Let cool for 5 minutes and drizzle the glaze across the top.
  11. Serve warm.

Notes

The quinoa flour will give the cake a very yellow color.

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  1. Kathie chapman

    April 25, 2018 at 5:50 am

    Can you make this dairy free ? We follow a low fodmap diet, are gluten, dairy & soy free. By chance can you replace the butter & sour cream with something else ?

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      May 01, 2018 at 2:20 am

      I'm not sure. I haven't tested it, but the butter could probably be replaced with an oil or your choice. For the sour cream, you could try a Paleo sour cream, either made from coconut cream or cashew cream. You can search on Google to find a recipe for those that sound good to you. Sorry I'm not more help . . .

      Reply
  2. Brittany

    November 06, 2015 at 6:00 pm

    Tried this tonight, very good, moist and tender. I have celiac. My husband who eats gluten doesn't normally go for seconds of desserts and grabbed another piece, which must say something. I will make this again

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      November 07, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      Oh I am glad it worked well for both you and your husband! Thanks for the comment!

      Reply
  3. Rachel F.

    April 30, 2015 at 12:52 pm

    Hi! I was planning to make this cake again for my birthday in the next few days, however the recipe seems to have disappeared from this page. I tried loading the page on two different browsers and neither showed the recipe. Is it just my computer or did something change? If it's my computer is there a link you could give me to a printable page with the full recipe? Thanks, Rachel

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      April 30, 2015 at 3:01 pm

      Hey Rachel, Thank you for letting us know. That is really odd. I am not sure what happened there but I put the recipe back up. So you should be good now! Thank you for your patience. 🙂

      Reply
      • Rachel F.

        April 30, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        Thank you so much!! 🙂

        Reply
  4. Kelly

    February 03, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Boy we miss cinnamon rolls at our house! I can't wait to make these for my boys this weekend. Yum.

    Reply
  5. Cydnee Knoth

    January 14, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    This cake sounds amazing! Your recipe has been pinned Rebecca.

    Reply
  6. Rachel F.

    January 07, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    This cake is incredible. I made it for Christmas and am going to make it again next week! I'm gluten intolerant and found out this fall I have to go off rice and potato as well. This was my first time making anything with quinoa flour, not to mention my first time attempting to bake a dessert since going off rice and potato, and it was PERFECTION. Thank you thank you thank you!!

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      January 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm

      You are so welcome. Glad we could be of help!

      Reply
  7. Valerie

    January 07, 2015 at 10:14 am

    I am so drooling right now! I am looking forward to trying this one.

    Reply
  8. Diane

    January 06, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    HI Rebecca,

    I am so happy to see the post. First of all this inspires me in terms of making gluten free recipes. I have a child who is on the spectrum and who has serious health issues. I have been intending to try a gluten- free diet for him for many reasons. Also, I am so interested in the fact that you have biological and adopted children. I have 5 of my own and I have been thinking about adoption (sounds crazy). I would love to chat more!!

    Reply
  9. Jo-Lynne Shane

    January 05, 2015 at 7:51 am

    I am positively DROOLING.

    Reply
  10. Karen

    December 13, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    What a brilliant idea! I may have to make this asap. 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      December 13, 2014 at 9:29 pm

      Please let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  11. Kim G

    December 12, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    This cake looks delicious, I am anxious to try it for a Saturday morning breakfast at our house!

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      December 12, 2014 at 1:22 pm

      If you try it, please let me know how you like it.

      Reply
  12. My Natural Family

    December 09, 2014 at 3:56 am

    Carrie Bernard - Please let me know if you like it!

    Reply
    • Carrie

      April 04, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      I made this for New Year's morning and we weren't crazy about the quinoa taste in this kind of sweet recipe. I'm making it for tomorrow morning, but this time I'm going to try it with a coconut blend four.

      Reply
      • Rebecca

        April 17, 2015 at 11:27 am

        Will you please let us know how you like it with the alterations? Thanks for sharing!

        Reply
  13. Carrie Bernard

    December 09, 2014 at 2:57 am

    Trying this as soon as humanly possible!

    Reply
  14. Jennifer Jones Simminger

    December 09, 2014 at 2:56 am

    Yum

    Reply
  15. Bailey Dexter

    March 24, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    I am am so going to make this! These sound and look great!

    Reply
  16. christine

    March 23, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    was just thinking about making home made cinnamon rolls yesterday, yummm!

    Reply
  17. Leslie Harris

    March 20, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    I am so going to try this cake

    Reply
  18. Lauren

    March 11, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    SOOO Excited to try these! So happy I just found this 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      March 11, 2014 at 10:03 pm

      Please let us know what you think!

      Reply
  19. Sarah L

    March 06, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    Yummy looking recipe. I like cinnamon rolls.

    Reply
  20. Dani Osenbaugh

    February 23, 2014 at 5:48 pm

    These look delicious!! And thank you for making the recipe gluten free!

    Reply
    • Rebecca

      February 24, 2014 at 10:25 pm

      You're welcome. I LOVE cooking with quinoa flour.

      Reply

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