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This Vegan Cinnamon Swirl Cake is super Easy and Quick. A simple yellow cake, swirled with cinnamon sugar makes for a delightful treat. Vegan Nutfree Soyfree Recipe. Can be made into cupcakes. Glutenfree option
When I crave some cinnamon roll action but want it super quick, I make this cake! The simple 1 Bowl Yellow cake is lightly sweet and makes soft and moist cakes. Add layers of cinnamon sugar and swirl some in. Bake and done! Add a glaze if you like. The Cake is sweet enough and delicious without any. Serve as is or warm with vegan butter.
To make this gluten-free, try the flour mix from my gluten-free christmas cake. See recipe notes below for quantity.
This cake is Soft, moist, Cinnamony and Vibrant. Perfect for a Sunday treat with Masala Chai or spiced coffee drinks, or carry along on trips or school. Add a glaze/icing to make it into a delectable dessert. Add some nuts with the cinnamon swirl. Bake the batter into cupcakes/muffins, so many options!
More Fantastic Bakes from the blog
- Eggnog Pound Cake
- 1 Bowl Banana Apple Bread. Can be made into muffins
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Marble Cake
- Lemon blueberry pound cake
Gluten-free options
- GF Cashew Butter Chocolate Marble Cake.
- Gluten-free Cinnamon Roll Bread yeast-free.
- GF Carrot Banana Bread – Also grain-free.
- Sweet Potato Crumb Cake. GF
For no oil and no refined sugar free cake, try this Turmeric Coconut Loaf.
Vegan Cinnamon Swirl Cake
Ingredients
Yellow Vanilla cake
Wet:
- 1 cup non dairy milk such as almond or soy
- 1 tsp vinegar, ( apple cider vinegar or white)
- 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tbsp more for sweeter
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- a few drops of almond extract, optional but wonderful
- a good pinch of turmeric, for color optional
Dry:
- 2 cups of flour, ( I use all unbleached all purpose, or a combination of all purpose and wheat)
- 1 tbsp cornstarch, (optional)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Cinnamon Swirl:
- 3 tbsp sugar, light brown sugar or a mix of brown and regular
- 1.25 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of cardamom, or chai spice or ginger or orange zest for variation
Instructions
- Prepare a loaf pan ( 9 by 5 inch) by lining with parchment or greasing. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F ( 180 deg C).
- Mix the non dairy milk and vinegar and let sit for 2 mins. Then add the rest of the wet ingredients and whisk well to combine. Sugar should be well combined.
- Add 1 3/4 cup flour*, starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt (through a sieve or mixed in another bowl). Whisk well to combine. Add in the rest of the flour 1 tbsp at a time, if needed. The mixture should be a flowy but just slighty stiff (depends on the flours used). You can also in some spices into the flour for other flavors.(*If using whole grain flour, start with 1 3/4 cup flour. You might not need more).
- In a small bowl mix the cinnamon, sugar and a good pinch of salt. Press down with a spoon and mix until the cinnamon is mixed in.
- Add half of the batter to a prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon mixture on the batter. Pour the rest of the batter and even it out. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon mixture on top. Use a knife to swirl in lightly throughout the batter. Spray oil on top to seal in the cinnamon mixture
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes (depends on the pan and oven) Check from the center at 45 mins and continue baking till the toothpick comes out completely clean.
- Cool on the counter for 10 mins then remove from the pan and continue to cool completely before slicing. Slice and Store on the counter for upto 2 days and refrigerated for upto a week. Slices can also be frozen. Add an icing for dessert.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love it 😍 it was super easy to make and it has a delicious taste. This will be my new go-to when I am craving cinnamon rolls and I’m feeling lazy.
P.S. reading the other comments about healthyness, I must defend this recipe and other desserts, the key to have a healthy life style is eating in moderation.
Enjoy!!😁
great advice – I’m glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you
Could I fold in some chopped apples to the cake batter without affecting the texture of the end result?
that should be fine – just not too many
Can I use coconut sugar?
Yes it will add a bit of color
Thank you for the recipe! Loved it. Don’t know what the complaint was talking about, wasn’t too sweet at all…even with the extra sugar 😅
awesome 👏
I just made this, my daughter was craving cinnamon swirls but I didn’t want nor did I have the ingredients to make one of those recipes. This is such a great alternative, quick, easy and delicious. I subbed sugar for Stevia and erythritol as I can’t have sugar and it was just sweet enough, Stevia isn’t the easiest to bake with so I’d rather have it under sweet then inedible!! Very easy to make changes if you want it healthier, but don’t confuse plant based for vegan Lisa, we’re vegan for the animals and will eat anything deep fried if we want to as long, as it’s vegan it’s all good!
Awesome
Hello, thank you for the recipe! Do you think it would be ok to substitute the 1/3 cup of sugar for pure maple syrup?
Yes you can!
I made this twice, the first time with regular white (all-purpose) flour and the second time with self raising (omitted the baking powder, soda and salt), and i did add the cornstarch. The second version had the most PERFECT texture. Incredibly light and fluffy, even compared to non-vegan cakes! The only downside was that even though i doubled the cinnamon, the cake was slightly bland. I’ll try adding the chai spices next time to add a little flavor, and even more cinnamon, because the texture is definitely amazing, but the cake itself is more of a cinnamon-scented plain white cake.
Maybe old cinnamon? Mine was pretty potent. Either wah def add more to preference!
Made this and my carnivore friends loved it! I put more brown sugar on top for an extra crackly top. Perfect pantry recipe, the cake is moist and not overly sweet. Can’t wait to try with orange, cardamon, and other flavors.
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Looking for a lighter delicious sweet treat and came across this while in #stayinghome. Made it as is and loved it- the dash of cardamom is a perfect marriage with the cinnamon sugar. My husband loved this too. Thank you!
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I made this cake on 2 separate occasions-once with cornstarch and once without, both times with all all-purpose flour. It was so dense we couldn’t eat it on both occasions. Maybe I’m doing something wrong, or it’s just a bad recipe.
Did the cake rise at all during baking? My suspicion is that baking powder is old and is not working.
Thanks for responding! That’s a definite possibility. Ok, third time’s the charm! I’ll try it again with new baking powder and get back to you.
This time the cake worked! I’m still not a huge fan though. Oh well.
of the texture or flavor? its ok if you ddint like it 🙂