Birthday Cake Cinnamon Rolls

May 30, 2012 by 10 Comments

I have to say, I really love making cinnamon rolls with cake mix.  While still the traditional cinnamon roll (yes, you still have to use yeast) they save a few steps and I have been really happy with the taste of each batch I’ve made.   Last night I decided to give yellow cake mix a try and in my head yellow cake means birthday cake, which means sprinkles are required.   This seems like a pretty fun way to start a birthday (or any random day!).

Start your day with cake?  I say yes.   Back in February we started my daughter’s 9th Birthday with some festive cinnamon rolls that used Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon roll recipe…

I love Ree’s cinnamon roll recipe, but for a smaller and quicker batch of cinnamon rolls, I am a pretty big fan of going the cake mix route.

To make these I used the same recipe that I used for the Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls With Cinnamon Roll Frosting…

I stuck with a vanilla frosting for today’s cinnamon rolls.

Another fun twist is using a chocolate cake mix…

Delish!

Remember to check out this post for the cake mix cinnamon roll recipe.    On Friday I will be headed back to the Duncan Hines Test Kitchen for a visit and will hopefully bring back even more fun ideas and ways to use cake mixes!  :)

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Comments

  1. Blog is the New Black says:
    May 30, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Now these sound amazing!

  2. Averie @ Averie Cooks says:
    May 30, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Wow…amazing! I’d love to hear your pros/cons of truly homemade rolls, i.e. Ree’s recipe vs. using a shortcut. Like is one an 8 and the other is a 9. Are they both 10′s? Because if they’re really neck and neck, I am all about a shortcut. ALWAYS! :)

  3. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says:
    May 31, 2012 at 4:31 am

    You are the cinnamon roll queen!! Love it!

  4. Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more says:
    May 31, 2012 at 4:36 am

    firstly, this is going right on my pin board, I love me a cake mix recipe. secondly I want to go to the test kitchen too:( can you sneak me in in your purse or something! That is so cool!

  5. sally @ sally's baking addiction says:
    May 31, 2012 at 9:08 am

    I’ve never made Cinnamon Rolls w/ yesat before.. yeast scares me! But I am a fan of ALL things birthday cake, so I’m now convinced I should give it a try! Because what’s better than having sprinkles for breakfast?!

  6. Mercedes says:
    June 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    I really need to try these cake mix rolls! I love this version with sprinkles!

  7. Debra Kapellakis says:
    June 3, 2012 at 1:31 am

    Birthday Cake Cinnamon Rolls, just the name tickles me. They look and read so good.

  8. Nellie says:
    June 7, 2012 at 9:24 am

    I was dying to try and make my most favorite breakfast/dessert treat – cinnamon rolls so when I found this site, I knew I had to give it a try despite my fear of yeast!

    Anyway, my first hand at this was on my daughter’s 5th birthday, June 5th and I made the birthday version and even though it was my first trial and error at it, they were absolutely, unbelievably….DELICIOUS!!! I can’t wait to try this again and especially the chocolate version with maybe caramel replacing the cinnamon in the mix?

    Thank you again and so happy I found this site – you ROCK!!!

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