Reddits VIRAL - Big Mama's Secret Cinnamon Roll Cake **

From the original poster- This is a cake my grandmother “Big Mama” used to make. The basic cake part is what she used for all of her homemade poke cakes. She used white sugar for icing but I like the powdered better and I upped the cinnamon from 1 T to 4. She would make the cake and sometimes add a sliced banana or two on top then add the icing for a “banana cake”. It’s so good! Or she would make a warm chocolate glaze with Hershey’s cocoa powder and pour on top for chocolate cake. She and my Big Daddy raised 5 children during the depression and WW2. They had a farm and she could make delicious meals from seemingly nothing. She would make half of the cake recipe and make a one layer round cake in her later years.

Ingredients:

2 cups self rising flour

4 eggs

1/2 cup crisco

1 and 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup milk or buttermilk or a mix of both

2 teaspoons vanilla

Beat sugar and crisco, add eggs and beat. Add flour and milk and vanilla and beat 1-2 minutes. Spread 1/2 of this into a greased and floured 9x13 pan.

Filling

1/2 c brown sugar

4 teaspoons cinnamon ( many posters used 4 Tablespoons but that was kinda overkill to me)

Sprinkle evenly on cake Pour and spread the rest of the batter on the filling. Swirl with a knife

Bake at 350 for 30 to maybe 45 minutes- recipes said 30 but mine wasn't done so left it in for another 15 till tooth pick came out clean.

Icing

2 c powered sugar

3 T butter

1/4 c milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

Heat milk and butter, add sugar and vanilla. Poke holes in the cake. Pour over warm cake. ( it was noted that this cake is VERY sweet- I made the above icing but only used half to top the cake- it was sweet but not overly)

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If you don’t have self-rising flour you can make your own:

SELF-RISING FLOUR:

2 c. flour

1 T. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

Whisk together well

I saw this recipe and wanted to make it but a 9x13 makes a pretty big cake. Gabe doesn't eat sweets, he might have a slice. I sure don't need the  extra calories. I told Gabe all about it and how it was getting so much buzz. I needed to do a Walmart run to pick up buttermilk. I know I can make my own but I wasted to stay true to the recipe. The only sub I made was using butter flavor crisco. Gabe liked it and I gave a slice to Sharon and Don. The rest is going to the gym! I liked it and need to get it out of the house- LOL. ALL reviews in today from everyone I gave it to- LOVED IT and want MORE!!!!!

** If you’re gluten free:

Use a one to one replacement flour and 4 tablespoons of baking powder.

Sift the flour—or it will be stodgy.

Drop the temp by 25 degrees and cook for 15 minutes longer.

Use Crisco.