Cinnamon Cake
Serves: 3 to 4
An easy recipe for cinnamon cake that is fast and simple to make, and perfect for breakfast or dessert. Recipe with step-by-step photos.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 egg
- 110 g (½ cup) caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 125 ml (½ cup) milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 150 g (1 cup) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 5 g (1 teaspoon) baking powder
- 30 g (2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
For the topping
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar, (superfine sugar)
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F) (without fan).
- Use some of the melted butter to lightly grease a 20 cm (8 inch) cake tin.
- Separate the egg into separate bowls.
- Beat the eggwhite until it is stiff but not dry.
- Add the egg yolk, and gradually beat in the sugar.
- Gently whisk in the milk and vanilla extract.
- Whisk in the flour, baking powder and melted butter.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- While the cake is still hot, brush the melted butter over the hot cake.
- Make the topping by mixing together the sugar and ground cinnamon, and sprinkle generously over the cake.
- Serve warm or cool.
Kitchen Notes
- USE A BUNDT PAN
I sometimes like to use a bundt pan to jazz up plain cakes. In which case, invert the cake onto a wire rack while it is still warm, but be careful because warm cakes can fall apart easily, especially if the cake tin has not been well-greased beforehand. Proceed as per the recipe above, brushing the melted butter over what should be the bottom of the cake which is now facing up. - RECIPE CREDIT
This recipe is adapted from Baking by Margaret Fulton. - OVEN TEMPERATURES
All recipes on this website state temperatures for a regular oven (i.e. a conventional oven without fan). If you have a convection oven with a fan, please consult the manufacturer's handbook on how to adjust the temperature and baking time accordingly. - CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.