Cinnamon Roll Cake

Everyone I know loves cinnamon rolls or buns but lets be honest they're for breakfast or teatime but delicious as they are they're not that presentable.  Here then is a simple solution that produces a delicious fluffy cake style cinnamon roll that can be cut into slices.

CINNAMON ROLL CAKE

 CAKE

• 350g plain flour
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 sachet of dried yeast
• 120ml water
• 60ml milk
• 50g butter
• an egg

FILLING

• 50g butter, softened
• 1.5 tbsp cinnamon
• 50g sugar

GLAZE

• 125g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp milk or cream
• 1 tsbp maple syrup ( I used caramel syrup)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Set aside 50g of flour.
In a large bowl mix together the rest of the flour, sugar, salt and yeast
In another bowl heat the water, milk and butter together in the microwave till the butter has melted 
Stir this mixture into the flour followed by the egg and enough of the reserved flour to make a soft dough
The dough is ready when it pulls gently away from the bowl and has an elastic consistency
On a lightly floured surface knead for 3-4 minutes using the rest of the reserved flour
Form it into a bowl, place in a lightly greased bowl,cover tightly and let rest for 30 minutes
It will rise slightly.

After 30 minutes roll out the dough to a rectangle about 15x12 inches
Spread the softened butter over the dough
Mix the cinnamon and sugar together and sprinkle over the butter.

Grease a 9" round cake tin

Using a very sharp knife or pizza cutter cut the dough into six 2" strips
Loosely roll up one strip and place it in the centre of the pan then coil the remaining strips around the centre one starting each one where the previous one ended
Any of the filling that you lose can go back on top

Loosely cover the cake with foil and allow to rise in a warm, draft free place for 60-90 minutes.

I preheated the oven to the lowest setting then turned it off.  After the dough has nearly doubled in size preheat the oven to 350F/180C/Gas 4

Bake for 30-35 minutes till lightly browned, place the foil back over the top after 15 minutes to stop it over browning.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Make the glaze by beating all the ingredients together and drizzle over the top

This cake is best eaten the same day but warms up nicely in the microwave the next day.