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Cinnamon Roll Cake {Plus a Baking Sheet Digital Subscription Giveaway}

I love recipes that take a well-known, well-loved baked good and present it in an entirely different way. I also love baked goods that are just as good for breakfast as they are for dessert. So, you can imagine that this Cinnamon Roll Cake makes me very happy. The cake itself is a lovely yellow cake made with one of my favorite cake ingredients - sour cream. A little cinnamon sugar gets partially mixed into that delicious cake. Then, the cake is layered with a combination of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. To top it all off, a sweet vanilla glaze goes on top of the baked cake.

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Chocolate Pound Cake with Vanilla Bean Glaze

As much as I adore chocolate, I'm not always the biggest fan of standard chocolate cake fare. I usually find either the flavor or the texture lacking in some way. But, this rich and dense pound cake is one of my favorites. It gets its rich chocolate flavor from a big helping of cocoa powder. As I tend to do, I will now mount my Good Ingredients Soapbox. You definitely want to use the very best cocoa powder you can find for this cake. I personally like Scharffen Berger's unsweetened cocoa powder. I've been using it for years and have always been pleased with it. There are many other great brands out there, so just find the kind you like best.

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