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Let’s start today off with, what I like to call, a breakfast of champions.
Because anything with sprinkles involved is a champion in my book.
Ever since I made my Mini (no yeast) Cinnamon Buns, I’ve been brainstorming ways to make them… well… more “Sally-ified.”
Aka, add sprinkles and… cake batter.
I love the original mini cinnamon buns because they are laughably-easy to make. Take packaged crescent roll dough, roll it out, pour on some melted butter and sprinkle on cinnamon & sugar til your heart’s content. Roll ‘em up and throw them into the oven. They take less than 20 minutes start-to-finish and you don’t have to wait for yeast to… ya know… do its thing!
Today’s cake batter version are just as simple, and yet… completely over the top. In a good way.
I broke out the sprinkles, my half of a box of white cake mix (leftover from this fudge), and went cake batter CRAZY. I rolled out the store-bought crescent dough, rolled sprinkles INTO the dough, spread with melted butter, then cake mix, then MORE melted butter, then some brown sugar… ya know, for good measure.
I rolled them all up, cut into itsy bitsy buns, and popped them into the oven.
Then I just went nuts. I took even more white cake mix and mixed it with some fat free half-and-half (gotta save the calories for the sprinkles, right?!?!) and made a thick cake batter icing. I spooned the icing onto each bun and topped with sprinkles.
Like I always say… you can never have enough SPRINKLES.
This isn’t the first time I had sprinkles for breakfast, either. 
If having sprinkles for breakfast is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.
The birthday cake batter flavor in today’s cinnamon buns is spot-on. The melted butter brushed underneath and on top of the cake mix really “locks” the cake mix into the dough nicely. The icing, made purely from cake mix and half-and-half, is obviously pure cake-batter-madness, too.
And while I call these cake batter “cinnamon” buns, I actually didn’t use ANY cinnamon in the buns’ filling. I stuck to brown sugar, butter, + cake mix.
Another winner to add to my cake batter insanity. Breakfast just got a whole lot more fun.
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makes 16 rolls
Ingredients
- 1-8oz tube crescent roll dough
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup Betty Crocker Supermoist white or yellow cake mix (or any brand white or yellow cake mix)
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 3/4 cup SIFTED Betty Crocker Supermoist white or yellow cake mix (or any brand white or yellow cake mix)*
- 2 Tbsp + 1 tsp half-and-half (or milk)
- extra sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (or whatever your tube of crescent roll instructs). Spray 16 tins of a mini muffin pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Roll out half of the dough (4 triangles) and close the seams together by pinching. Flip over and pinch those seams together as well.
- Sprinkle the dough with half of your sprinkles and smooth out with a rolling pin. You want the dough to be totally seamless and the sprinkles to be pressed into the dough as much as possible. I do not have a rolling pin in my tiny apartment, so I covered the dough with parchment paper and rolled over it with a glass cup. The dough needs to be completely smooth and 1/4" thick.
- Brush dough with 1 Tbsp melted butter and cover with 2 Tbsp of the cake mix. Brush 1 Tbsp melted butter over the cake mix and sprinkle with 1 Tbsp brown sugar.
- Roll into a log and cut into 8 equal buns.
- Repeat steps 2-5 with the other half of the crescent roll dough.
- Place 16 buns into the prepared muffin tins. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the buns are lightly browned.
- Make the icing: whisk together sifted cake mix and half-and-half until fully combined. Add more or less half-and-half depending on how thick you want the icing. Spoon over warm cinnamon buns and top with sprinkles.
Notes
*using yellow cake mix will produce a more yellow icing. I used white cake mix.
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These are so simple yet so delicious
Lovely!
Cheers
CCU
Choc Chip Uru recently posted..Simple Pleasures Of Life
Gorgeous!! You know the way to my heart–through copiously amounts of rainbow sprinkles! Beautiful pictures, too. I feel like I can already taste these cute little cinnamon buns which is good incentive to make them!
Hayley recently posted..Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cinnamon Rolls
Thanks Hayley! Sprinkles are obvs the way to my heart too.
They are totally Sally-ified! Love the cake batter and sprinkles, and plenty of butter and the ease crescent rolls. Hope you submitted the pics; they’re gorgeous!
Averie @ Averie Cooks recently posted..Spinach Artichoke and Roasted Red Pepper Cheesy Squares
Thanks Averie!! Yes, the pics were submitted! Prob not TS worthy, but oh well! They are definitely overloaded with butter too, twice the amount as my regular cinnybuns but who’s really counting?!
Looooove these. You are the cake batter queen.
Karly recently posted..Three Terrific Grilled Side Dishes
cake batter QUEEN?? what an honor!! You’re the peanut butter queen then Karly!
My husband would be all about these! I’ll have to give them a go!
Jess recently posted..Hello July!
Thanks Jess, let me know if you guys try them!
I say you just call them ” Birthday Buns” since there’s no cinnamon, haha! These look super yummy and of course I love them because they’re tiny. So cute
Back For Seconds recently posted..Sweet ‘N Salty Mix
hahahahha birthday buns! I love it! I should’ve asked you to name these for me Stephanie!
how cute are these! And I clicked over from foodgawker as well!
megan @ whatmegansmaking recently posted..Mini Fruit Pizzas
You make me crave naughty stuff! I think i spent about 10 minutes just staring at those pictures! By the way, I have nominated you for an award (yes another, but I do love your blog!). Check it out here: http://food-fork-and-good.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/spiced-apple-pie-rolls-awards.html
Emma @ Food, Fork and Good recently posted..Spiced Apple Pie Rolls & Awards.
Thanks Emma! You are so sweet.
These are so fun!! I love that they don’t require yeast!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction recently posted..Rich Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cake
Yeast?! I have no patience for the stuff. That’s why I love these. Thanks Jessica!
What a fun and easy breakfast!!! Sprinkles are definitely the way to my heart too! (Along with mini treats and cake batter!) You definitely Sally-fied them:-) Drooling for sure over your awesome pictures!!!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life recently posted..Mocha Mallow Fudge
Okay, these are awesome. Totally Sally-ified. YUM!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust recently posted..Very Vanilla Bars {50 Shades of Grey Desserts}
Sally, these are seriously amazing! We make crescent roll cinnamon rolls often on the weekends, but I never though of adding cake mix! That is seriously brilliant. Totally doing this next time!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl recently posted..Blackberry Coffee Cake
I saw this on pinterest and knew it was you right away! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love refrigerated crescent roll dough.
…it’s a lot.
Oh! This is random, but I just remembered I tried some variation of this forever ago, but I didn’t feel like I could taste the cake mix. What did you think??
I think the cake batter icing would help the flavor pop a ton, and I didn’t do that.
Ashton recently posted..BoBerry Biscuits Copycat Recipe
By layering the cake batte rin with the butte,r I felt like the dough itself had a lot of cake batter flavor! And the icing REALLY pushed it over the top. The icing just tastes like straight up cak ebatter because all it is is cake mix + half-and-half! Thanks Ashton.
These look so yummy! Everything is better with sprinkles! I just found your blog via Foodgawker and I am your new biggest fan! I think I managed to browse all of your recipes over the weekend and subscribed via email and cannot wait to see more!
Mercedes recently posted..OXO LockTop Container Review and Giveaway!
OMG those are the cutest things everrrrrr. Cake batter for breakfast…why the hell not?
Meghan @ After the Ivy League recently posted..Trader Joe’s Will Change Your Life
These are so cute and so FUN!!! I would make a mixture of the original and these and serve them at breakfast the morning after a sleepover or something
Julie @ Table for Two recently posted..Zucchini Boats
That is such a great idea Julie! I’m going to make half of the regular and have cake batter next time.
Woah!!! I’m totally in love with these. They are my kinda treat
Krissy’s Creations recently posted..Star Watermelon Pops
Oh, God, no! You left out the cinnamon! That’s like the most important part D:
Joking aside, this looks AMAZING. I’ve got to try something similar soon.
I’m a cinnamon fiend like you Sarah! But the cake batter version is just soo good
omg, love it! I have to admit, I’m NOT a huge fan of plain cake (white birthday cakes, etc) – however, I do like all of the cake batter flavored stuff (I’m weird, I know)…and this sounds amazing!
Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik recently posted..Throwback Thursday
I don’t like plain cake either Sarah!! But cake batter? I’m ALL about!
Oh my goodness! amazing. wait until my daughter sees these:)
Heather@French Press recently posted..Caprese {stuffed} Tomatoes
Aww! These are definitely kid-friendly. And adult-friendly if you’re a sucker for sprinkles like I am
Thanks Heather!
Oh my goodness! These look amazing. I’m with you on the cake batter, I could eat it for every meal. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jordan! We have cake batter love in common
Sally, your recipes and photography are over-the-top! Thanks for linking up to Thursday Food Fest!
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Thanks Sarah! Thursday Food Fest had some great links!
These are amazing! I love all the ideas actually, but those little mini rolls are so cute! You could just pop them in your mouth like cereal! I love them!
I like your thinking! I popped a few into my mouth for breakfast and didn’t want to stop eating them!
WOW!!! Those cinnamon buns look crazy FUN!!! Oh and oh so delicious!
I sure hope you’re planning on sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
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Hey, just a question..
For the cake batter do you make it a batter then put it on or just put it on as a powder?
Everything looks so yummy, but I was wondering the same thing, do you make the cake mix as directed then add or do you add dry cake mix??
Hi Tammie, it is dry cake mix from a box – not premade cake batter.
I am in awe of your site! Just got done sharing your chocolate chip cake batter cookie recipe with my bestie who lives in SC! My daughter and I made them yesterday and let me tell you my family and neighbors LOVED them! Thank you so much for taking the time to create this site..you are truly an inspiration to all us Mom’s out there!
Hi Jennifer. Wow, thank you so much for the kind words and what a sincere comment. I really, really appreciate it! “Bestie” – I call my best friend bestie too. I love those chocolate chip cake batter cookies! A wonderful recipe. I am so glad you are a reader.
Oh wow these look mouth watering AMAZING!! so colorful and cute. My husband would die if I made these. Thanks so much for another fantastic recipe!!!!
I love how colorful they are too.
Thanks Jenny! Let me know if you ever make them.
Hi again! I made these a couple of days ago — rainy cold dreary day, and these perked everyone up. (And added a pound to my scale!) Fantastic!! I’m addicted to your site!
Dee recently posted..Snow in the Carolinas
That’s so nice to hear Dee!! These are definitely a wonderfully “cheery” and happy breakfast to enjoy in the winter months! Let me know any other goodies you bake. Thanks Dee!
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