HUGE cinnamon roll?
I'm having a breakfast birthday party for my son. I'd love to make a giant cinnamon roll (one roll the size of a cake). Any idea on how to do this? Would it cook properly if I made cinnamon roll dough and merely rolled a giant one? Any thoughts?
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14 Comments:
if the actual giant cinnamon roll doesn't pan out, you could make a couple cinnamon roll flavored sheet cakes. either bake them in big circular pans, or cut out from rectangular ones, say 3 or 4 layers, each layer smaller than the last, then frost it with cream cheese frosting colored to make it look like an actual roll.
protest at 4:35PM on 12/10/07
I wish I could tell you: "I've done it and this is how you do it", but I can't. Maybe someone will come to your rescue soon. My thought is this: I don't see why you can't take the 8in cake pan and make a giant one in there. You usually make individuals in there. My friend makes the cinnamon roll recipe in the Julia Child with Jacque Pepin book and he does it in his bread machine. Also, maybe Williams Sonoma or Sur La Table will have an excellent mix. Good luck!
Decca at 4:40PM on 12/10/07
My only thought it to make something more along the lines of a roll cake. You could make a thin sponge cake and then roll some sort of cinnamon-flavored icing inside, then cut thin slices from it that would have the swirl of a cinnamon roll. It would be more cakey, but it might give the look you wanted.
I also think that making a few smaller ones in 8x8 pans (try a circular one) could actually work. Make the dough like normal, and then roll out a long, very skinny (like, 1-2 inches wide) rectangle. I might also try making numerous strips and then combining them together. Cover each strip with the cinnamon-sugar mixture and start rolling it up! As each strip runs out, just add another one one. It might sound easier than it would actually be though...
luswim06 at 5:40PM on 12/10/07
The previous comment is sort of what I was imagining. Rolling a really long strip. I just don't know if it will bake properly. Though I suppose the circular pans are designed for multiple rolls to bake in, so why not? It just won't start with quite as many little spaces in the pan (since it will be one solid roll). Does that make sense?
I was also imagining making two of them and layering one on top of the other with a cream cheese-style frosting between and over the top.
I think I may need to do a trial run on this one, though...
This is a great website! I just found it today and posted (since it's impossible to look up "giant cinnamon roll" on the web and get what I"m looking for). And I've already had great responses. Thanks!
More ideas are welcome!
tangerine at 5:47PM on 12/10/07
Look for a recipe for monkey bread. I believe Cuisine at Home just recently had one that was a combo of cinnamon roll and monkey bread.(Monkey bread is a bunch of separate rolls baked in a pile together, that you pull apart when you eat) Kids would have a ball with this. I will see if I can find the recipe.
Mich23 at 5:56PM on 12/10/07
I just went to the food network website, and put in monkey bread in recipe search. They had a recipe for monkey and gorilla bread which actually uses supermarket buttermilk biscuits from the refrigerator section as a base. For kids, this is probably fine. It looks like a big fat cinnamon bun!
Mich23 at 6:07PM on 12/10/07
Oh my gosh, that's fantastic! I think the kids would love this. He's turning four and I"m sure the idea of pulling off chunks of the thing will be very attractive to him and his friends. Thanks SOOO much for all of the suggestions!
tangerine at 6:11PM on 12/10/07
A brioche recipe would probably work -- just shape it more like a cinnamon roll. You could roll it out into a narrow rectangle, fill it & roll it up and then bake it a brioche pan or charlotte mold. Baking with Julia has a good recipe.
OR make a bunch of cinnamon rolls and arrange them in a large cake pan -- 6 - 8 around the outside, one in the center. They will rise and fill the pan. Then ice it as a single bun.
kjgibson at 6:11PM on 12/10/07
Yes, I suppose if I iced it all together, it would work as one bun even if it consists of a bunch. I'm used to making the refrigerated rolls in a round pan, so I suppose I could dump them out onto a cake plate and treat it as a single layer.
Thanks!
tangerine at 6:16PM on 12/10/07
I would do a huge brioche loaf and then put your filling in it. Should be lovely and good. If you need icing recipes or filling amounts post back.
JerzeeTomato at 1:04AM on 12/11/07
I'd make a batch of cinnamon rolls (the Cinnabon recipe from copykat.com is AMAZING), lay them in a tube pan, let it rise and bake it off like a kugelhopf. Drizzle glaze over the top of the whole cake.
Another alternative - form one the size of a 9" cake pan and see how that goes. I hope you have enough time for a dry run of any of these ideas! In any case, your son will have a yummy birthday. LOVE the idea of a breakfast party!
therealchiffonade at 6:47AM on 12/11/07
I have made a coffee cake with long strips of dough wrapped around and around in a spiral and baked in a cake pan and it was great, so that would work fine. You could ice it and decorate it on top.
I have also made monkey bread in an angel food pan and that is easy and fun and the kids would love pulling it apart. So either way would be great.
karen r at 1:24PM on 12/11/07
I think I'm going to end up going with the monkey bread idea because I think the kids would get a huge kick out of pulling it apart. They are, after all, four years old (and I'm over thirty and would have a great time myself).
Thank you all again for your help. It has been invaluable.
tangerine at 3:11PM on 12/11/07
I know this is late, but I was wondering what invitations you used for your son's birthday party. I am trying to throw a breakfast party for my 5 year old son. I am not coming up with any great ideas.
stephanieriddle at 2:57PM on 09/11/08