Fluffy, perfectly moist cake with layers of cinnamon sugar swirl and a cream cheese icing drizzle. This Snickerdoodle Cake recipe is so delicious, easy to make, and perfect for any occasion!
Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease an 8x8” square cake pan with baking spray and line with parchment paper so it overhangs the pan.
Make the Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside for later.
Make the Cake Batter
In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and eggs for 1 minute until pale and fluffy. Next, whisk in the milk, sour cream, melted butter, vanilla extract and salt, just until combined.
Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cream of tartar, and whisk until no lumps remain and a batter forms. Don’t overmix otherwise the batter will become dense rather than fluffy.
Assemble the Cake
Pour half the batter into the pan and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle the cake batter with half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Pour the remaining batter on top and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture, and use a butter knife to swirl everything around.
Bake the cake in the center rack of the oven for 32-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack, in the pan, for 20 minutes. Then, carefully use the parchment paper overhang to lift the cake out of the pan and set back to fully cool before icing the cake.
Make the Cream Cheese Drizzle
In a medium bowl, use a rubber spatula to press the confectioner's sugar into the cream cheese for 3 minutes, until the cream cheese has loosened and becomes smoother.
Mix in the vanilla extract.
Switch to a whisk and add 1 tablespoon of milk at a time, until the mixture is a smooth consistency.
Drizzle over the mostly cooled cake.
Notes
A trick to getting your eggs to room temperature within minutes: Take whole cold eggsand place them in a bowl. Run warm-hot sink water over the eggs for 1 minute. Then, letthe eggs sit in the warm water for 5 minutes before proceeding with the recipe.
Prepare the cake a day or two in advance and make the cream cheese the day you planto serve it! It will seem as if it was freshly decorated and nobody will know it was preppedin advance.
Iced cake is best stored in the fridge, and removed from the refrigerator 15-30 minutesbefore serving.