I came home from my ride the other night and I had cinnamon rolls on my mind. So, the obvious decision was to make a cinnamon dessert to satisfy my sweet tooth. I have made cinnamon swirl muffins and cinnamon swirl baked oatmeal before, but I have never made a cinnamon swirl cake. I am sure glad that I did though!

I have to say, I don’t think I could ever get tired of eating something cinnamon flavored. Almost every morning I have a double dose of cinnamon in my oatmeal. I use my cinnamon bun combat protein powder, and then add even more cinnamon. I actually just look forward to going to bed because I know when I wake up I get to eat my morning oatmeal!

There is no better thing to make a cinnamon swirl with than some Sweet Spreads cinnamon roll coconut butter. It really completed the overall cinnamon flavor. The best part was, there is no need to mix lots of ingredients to make your cinnamon swirl. Just heat up a little bit of the coconut butter, put it in a plastic bag and pipe it into a swirl on the cake.

I went ahead and added some cream icing on top as well. It just wouldn’t have the proper cinnamon roll taste without a good icing. I think cream cheese icing is probably my new favorite.

One thing that I think is absolutely imperative to do right when making a good microwave cake is making sure that you do not over cook it. It can be really easy to dry out your baked goods when using protein powder. I cooked mine a little bit less than done so that the center was a little bit gooey. I prefer it to be moist rather than having it dry out. No one likes a dry and crumbly cake!

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