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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast » Cake Mix Cinnamon Swirl Bread

    Modified: Apr 25, 2025 · Published: May 15, 2020 by Angela G. · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Cake Mix Cinnamon Swirl Bread

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    Delicious and super easy cinnamon bread! 2 marbled loaves. Made with yellow cake mix, cinnamon and brown sugar topped with icing. Weekend breakfast goals!

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    • ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
    • ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
    • ★ How to Make this Recipe ★
    • ★ Tips & FAQs ★
    • ★ More Recipes You'll Love ★
    • Cinnamon Swirl Bread (Made with Cake Mix)

    ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★

    You can make the most delicious and easy cinnamon bread using cake mix!

    Perfect for weekend breakfasts, to share with friends and family, or to serve for brunch.

    Easy to make.

    This yummy bread is so easy. Kids can make this cake mix cinnamon bread and they love it too. Kid-friendly.

    Not only do kids love the taste of this cinnamon bread, it's also super simple to make. Easier than chocolate chip cookies even. So, any kid who can use safely a hand mixer, can make this bread. Use your judgement of course. 😉

    Bake-sale Friendly

    I make this for bake sale fundraisers and it always sells out! So, if you need a sure-fire recipe for bake sells, try this cinnamon swirl bread! Use these disposable bread loaf pans.

    ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★

    You'll need cake mix plus mix-ins, cinnamon sugar for creating the cinnamon swirl and ingredients for icing to top off your loaf.

    Here's everything you'll need to gather:

    Cake Mix Cinnamon Bread Ingredients
    • Cake mix. Yellow or white both work.
    • Eggs and oil. For the cake batter.
    • Milk. Using milk in place of water creates a richer tasting loaf.
    • Sugar. I like to use brown sugar but regular sugar can be used as well.
    • Cinnamon. Powdered.
    • Nutmeg. Optional but adds a nice Earthly layer of flavor.
    • Salt. This brings out the cinnamon sugar.
    • For the icing you'll need vanilla extract, milk and powdered sugar.

    ★ How to Make this Recipe ★

    This easy cake-mix recipe comes together in just a few steps.

    Here's a look:

    How to Make Cake Mix Cinnamon Swirl Bread
    • Mix together batter ingredients.
    • Blend cinnamon-sugar.
    • Layer batter in a bread loaf.
    • Add a layer of cinnamon-sugar.
    • Alternate layers of batter and cinnamon sugar.
    • Bake loaf.
    • Let cool.
    • Mix together icing.
    • Drizzle icing on top.
    • Slice and enjoy!

    Check out the how-to video, in the recipe card below, that shows how easily this cinnamon cake mix bread comes together.

    ★ Tips & FAQs ★

    Storage

    This bread can be stored at room temperature, wrapped in plastic, for up to 2 days. Storing the refrigerator, this bread will last up to 7 days.

    This bread is also freezer-friendly. Wrap in plastic wrap and you can freeze for up to 6 months.

    Make cinnamon muffins instead of loaves of bread.

    I make this recipe using two loaf pans.

    However, you can easily convert this recipe into muffins. Just use the same layering process in your greased or lined muffins cups, and then bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Makes 24 muffins.

    Try adding nuts.

    You can add chopped pecans or any kind of chopped nuts you enjoy. Just stir them right into the batter.

    Icing Optional

    The bread is absolutely delicious and moist all on its own and truly doesn't even need icing. I actually prefer it without and it's less sugar that way too. However, icing does dress it up a bit so it's nice to have as an option if you're serving this for a special occasion.

    Flavor Boosting

    A small amount of salt can really bring flavors out so add a dash of salt to your batter if you want, it's fine if you don't though too. It's just an extra flavor boost and won't affect the baking process.

    I also enjoy the cinnamon and nutmeg combination. Nutmeg has a nutty flavor and that goes so well with cinnamon and sugar. Add it in if you love it too. If you're not sure, smell it first and if it smells good, go for it. Just a few dashes will do. If you don't have it, don't like it, or even just forget, no worries! You don't need it.

    Don't have brown sugar?

    Brown sugar add to the flavor of this cinnamon bread, but it's not 100% necessary. If you're fresh out of brown sugar, you can use regular sugar instead. So for this recipe, you'd just be doubling the white sugar.

    Try honey or maple syrup as a sweetener.

    Both of the natural sweeteners can be use in place of sugar in this recipe! You can completely replace the sugar with honey or maple syrup, or you can just substitute part of the sugar. You can swap whatever quantity you want using a 1:1 ratio. Cook time may be affect, so just use the toothpick method to check for doneness if you make any substitutions.

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    Easy Cinnamon Swirl Bread with Icing

    Cinnamon Swirl Bread (Made with Cake Mix)

    Author: Angela G.
    Delicious and super easy cinnamon bread! 2 marbled loaves. Made with yellow cake mix, cinnamon and brown sugar topped with icing. Weekend breakfast goals!
    4.83 from 17 reviews
    Reviews
    Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Skill Level: Easy
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 Servings
    Yield: 2 loaves or 4 mini loaves

    Equipment

    • 2 loaf pans (or use mini loaf pans)
    • 4 mini loaf pans
    • electric mixer
    • piping bag

    Ingredients 

    Bread Batter

    • 15.25 oz box yellow or white cake mix
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 cup milk
    • ⅓ cup softened butter or use cooking oil
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • ¼ cup brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoon cinnamon
    • dash of salt Optional
    • 2 dashes nutmeg Optional

    Icing

    • ½ cup powdered sugar
    • 1 tablespoon milk
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
    • Make batter. In a large bowl combine cake mix, eggs, milk and butter using a hand mixer. Beat at a medium speed for 2 minutes.
    • Prepare bread pans. Grease two loaf pans with cooking spray or additional butter.
    • Make cinnamon sugar. In a small bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir with a fork until blended.
    • Fill pans. Add a layer of batter to each, just enough to cover the whole bottom of the bread pan.
      Spoon a layer of cinnamon sugar on top of the layer of batter in each loaf pan.
      Repeat layers until batter and cinnamon sugar is used up. Use a knife to spread out the cinnamon as needed. You can swirl the cinnamon sugar for a marbled look if you want.
    • Bake. Place bread pans in oven on the middle rack and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean.
    • Make icing. In a small bowl mix together icing ingredients using a fork, until smooth.
    • Cool and add icing. When loaves are done baking, remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes then top with icing using a spoon or a piping bag to drizzle icing over each loaf.
    • Serve or store. Slice and serve or let cool and icing harden, then wrap in plastic wrap for later.

    Video

    Notes

    • Cook time will vary depending on loaf pan size and shape.
    • I use 9.5" x 5" loaf pans. You can use others sizes, but the cook time may vary. Thicker loaves typically require more time, smaller loaves less time. Mini loaves I've found take about 22-25 minutes to set.
    • If I'm unsure of the bake time for the size pan I'm using, as a rule of thumb, I check all my baked recipes using a toothpick inserted into the center. It's done as soon as the toothpick comes out clean. I check about half way through the bake time and then add more bake time, as needed. If you're using a non-standard size pan, you can try this method.

    Nutrition Facts

    Calories: 369kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 488mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 213mg | Iron: 2mg
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    Comments

    1. Pattie says

      May 08, 2024 at 9:54 am

      5 stars
      II can’t have eggs can I use egg whites?

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        May 14, 2024 at 11:38 am

        Yes, you can use egg whites in place of a full egg. You will need to use twice as many eggs if you are not using the yolk. Thanks for asking!

        Reply
      • Lisa Sandoval says

        November 10, 2024 at 11:42 am

        5 stars
        I couldn’t find my 2nd loaf pan so i used a 9” x 13” pan.

        My cake mix was Dolly Parton which is 18 ounces. I adjusted by adding 1/3 cup heavy cream. Also I used 10 tbsp melted butter per the box instructions. I used 1-1/2 cups of frozen blueberries tossed with 1 tbsp flour and mixed into the cake batter. I also hand mixed everything.

        I used Penzey’s apple pie spice mix in place of cinnamon and 1/2 cup brown sugar. 1/2 in the middle and the rest on top.

        For the glaze, I needed to use some whipped cream cheese that was left over. 1/4 cup of cream cheese, 1/4 heavy cream, 1 teaspoon of vanilla. I added milk to thin it out.

        The streusel topping on top looked a little dry so when the cake was done, I used chop sticks to poke holes. I drizzled the glaze all over. Then I spread it with the streusel topping for a marble effect.

        My family really liked it. They went back for seconds. Next time I’m going to try with thinly sliced apples that I will cook in maple syrup and cinnamon and put in the middle.

        This recipe gives me so many ideas. Thank you for saving Saturday morning breakfast!

        Because the top looked a little dry

        Reply
    2. Karen says

      January 10, 2024 at 12:25 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious! I like to take treats to my chemo nurses and I know they’re going to love it!

      Reply
    3. Kimberly Bates says

      December 18, 2023 at 5:02 pm

      4 stars
      Super easy to make. I had to whip up another batter mix because the first was not enough to even go fill up 1/3 of the loaf pans. I should of just used one loaf pan. They are in the oven. We will see how it goes. Fingers crossed as this is my holiday gift to neighbors.

      Reply
    4. Sue H says

      December 12, 2023 at 8:44 am

      5 stars
      Absolutely awesome. I made it exactly as the recipe stated. I will definitely make this again

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        December 12, 2023 at 8:50 am

        Looks delicious and pretty as a bundt cake! Thanks for sharing, Sue.

        Reply
      • S. Hamm says

        December 12, 2023 at 12:43 pm

        5 stars
        I just wanted to make an added comment. As you can see from the picture, I did make it as a bunt cake and baked it for about 30 minutes.

        Reply
    5. Karie says

      September 07, 2023 at 3:28 pm

      4 stars
      I’m unable to get the video to play. My question is, how many layers of batter are in the pan?
      Also what are the dimensions of the loaf pans you use? I have 3 different sizes of loaf pans.

      Thank you

      Karie

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        September 07, 2023 at 6:32 pm

        Hi Karie, I use a 9.5" x 5" loaf pan and typically do three layers of batter with two layers of cinnamon in between. Hope this helps!

        Reply
    6. Vicki says

      September 03, 2023 at 4:06 pm

      2 pans or one...in the video it's one..recipe says 2

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        September 05, 2023 at 8:21 am

        Hi Vicki, This recipe makes 2 loaves.

        Reply
    7. Audrey says

      August 16, 2023 at 2:04 pm

      Where does the recipe state oil
      Do you mix the cake mix according to pkg first then add the other ingredients
      Your instructions are a little confusing

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        August 16, 2023 at 6:58 pm

        My apologies for the confusion. You can use butter or cooking oil. Whichever you prefer. Butter will give you a more rich flavor. Oil will give more moisture. You use the cake mix, but follow the recipe not the box instructions. Thanks for asking!

        Reply
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