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Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cake with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

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Kay so this cake…. I adore it.  It may not be a flavor that comes to mind when someone asks you what cake you love but it’s divine! Seriously this and my chocolate cake are all I ever make myself when given a choice!  I rotate through different frostings but this cake… AMAZING.

cinnamon chocolate chip cake recipe

I get a lot of questions about the ratios of this cake – yes this is correct! Promise! Now I use three 8×3 inch round cake pans or four 7×3 inch cakes for this cake – I like the height.  If you only have 1 inch tall cake pans you’ll either need more than three pans or need to cut the recipe back as you don’t want it to over flow in your oven.  I like my cake layers tall.

cinnamon chocolate chip cake brown sugar frosting video

This cake doesn’t rise and dome much either, which I love- and it’s another super moist cake that I use for cake carving if I’m looking to carve something other than rich chocolate cake (but the mini chocolate chips can cause issues when carving a frozen cake, just watch out for the knife catching on frozen chocolate chips)

cinnamon chocolate chip cake with brown sugar cream cheese frosting

These cakes cook lower and slower – but they do get super dark before the cake is fully baked. It’s okay, make sure you level the top AND the bottom of the cake layers to get rid of the dark before laying the cake. The inside is moist and soft and totally worth the trimming!

cinnamon chocolate chip cake cinnamon cream cheese frosting video

Here is an image from when I made the three 8 inch layered cake! It’s the same amt of batter, and you can see the shape difference in the cake, tall and thin vs fat… but just a 1 inch different in the pan width!

cinnamon chocolate chip cake

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cake with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

This batter makes three 8 or 9 inch cake layers or four 7 inch layers - now I like my layers tall - so I use 3 inch tall cake pans.  If you use 2 inch tall cake pans you'll have to use more layers, more like four 9 inch layers
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 1424kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

Cake Recipe

  • 8 cup all-purpose flour (8 1/2 for high altitude)
  • 8 cup lightly packed brown sugar (7 1/2 for high altitude)
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cup cold butter cut into pieces
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 cup full fat sour cream
  • 4 tsp baking soda (3 1/2 tsp for high altitude)
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 6 cup mini chocolate chips

Frosting Recipe

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 12 oz full fat cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 lbs powdered sugar give or take
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
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Instructions

Cake Recipe

  • Preheat your oven to 325 (25 degrees hotter for high altitude - use an oven thermometer) 
  • in a mixer with the whisk attachment add the flour, sugar and cinnamon
  • add the butter and mix on hight until the butter pieces are the size of peas - stop before it starts to warm and cream
  • add the eggs one at a time, mixing between
  • in a medium sized bowl mix the baking soda and sour cream, let sit 3 mins (it will expand)
  • add the sour cream mixture into the batter along with the milk and stir until just evenly moistend
  • stir in the chocolate chips - it will be a thick batter
  • spread into three 8 or 9 inch pans and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about an hour (50 mins for high altitude)

Frosting

  • Melt the butter and brown sugar together until the brown sugar dissolves
  • let cool to room tempurature (you don't want this warm when you add it to the frosting)
  • beat the cream cheese until creamy
  • pour the brown sugar mixture into the cream cheese and beat until smooth
  • mix in the vanilla
  • add half the powdered sugar and cinnamon and beat
  • add more powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until your happy with the thickness

Assemble

  • level the cakes (I also trim the bottom to get rid of the dark outside)
  • place one cake on the cake plate and add 1 cup frosting and spread, repeat, add the final layer of cake
  • frost the outside of the cake and decorate how you'd like - I usually add extra mini chocolate chips

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Notes

it tends to bake dark, don't worry about it, I cut off the top and bottom when I frost the cake

Nutrition

Calories: 1424kcal | Carbohydrates: 226g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 54g | Saturated Fat: 33g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 658mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 180g | Vitamin A: 1475IU | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 251mg | Iron: 4.2mg
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my favorite cake flavor - cinnamon chocolate chip cake - dense and delicious

And today is National Cake Day!!! AMAZING – my all time favorite day right? So us Celebrating Food Bloggers have 9 new recipes for you and links to some older favorites as well!  What’s your favorite cake to make?

round up of 23 cake recipe

New recipes from the Celebrating food holiday bloggers!

  • Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cake – HERE
  • Gingerbread Spice Cake – Life Made Simple
  • Fudgy Grasshopper Cake – Creations by Kara
  • Lemon Curd Cupcakes – The Baker Upstairs
  • Vegan Ginger Pear Bundt Cake – Namely Marly
  • Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake – Foodie with Family
  • Cranberry Pound Cake – Real Mom Kitchen
  • Instant Pot Peanut But Cup Cheesecake – 365 Days of Slow Cooking
  • Best Chocolate Cake with Coconut Buttercream – Gather for Bread

More Cake Recipes from ME

  • Perfect Chocolate cake with Chocolate Ganache Buttercream
  • Maple bacon Cupcakes with Maple buttercream
  • Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting
  • Coconut Pecan cheesecake filled Bundt cake
  • Almond Poppyseed Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Snickers Caramel Cupcakes
  • Peanut Butter S’more cookie Cake
  • Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Macadamia nut cookie cake

More amazing cake recipes you should try!

  • German chocolate cake – life love and sugar
  • Zucchini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting – i am baker
  • carrot cake recipe – sally’s baking addiction
  • peanut butter cake – beth cakes
  • cookie dough chocolate cake – liv for cake

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Comments

  1. Marly

    November 26, 2017 at 9:09 am

    5 stars
    Love this cake recipe and the flavors of cinnamon and chocolate chips! Such an elegant cake!!

    Reply
  2. cakespy

    December 4, 2017 at 5:02 am

    This is fantastic. It’s a little holiday-ish with the warming cinnamon, but perfect for any time!! Beautiful presentation, too.

    Reply
  3. Marsha

    December 4, 2017 at 5:41 am

    This is absolutely gorgeous. Can this be frozen with the frosting on.

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:12 am

      I don’t recommend freezing after frosting unless you can’t help it. Food wise it will be totally fine to eat, but as it thaws moisture will condense on the sides which can cause issues.

      Reply
  4. Pam

    February 8, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    I want to make this recipe in just two layers. Do I just cut the recipe in half? This cake looks amazing!

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      February 2, 2020 at 11:27 pm

      yup, there is a slider in the recipe card to cut the recipe down

      Reply
  5. Rubeena

    February 9, 2018 at 12:06 am

    5 stars
    Going to try it ASAP

    Reply
  6. Sadia

    March 7, 2018 at 11:43 pm

    Can I use this recipe for cupcakes?

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    • Ashlee

      March 14, 2018 at 11:17 pm

      yup – obviously they’ll be denser than typical cupcakes (but I love them) I use them as the base cupcake for these homemade snoballs. And remember to shorten the cooking time

      Reply
  7. Sherrie

    July 5, 2018 at 10:31 am

    Could you just make a regular 9×13 cake how much less ingredients would I need

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    • Sherrie

      July 5, 2018 at 10:31 am

      Thank you

      Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      February 2, 2020 at 11:28 pm

      I assume it would, you’d want to cut the recipe in at least half, maybe even less.

      Reply
  8. Fern

    July 13, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    Hello, can tell me what kind of mixing machine, are you using? 😊

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:11 am

      It’s a bosch universal mixer – Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/

      Reply
  9. Ali

    October 3, 2018 at 11:18 am

    If you bake in 4 7-inch pans, do you still bake same amount of time? 1 hour in 325 degree oven? Can’t wait to try this. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      February 2, 2020 at 11:28 pm

      depends on if you make it smaller so it’s the same height, vs making taller layers. taller layers would take longer to bake, if you make less batter and it’s the same thickness then the same time should work.

      Reply
  10. Ijja

    October 23, 2018 at 3:39 pm

    5 stars
    Hi I’d like to know what brand mixer do you have ?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:11 am

      It’s a bosch universal mixer – Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/

      Reply
  11. Susan

    May 19, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    What is the mixer you’re using un the video?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:11 am

      It’s a bosch universal mixer – Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/

      Reply
  12. Carla

    August 30, 2019 at 6:38 pm

    What type of cake mixer are you using?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:11 am

      It’s a bosch universal mixer – Their website is here http://bit.ly/Ilovemybosch I have a full review here http://ashleemarie.com/bosch-universal-mixer-review-love-bosch-series/

      Reply
  13. Cindy

    December 22, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    I really want to make this but I don’t need that much how can I cut it down by 1/3?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 4, 2020 at 4:10 am

      click on the servings in the recipe card and adjust from there.

      Reply

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