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A slice of Snickerdoodle Cake showing the moist cinnamon sugar swirl through golden layers with cream cheese frosting on a white plate

Snickerdoodle Cake The Most Easy Moist Cinnamon Sugar Layer Cake Cream of Tartar Cream Cheese Frosting Celebration Cake You Bake


  • Author: Nonna Teresa Conti
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes including cooling
  • Yield: 12 to 14 servings 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

The most extraordinary moist Snickerdoodle Cake made by preheating oven to 350°F greasing and flouring two 9-inch pans mixing 1/3 cup sugar and 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon for swirl setting aside whisking 3 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cream of tartar and 1/2 tsp salt beating 1 cup softened butter and 2 cups sugar 3 minutes light and fluffy adding 4 room temperature eggs one at a time mixing thoroughly then vanilla on low alternating flour mixture and 1 cup milk in three additions beginning and ending with flour pouring half batter into first pan sprinkling generously with half cinnamon sugar dividing remaining batter between pans topping with remaining cinnamon sugar baking 28 to 32 minutes until toothpick clean cooling 10 minutes then on racks then beating 16 oz room temperature cream cheese and 1/2 cup room temperature butter smooth adding 4 to 5 cups sifted powdered sugar vanilla and salt beating fluffy assembling with layers cinnamon-side down and frosting exterior. A completely perfect cinnamon sugar cream of tartar snickerdoodle cake recipe.


Ingredients

Scale

3 cups All-Purpose Flour

2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Cream of Tartar

1/2 tsp Salt

1 cup Unsalted Butter softened

2 cups Granulated Sugar

4 large Eggs room temperature

2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

1 cup Whole Milk room temperature

1/3 cup Granulated Sugar for cinnamon swirl

1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

16 oz Full-Fat Brick-Style Cream Cheese room temperature

1/2 cup Unsalted Butter room temperature for frosting

4 to 5 cups Powdered Sugar sifted

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract for frosting

Pinch of Salt for frosting


Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F 175°C. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans.

2. Mix cinnamon sugar swirl ingredients. Set aside.

3. Whisk flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Set aside.

4. Beat softened butter and sugar 3 minutes until light and fluffy.

5. Add eggs one at a time. Mix thoroughly after each. Add vanilla.

6. On low alternate flour in 3 additions with milk in 2 additions beginning and ending with flour.

7. Pour half batter into first pan. Sprinkle generously with half cinnamon sugar.

8. Divide remaining batter between pans. Top each with remaining cinnamon sugar.

9. Bake 28 to 32 minutes until toothpick clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Transfer to racks. Cool completely.

10. Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar gradually with vanilla and salt. Beat fluffy.

11. Assemble with cinnamon-side layers facing down frosting between. Frost exterior.

  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 32 minutes
  • Category: Dessert, Cake, Birthday, Celebration, Fall
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 620
  • Sugar: 65g
  • Sodium: 280mg
  • Fat: 32g
  • Saturated Fat: 19g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 11g
  • Trans Fat: 1g
  • Carbohydrates: 80g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 7g
  • Cholesterol: 130mg

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