These Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing need no introduction. Starting with a boxed cake mix, you can easily make a batch of these soft and fluffy breakfast treats. Top them off with a perfectly smooth cream cheese icing and your family will be coming back for more! This recipe makes TWO FULL PANS!!
All of my family, except for me, are huge breakfast fans. I never have been a breakfast eater – I’m content with a piece of toast or bagel and a lot of some coffee. I do make breakfast on the weekend, and it seems like we’re always trying new recipes.
I knew Brian was going to be home from work yesterday, so I decided to make something for breakfast. It has been while since I made cinnamon rolls, so I decided I wanted to try something different with them. With Valentine’s Day just about a month away, I thought it would be yummy to make a red velvet version of cinnamon rolls. Oh. my. gosh. These babies were soooo good – and the recipe made TWO FULL PANS …. we will have Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing for breakfast for 3 days!! 😀 I’m not complaining …. and neither is anyone else in my house! LOL.
These cinnamon rolls are sooooo simple to make, but it does require a little bit of time. The cinnamon rolls start off with a boxed red velvet cake mix – and since this recipe uses yeast, you will need to allow time for it to rise.
I used the little ball sprinkles because I didn’t necessarily want this to be a Valentine’s Day post – I’d eat these Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing any day of the year. If you’re feeling especially festive, use heart sprinkles for Valentines Day … star sprinkles for the 4th of July and fun Christmas sprinkles in December. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
These Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing need no introduction. Starting with a boxed cake mix, you can easily make a batch of these soft and fluffy breakfast treats. Top them off with a perfectly smooth cream cheese icing and your family will be coming back for more!
Ingredients
For the cinnamon rolls
- 2 pkg. dry yeast (or 4 1/2 tsp. if you buy yeast in bulk)
- 2 1/2 cups warm water
- 1 box (18.25 oz.) Red Velvet cake mix
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. salt
- 5 cups flour
For the cinnamon sugar mixture
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 tbsp. ground cinnamon
- 2/3 cup butter
For the cream cheese icing
- 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Challenge Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast and water until dissolved.
- Add the cake mix, vanilla, salt and flour. Mix well - the dough will be slightly sticky.
- Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise for one hour. Punch down the dough and allow to rise again for another 45 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a large rectangle about ¼-inch thick. Spread the butter all over the dough evenly.
- In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture over the butter.
- Roll up like a jellyroll, starting on the long edge. Slice into 24 equal pieces.
- Grease two 9x13-inch baking pans. Arrange the cinnamon roll slices in the pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
- While the cinnamon rolls are baking, prepare the cream cheese icing by creaming the cream cheese and butter in a medium mixing bowl until creamy. Mix in the vanilla. Gradually add the powdered sugar.
Recipe Notes
Note: The cream cheese icing must be kept refrigerated. Only ice as many cinnamon rolls as you need. Allow icing to come to room temperature before using. Rewarm rolls as needed and top with icing.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size | |
| Amount Per Serving | As Served |
| Calories 442kcal Calories from fat 150 | |
| % Daily Value | |
| Total Fat 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat 10g | 50% |
| Transfat 0g | |
| Cholesterol 44mg | 15% |
| Sodium 314mg | 13% |
| Carbohydrate 69g | 23% |
| Dietary Fiber 2g | 8% |
| Sugars 38g | |
| Protein 6g | |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
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Wow Jamie, this looks amazing ! Pinned and shared on G+ 🙂
These look fabulous! Glad I linked up behind you at Thursday Favorite Things!
I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting and making them into cinnamon rolls? Can I have these for breakfast please?!
Love red velvet anything! Thanks for sharing with the Thursday Blog Hop!
Hi Jamie,
Your Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls with Cream will be perfect for Valentine, they are pinned! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome talent with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
These are fantastic, Jamie! I love that they start with cake mix for the vibrant red color….but beyond that, they are 100% NOT cake!! I am SO trying these 🙂
Those look amazing Jamie! I am a granola bar or mocha kind of breakfast person, LOL. I would definitely deviate for these. 🙂
I finally made these after saving the recipe several months ago, and they were a hit! I actually made the dough on Friday, let it rise, then I punched it down and put it in the frig. I punched it down again later that day and again on Saturday and Sunday. I got it out of the frig on Monday to rise again, then rolled it out and finished the process. They turned out beautifully, and the dough was so easy to work with. I made half of the cream cheese frosting recipe, adding more milk so that it was a thinner consistency for everyone to drizzle on their cinnamon roll, and it was plenty. It's definitely a recipe I'll make again. I might even try making it with white or yellow cake mix since the dough turned out so nice!
Nice.
Could these be made the night before, sliced, refrigerated, then sat out to rise the next morning?
Although I have never tried it, I think it would be ok! I hope you enjoy the cinnamon rolls!