Easy King Cake

4.80 from 5 votes

Don't have time to make a traditional King Cake? My Easy King Cake recipe using cinnamon rolls as a base and topped with sweet vanilla icing.

Prep Time20

Cook Time35

Cooling Time1

Total Time1 55

Course: bread, Dessert

Cuisine: Family Favorite

Keyword: mardi gras, new orleans

Servings:

Calories: 282kcal

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray. Remove cinnamon rolls from packaging and set aside the icing.
Drizzle about 1⁄3 of the melted butter into the bottom and sides of the bundt pan. Sprinkle with about a third of the brown sugar.
Use your hands to smash each cinnamon roll a bit so that it spreads a little bigger. Line half of the cinnamon rolls around the bundt pan.
Drizzle with half of the remaining butter and sprinkle with half of the remaining brown sugar.
Repeat smashing and layering the remaining cinnamon rolls. Drizzle with the remainder of the butter and sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar over the top.
Bake for about 30 minutes until the cinnamon rolls are browned and puffy and have mostly filled the bundt pan. Allow pan to cool for about 5 minutes. Insert your baby or trinket once cake is cooled by making a small hole in the cake and sliding it in.
Invert the cinnamon roll cake onto a cake plate or cooling rack and allow to cool the rest of the way.
Heat the cinnamon roll icing in the microwave for just 5-10 seconds until it is easy to spread.
Pour over the cooled cake and sprinkle with purple, yellow, and green sanding sugar.

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