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Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake

written by Vera Z. August 30, 2018
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Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake is like a giant cinnamon roll, only better! It has a cream cheese filling, ooey-gooey homemade caramel sauce and fresh apples on top. Serve it up for breakfast or brunch, or simply as a dessert or snack. It’s so delicious and comforting – perfect for fall baking season!

Piece of Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake on a white plate with two apples behind.

Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake

This Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake is made with refrigerated crescent roll dough, so it means less work from the start. For this recipe you’ll also use peeled and sliced fresh apples, no need to cook them first. Although, the recipe calls for homemade caramel sauce, no worries! It’s done in just 5 minutes!

So let’s start making this yummilicious upside down giant cinnamon roll!

How to Make Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake:

First make caramel sauce. In a saucepan over medium heat melt ¾ cup butter, add ¼ cup heavy cream, then stir in sugar, salt, corn syrup and vanilla. Then let it boil for 2-3 minutes until it starts thickening. Save half of the caramel for serving and pour remaining sauce in prepared pan. Let it cool slightly before start arranging apples in the bottom of the pan.

Peel 2-3 apples and cut in ¼ inch thick slices, then arrange apples over caramel sauce. They will sink in caramel, but that’s OK!

Next melt 2 Tablespoons butter and set aside.

Make cinnamon-sugar combining 1/3 cup of light brown sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Feel free to add more cinnamon to taste.

To make cream cheese filling, mix cream cheese with ¼ cup sugar and vanilla and set aside.

Now open tubes of refrigerated crescent rolls or crescent dough sheet. If using crescent rolls pinch the perforation to seal it well.

On the first sheet of crescent dough spread cream cheese mixture. Top it with second crescent dough sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Tap it gently with your hands so it will stick better to the butter and make the next step easier.

Next, cut the stripes 1-inch wide maximum. If the stripes are too wide, the cake will be too tall and overflow the pan and won’t cook completely in the center, too.

Four steps of preparation Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake .

Whole finished Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake

Piece of Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake on a white plate .

Now comes the hardest part of the work. I suggest you place the dough for a few minutes in the freezer, to cool it slightly and make it easier to roll.

Roll one stripe in the spiral and place in the center of the pan. Gently lift second stripe and wrap around the center. Continue adding the strips around the roll, starting each additional strip where the last one ended in the roll. Don’t wrap it to tightly, because the dough need space to spread while rising during baking process or it will stay raw in the center.

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When ready to bake preheat the oven to 350 F and place the pan on a large baking sheet lined with paper, because the caramel might bubble and leak from the pan.

This cake will need about 1 hour-1 hour and 15 minutes to bake. The top will probably start browning too much so tent it loosely with aluminum foil. After baking, cool it for 30 minutes in the pan before inverting on a serving plate.

When ready to serve reheat the caramel sauce if it’s to thick and drizzle on top of each slice.

Enjoy!

This party-sized, giant cinnamon roll is super gooey and comforting! It’s sure to wow your guests this fall!

 

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Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake


★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
  • Author: Vera Z.
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
  • Yield: serves 10 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: American
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Upside Down Apple Cinnamon Roll Cake is like a giant cinnamon roll, only better! It has a cream cheese filling, ooey-gooey homemade caramel sauce and fresh apples on top. Serve it up for breakfast or brunch, or simply as a dessert or snack. It’s so delicious and comforting – perfect for fall baking season!


Ingredients

  • 2 x 8 oz. refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or crescent dough sheets
  • 2 Tablespoons butter-melted and slightly cooled
  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 8 oz. cream cheese-softened
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

For Caramel Sauce:

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Teaspoons light corn syrup
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 2–3 apples-peeled and cut in ¼ inch slices

Instructions

  1. Spray 9 x 2-inch round cake pan with non-stick spray, line the bottom with circle of parchment paper, then spray the paper and set aside.
  2. To make the caramel, in a saucepan over medium heat melt ¾ cup butter, add heavy cream, then stir in sugar, salt, corn syrup and vanilla. Stir until sugar dissolve. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes until it starts thickening. Pour half of the sauce in prepared pan and reserve remaining caramel for serving.
  3. Melt 2 Tablespoons butter and set aside.
  4. In a small bowl whisk together 1/3 cup light brown sugar with 2 teaspoons cinnamon and set aside.
  5. Mix cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar and vanilla and set aside.
  6. Arrange sliced apples in the bottom of the pan in caramel sauce.
  7. On a parchment paper lightly dusted with flour, spread 1 crescent dough sheet and set aside. If using crescent rolls, seal the perforation to make 1 large rectangle.
  8. Repeat the process with second tube of crescent dough. Spread cream cheese mixture over the first crescent dough rectangle.
  9. Top cream cheese layer with second crescent dough rectangle. Brush with 2 Tablespoons melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Gently tap with your hands to stick cinnamon sugar to the dough. Using a pizza cuter or a sharp knife cut 1-inch wide stripes.
  10. Roll one stripe in the spiral and place in the center of the pan. Gently lift second stripe and wrap around the center. Continue adding the strips around the roll, starting each additional strip where the last one ended in the roll. Don’t wrap it to tightly, because the dough need space to spread while rising during baking process or it will stay raw.
  11. Place the pan on a large baking sheet lined with paper, because the caramel might bubble and leak from the pan.
  12. Bake 60-75 minutes at 350 F, until the center has cooked completely. If it starts browning too much tent the top with aluminum foil.
  13. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes before invert on a plate to cool completely. When ready to serve, reheat reserved caramel and drizzle on top.
1 slice63939.7 g429.5 mg42.4 g62.2 g5.1 g69 mg

 

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21 comments

2pots2cook September 3, 2018 - 4:48 am

Sweet Heavens !

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Samantha September 4, 2018 - 10:24 pm

So excited to try! What temp does it bake at? Thanks!

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Vera Z. September 6, 2018 - 8:03 am

Hi Samantha, bake at 350 F.

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Dede November 19, 2022 - 5:17 am

Absolutely delicious! I used 2 apples. Used a “baking spray” so I didn’t use the parchment paper. The cream cheese part made it super yummy. I’ll definitely be making this again!

★★★★★

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Fiona Manonn September 12, 2018 - 7:58 am

hey,
I have read this blog your information is really helpful for recipes and this recipe of apple cinnamon roll cake is really amazing
Thanks for sharing information!
Great Work!
Keep it up!

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Sharon Jobe October 28, 2018 - 3:54 am

Love getting the recipe you have great pictures it makes it more appealing thank you

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Nini2008 November 13, 2018 - 7:31 pm

YUM! Can you use the jarred Caramel Sauce that goes over ice cream?
Thanks!

★★★★★

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Nathan Stritz November 16, 2018 - 2:43 pm

Can I put this together the night before and refrigerate it overnight and bake it the next day?

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Kim November 20, 2018 - 11:40 pm

Can this be made ahead and baked the next day?

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Vera Z. November 22, 2018 - 11:47 am

Hi Kim, I’m not sure about that.

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Apple December 6, 2018 - 1:46 pm

Wow what a cake
Can I use puff pastry for the dough..

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Vera Z. December 7, 2018 - 1:02 pm

Thanks! I think it could work, too. Just don’t wrap it too tightly, it needs a space to spread while baking or it will be more cooked, than baked.

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Tami December 9, 2018 - 5:06 pm

What size pan did you use?

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Sher Krenek December 23, 2018 - 8:25 pm

When I print the recipe, it leaves off Step 1!

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Caitlin November 11, 2020 - 12:46 am

I have made this so many time now it’s a definite crowd pleaser! I will say stick to that 1inch thick strip or it may not fill out the pan! Making it again this weekend!

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Military Mom3 February 8, 2021 - 12:52 am

I made an apple as per the recipe and also a raspberry cream cheese. I did not flip this one but left it as is and drizzled with sweetened condensed milk when served.

★★★★★

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Natalie Tufte May 16, 2021 - 4:45 pm

It was definitely thinner than I was hoping for but excited to dig in! We used a spring pan to make it easier. Looks delicious!!!

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Kim November 24, 2021 - 6:18 pm

If I make the upside down apple cinnamon roll and put in a container does it have to be refrigerated before cutting

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Julie Grosskopf October 3, 2022 - 3:32 am

I can’t wait to get baking

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