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Cinnamon-Roll Pound Cake

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CinnamonRoll Pound Cake recipe
Photo by Oriana Koren, food styling by Lillian Kang, prop styling by Jillian Knox

This cinnamon-roll-inspired cake from Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes is a fun twist on classic pound cake. Featured in Bryant Terry’s book Black Food and inspired by her grandmother, Big Mama (whose buttery cakes were famous in her hometown of Winona, Mississippi), the batter gets swirled with a brown sugar–cinnamon spice mixture. “Drizzled with cream cheese icing, it will remind you of those pillowy soft and fluffy cinnamon rolls you may have indulged in for breakfast,” Adams says.

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