This week's Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD) recipe was chosen by Tracey of Tracey's Culinary Adventures: Cinnamon Squares. It's made by sandwiching a layer of cinnamon, sugar, espresso powder, and chocolate chips in between two layers of cinnamon cake. Top it all off with a layer of chocolate frosting and you've got Dorie's Cinnamon Squares.
These are actually really simple to throw together; no stand mixer required. Simply mix the dry ingredients together, add the liquid ingredients, and then stir in the melted butter at the end. It takes much more patience to wait for the cake to cook and cool than it does to make it.
Let me just say that these are well worth the wait. For such a low fuss dessert, these cinnamon squares pack quite a bit of punch when it comes to flavor. The cinnamon flavor was prominent, but not overbearing, and the coffee flavor complemented it perfectly. We paired these with some Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream for a heavenly dessert!
Thanks Tracey, for choosing this recipe. I will definitely be making these again. If you would like the recipe, you can find it here. Make sure you visit the TWD Blogroll to see what everyone else thought about these cinnamon-y treats.
* Recipes notes:
- I used semisweet chocolate chips instead of bittersweet chocolate. I also used the regular sized chips instead of mini's so my chocolate layer was a bit thicker.
- My cinnamon squares were done baking 5 minutes early, at 30 minutes. This was likely due to the fact that I baked mine is a 9-inch square pan instead of an 8-inch pan, resulting in thinner squares.
- These can be frozen for up to 2 months, but it's best to put the cake in the freezer unwrapped and then, when the frosting is firm, to wrap it airtight; defrost, still wrapped, overnight in the refrigerator.
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Yum your cake with B&J ice cream must have been great together. I had to miss this one but I hope to try them someday!
ReplyDeleteYumm Jaime!
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful, and moist. Chocolate glaze look so decadent!
I bet it was fabulous with that ice cream.
ReplyDeleteI took this cake more of a breakfast route.
This looks great. Using regular instead of mini chips can only be viewed as a good thing. :D
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! I bet it was delicious, especially with Ben & Jerry's!! Now i want to make this again.
ReplyDeleteYum! Heath Bar Crunch sounds wonderful with this, or anything for that matter. :o) Your pictures of the cake are fantastic. Makes me wish I had more!
ReplyDeleteAhhhhh.. loved the bee stings but I was anxious to see your cinnamon squares! The (short) wait was well worth it, just as you say! LOL LOL They're beautiful... and I'm glad you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteYour squares look really moist! The first picture looks like it's smiling and I love the 3rd picture where you can see the melted chocolate chip in the ribbon! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteYour squares look perfect! Great job. I loved these.
ReplyDeleteJaime these are perfect pictures and really make this cake shine!
ReplyDeleteThese look wonderful! I bet they were amazing with the ice cream!
ReplyDeleteThanks for baking with me this week! Your cinnamon squares look perfect! I really wish I'd paired mine with ice cream - next time I make them that's definitely what I'll be doing!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I do love cinnamon. I bet the ice cream was wonderful with these.
ReplyDeleteOh Wow--Coffee Heath is my favorite flavor! Good thing I don't have any on hand or I'd probably finish all of these myself!
ReplyDeleteAmazing pictures and they came out perfectly!!
ReplyDeleteI bet that they were so good with that Heath Bar ice cream. And, I love how your swirl is so prominent. Mine kind of disappeared in places.
ReplyDeleteof course these appeal to me on every level. your depiction and description of them are most enjoyable. :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks so tasty and moist!
ReplyDeleteCinnamon is one of my favourite spices. These look so good.
ReplyDeleteThese really were a great, low fuss dessert! Yours look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteyours look so wonderful. and you can't go wrong with ben & jerry's. :)
ReplyDeleteIt DID take this a long time to cool (at least it seemed like it)!
ReplyDeleteNice job.
I can't get enough of your squares, they look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteKatie xox
looks great! we loved the squares, too!
ReplyDeleteThose look really moist! I agree, there is a lot of flavour.
ReplyDeleteYour squares look de-lish! I want to make these again now that I've restocked my cinnamon. I ran out and barely had any for these Cinnamon Squares.
ReplyDeleteYour cinnamon squares are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI should noooot be reading this post when I'm this hungry...
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, Jaime! Seems this one was a huge hit with everyone! Definitely on the must make list!
ReplyDelete~ingrid
Your cinnamon squares look lovely and you photos are amazing!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Jaime! I bet these were fabulous with ice cream.
ReplyDeleteThose cinnamon squares look so good!
ReplyDeleteYour cinnamon squares look so great! Cinnamon and chocolate must go so well together :)
ReplyDeleteThose cinnamon squares look so yummy!
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