Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Frosting

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 25mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    462
based on 24 ratings

This recipe for soft and fluffy cinnamon buns topped with cream cheese frosting flavoured with vanilla will be a family favourite once you have tried them. Serve them slightly warm from the oven for the ultimate home baked feel-good treat.

recipe updated Nov 19, 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    185 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    120 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    90 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    220 ml
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 tablespoon
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    420 g
  • Strong white bread flour icon
    Strong white bread flour
    60 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    60 g
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar
    40 g
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    9 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Dark brown sugar icon
    Dark brown sugar
    140 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    2 tablespoons
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    100 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Baking tray - medium

Step preview

  1. Grease a large, mixing bowl
  2. Fit the Dough Tool
  3. Add the ingredients into a medium saucepan
  4. Heat over a medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until butter has melted
  5. Pour the milk mixture from the saucepan into the appliance bowl
  6. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  7. Mix - 2 minutes, speed Min
  8. Mix - 8 minutes, speed 1
  9. Place the dough into the greased large mixing bowl and cover with a damp tea towel
  10. Prove until doubled in size – 1 hour 30 minutes
  11. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the K-Beater
  12. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  13. Mix until combined - 1 minute, speed 2
  14. Transfer the cinnamon butter into a small bowl
  15. Place the proved dough onto a lightly floured work surface and flatten slightly
  16. Bring the left side over the right side, then fold the right side over the left side
  17. Roll out the dough and shape into a ball
  18. Cover the dough with a tea towel and let rest – 10-20 minutes
  19. Grease a medium baking tray
  20. Roll the dough into a rectangle until 5mm thick
  21. Spread the cinnamon filling evenly over the dough
  22. Roll into a log, starting from the long side
  23. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces
  24. Place the buns on the prepared baking tray, spiral side up and space them apart evenly
  25. Cover the baking tray with a damp tea towel
  26. Prove – 30 minutes
  27. Preheat the oven - 180ºC
  28. Place the baking tray in the oven
  29. Bake – 25 minutes, 180ºC
  30. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin
  31. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Creaming Beater
  32. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  33. Mix - 20 seconds, speed 3
  34. Spread the frosting over the slightly warm buns
  35. Serve
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