A rich, moist spice cake loaded with cinnamon and ginger, finished with an easy brown sugar frosting that sets sweet and soft. No fancy decorating, just pure comfort.

If you need a simple, flavorful, special dessert, but don't want a lot of extra effort, I recommend this Spice Bundt Cake.

The cake itself is rich and moist, loaded with brown sugar and warm spices like cinnamon and ginger. Top it with a simple brown sugar frosting and that is all there is to it. No fancy decorating needed.

Slice it for an afternoon treat, a cozy celebration, or any day that could use a little extra sweetness.

I love a good spice cake, especially in Autumn and Winter. The hints of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves just make me warm all over. This recipe amps up the flavor by adding some brown sugar in the cake and using it to make the icing as well.

Tips for Bundt Cakes

Technically "Bundt" is a brand name by the Nordic Ware company like Kleenex or Band-Aid. But, calling it a "fluted tube cake" can be a bit cumbersome and honestly most search engines and AI know what you mean.

For this recipe you can use a mini fluted tube pan like this, or a 10 cup pan.

To make the cake easy to remove without it sticking to the pan:

grease the inside of the pan generously, even if the pan is non stick. I like to use a shortening flour mixture and rub it on with a paper towel.
cook until the cake starts to pull away from the pan.
take it out of the oven and move the pan in circles to jiggle the cake away from the pan while it is still hot.
let it cool slightly on a cooling rack, then remove from the pan by placing the rack upside down on top of the pan and inverting.
if it doesn't release immediately, shake the pan a little more in a circular motion

Ingredients

The ingredient list looks long at first glance. Everything is basic easy to find baking ingredients. If you are missing, or don't care for one of the spices, feel free to experiment with amounts of the others or swap in something like allspice or cardamom.

Besides the spices you will need:

Flour, baking powder and salt
Eggs, oil and vanilla extract
Sugars: all of them! brown, granulated and powdered
Dairy: milk and butter

Feel free to swap the eggs and dairy for your favorite substitutes to make it vegan.

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Recipe

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Ingredients

spice cake

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon ginger
3 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
4 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup whole milk

brown sugar frosting

1 cup butter
1 ½ cups light brown sugar (packed)
⅓ cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar (approximately)

Instructions

spice cake

Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt cake pan, or 12 mini bundt cake pan
In a medium bowl whisk to combine flour, salt, baking powder, and spices.
1 ¾ cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon baking powder, ¾ teaspoon ginger, 3 teaspoons cinnamon, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, oil vanilla extract, and both sugars. Mix in a stand mixer, or hand mixer on medium for 2 minutes.
4 large eggs, 1 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup granulated sugar
Add ⅓ of the dry ingredients mixture to the eggs mixture, and mix on medium to combine. Add about half of the milk and mix on medium to combine. Add another third of the dry ingredients, and mix to combine. Add the remaining milk, and mix to combine. Add remaining dry ingredients, and mix to combine.
¾ cup whole milk
Pour the batter into the prepared pans, Only fill the mini bundt cups up to ⅔ full.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes for the large pan, 20-30 minutes for mini pans. Remove when the cake begins to pull away from the pan along the edge. While holding the pan in both hands rotate in a circular motion a few times.
Move pan to a cooling rack for about 10 mins, then remove the cake from the pan and let it cool completely on the rack.

brown sugar frosting

In a medium saucepan combine butter, brown sugar, and milk. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly until brown sugar is melted completely. Remove from heat immediately and allow to cool completely.
1 cup butter, 1 ½ cups light brown sugar, ⅓ cup whole milk
Pour the cooled mixture into a large mixing bowl, add vanilla and about half of the powdered sugar. Mix at low speed until combined, adding more powdered sugar as needed to reach desired consistency.
1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 cups powdered sugar
Drizzle frosting over the top of the cake(s) allowing it to drip down the sides.

Notes

Makes one 10 cup bundt cake or 12 mini sized ones.

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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey

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Tips for Bundt Cakes

Ingredients