"This Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Lemon Filling will remind you of an old-fashioned holiday cake – moist and perfectly ginger-spiced. Not much says the holidays as much as the aroma of gingerbread baking!"
Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Lemon Cream Filling
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 55mins
Serves or Makes: 12
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ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 salt
- 1/4 baking soda
- 1 baking powder
- 6 room temperature and cubed butter, unsalted
- 2 large room temperature eggs
- 1/2 cup unsulphered molasses
- 1 cup room temperature water
Method
Lemon Cream Filling
Step 1
Place softened cream cheese in a bowl and mix for 1 – 2 minutes.
Step 2
Add granulated sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest to the cream cheese bowl and mix until well combined. Add one egg to the bowl and mix for 1 – 2 minutes.
Step 3
Set bowl aside or place cream filling in a piping bag.
Gingerbread Cake
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350° F
Step 2
Prepare a 10 – 12 cup Bundt cake pan by spraying with non-stick baking spray.
Step 3
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set bowl aside.
Step 4
In a separate large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter together until light and fluffy (1 – 3 minutes). A stand or hand mixer may be used.
Step 5
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition.
Step 6
Add the molasses and stir until well combined.
Step 7
Stir in the flour mixture in three additions alternating with the water (starting and ending with the flour).
Step 8
Pour one-half of the batter into the prepared pan. Using a spatula or spoon, create a well around the center of the batter. Pipe or spoon the lemon cream cheese filling into the well.
Step 9
Pour the remaining half of the batter over the filling and smooth the top of the batter with a rubber spatula.
Step 10
Place pan in preheated oven. Bake for 55 – 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Step 11
Remove the pan from the oven and place on a cooking rack for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes invert the pan onto the cooling rack and allow to cool completely.