I LIKE BIG BUNDTS AND I CANNOT LIE!

Happy National Bundt Day!

As usual, I waited until the last minute to choose a Bundt, thus was limited in both time and ingredients. Also as usual, I waited until the last minute to post this, thus this (gestures at the mediocrity).

I wanted to make this Gingerbread Cake, but it calls for stout, and we don’t use alcohol, so I altered it based on one of the comments, and made a Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake instead.

I (as usual) adjusted the ingredients and their amounts, based on what I had on hand…

(listed in the order I added them to the bowl):

• 2 cups (11 oz) unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 Tablespoons ground ginger
• 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 6 Tablespoons vegan butter
• 3 large equivalent vegan eggs
• ½ cup (4.6 oz) granulated white sugar
• ½ cup (3.6 oz) packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup (10 oz) packed pumpkin purée
• 1 cup (12 oz) molasses

The directions call for boiling the stout and molasses with baking soda, but since I wasn’t using stout, and several commenters mentioned issues with the soda, I omitted that as well. They also mentioned issues with the cake sticking to the pan, so I greased it with two whole Tablespoons of vegan butter, then coated that with granulated sugar.

It only stuck a tiny bit, but I think that had more to do with my 20-plus-year-old pan than a lack of grease. (Those remnants were chewy.)

The resulting cake is moist, chewy, and very gingery. The pumpkin doesn’t stand out as much as I had hoped it would - it’s more of a hint of pumpkin flavor. Maybe a bit like eating gingerbread after eating a piece of pumpkin pie.

I didn’t have my usual eggnog bath this time, but I did have pumpkin spice-flavored cream, and that was just as good.

As always, thanks to Mary the Food Librarian for coming up with the concept of I Like Big Bundts! Her listing of previous Bundt Day posts is here.

Go make a Bundt!

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