Gingerbread Bundt Cake With Caramel Filling

🧂 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter

  melted
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup Molasses
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 2 ½ tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• ½ tsp Ground Cloves
• ½ tsp Ground Allspice
• ½ cup Caramel sauce

  room temperature
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp Vegetable shortening
• 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup Vanilla buttercream frosting

  room temperature
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar
• ½ tsp Cornstarch

Instructions

• 1 Measure all the ingredients and preheat the oven to 350F.
• 2 In a medium bowl, combine the melted butter and sugars.
• 3 Whisk the butter and sugars together using a hand whisk.
• 4 In a large bowl, add the eggs, molasses, sour cream, and vanilla.
• 5 Whisk these ingredients together with a hand whisk.
• 6 Add the butter mixture to the large bowl.
• 7 Mix thoroughly using a hand whisk.
• 8 In a mid-sized bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
• 9 Mix these ingredients with a clean hand whisk to break up any flour lumps.
• 10 Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients that are in the large bowl.
• 11 Continue to mix until the batter is smooth.
• 12 Measure and prepare all ingredients for the caramel filling.
• 13 In a medium-sized bowl, combine the caramel and egg.
• 14 Whisk these ingredients together using a hand whisk. Add flour into the mixture.
• 15 Whisk the ingredients together once more.
• 16 Prepare and measure ingredients for greasing the bundt cake.
• 17 Put on disposable gloves and grease the bundt cake pan with vegetable
  shortening, ensuring all parts are greased.
• 18 Gently transfer cocoa powder into a sifter.
• 19 Lightly cover the bundt cake pan with cocoa powder.
• 20 Flip the bundt pan and gently tap to shake off extra cocoa.
• 21 Your bundt cake is now ready for baking.
• 22 Prepare the cake batter, caramel filling, and greased bundt cake pan.
• 23 Fill the bundt cake pan with half of the cake mixture.
• 24 Even out the batter in the pan with a silicone spatula.
• 25 Pour the caramel filling on top of the cake batter layer.
• 26 Fill the rest of the cake batter and even out with a silicone spatula.
• 27 Bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes, checking readiness with a toothpick.
• 28 Once baked, remove the cake from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• 29 Place a round cooling rack upside down on top of the bundt pan.
• 30 Flip the pan with the rack together. Lift the bundt cake pan away from the cake.
• 31 Allow the cake to completely cool for at least 1 hour before decorating, to
  prevent the decoration from melting.
• 32 Transfer the frosting from the can into a mixing bowl.
• 33 Whip the frosting with a hand electric mixer.
• 34 Prepare a piping bag and small round piping tip.
• 35 Transfer the frosting into the piping bag.
• 36 Measure and prepare ingredients for sugar dusting.
• 37 Place powdered sugar and cornstarch into a small mixing bowl.
• 38 Pipe snowflakes onto the bundt cake with the buttercream.
• 39 Gently place the sugar dusting into a small sifter and sift evenly over the
  bundt cake.
• 40 Transfer the bundt cake to a serving plate or cake stand using a cake lifter.
• 41 Your cake is now ready to serve at your Christmas party. Enjoy!

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