Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with non-stick baking spray or grease with shortening/butter and flour and set aside.

Step 2

In the bowl of your stand mixer, add together butter, both sugars and molasses and beat on high speed until light and fluffy for about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Next, add in eggs one at a time and mix until well incorporated.

Step 4

Slow mixer to lowest speed and carefully add flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice, and cloves in increments and mix until well combined.

Step 5

Lastly mix in buttermilk and vanilla until smooth.

Step 6

Pour cake batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean.

Step 7

Remove cake from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert cake into cooling rack or serving plate, cool until room temperature, then prepare glaze.

Step 8

Once cake is completely cooled, whisk together confectioner's sugar, maple syrup and milk. Add more milk or syrup if needed. Glaze should be pourable but not too thin.

Step 9

Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Garnish with sugared cranberries and mint if desired.