spice bundt cake
Nothing says fall like a cozy spice bundt cake, perfumed with warming spices and drizzled with an irresistible brown sugar-pecan topping! Dark brown sugar in the cake and the topping adds rich notes of caramel that complement the spices beautifully.
Baked until fragrant and golden, this decorative autumn bundt is one incredible dessert for the season, simple enough to bake on a whim and elegant enough for holiday entertaining.
Spice Bundt Cake
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 38 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Nothing says fall like a cozy spice bundt cake, perfumed with warming spices and drizzled with an irresistible brown sugar-pecan topping!
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups low-fat buttermilk, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Topping
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 10-cup bundt pan generously with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter and sugars in a large mixer bowl on medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low and add eggs one at a time. Combine buttermilk and vanilla in a small bowl. Beat in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with buttermilk mixture (begin and end with flour mixture), just until incorporated.
- Spoon batter into prepared bundt pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Tap pan sharply to reduce air bubbles. Bake for 36 to 38 minutes, until cake is golden, springs back to the touch, and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few crumbs attached. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes; carefully invert onto rack and cool completely.
- For the topping, combine brown sugar, butter, cream, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, whisking until smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla. Let stand for 10 minutes before drizzling over cake and sprinkling with chopped pecans.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
Baking pan: I used this 10-cup Heritage Bundt Pan
Keywords: Bundt Cake, Spice Cake, Brown Sugar, Pecan
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Oh my, this looks awesome Laura! Such wonderful fall flavors. I love all the warm spices.
Oh my goodness, this is just so pretty!! Wow!
Laura, this cake is a work of art! Between the lovely flavors and the beautiful presentation, I’d be whittling away at it all day long. A sliver here, a sliver there….so yummy!
With cooler nights and mornings I’m ready for the warming spices of autumn. Having all those flavors wrapped up in a slice of this fabulous Bundt is just sublime.
What a GORGEOUS cake! These photos are too stunning.
So lovely! I love the flavours and I need one of those pretty bundt pans for sure 🙂
Made a mini-bundt of this last night. SO tasty and melt-in-the-mouth tender. Here’s my cat rubbing up on the leftovers this morning: https://i.imgur.com/WNxnw6D.gifv
I love that, thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
This bundt cake is beautiful, Laura! And it looks delicious!
Easy and elegant… a win-win! I just love the combination of spices you’ve pulled together! Gorgeous presentation and such a tender crumb.
Wow! Such a perfect and palatable autumn treat, Laura! Can’t wait to prepare it! Do you use ground or fresh ginger for the recipe?
Hi Agness, I used ground ginger in the cake. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Laura, you nailed it! This is most beautiful bundt cake I’ve ever seen. Need to make it soon and hope that mine will be almost as pretty as yours.
Thank you so much! 🙂
I have it in the oven now for a potluck at work tomorrow. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Thanks so much, Laura! Hope you love it! 🙂
I had three requests for the recipe! It was a big hit 🙂 Thank you!
So glad to hear that, thanks again for trying the recipe! 🙂
Mmm, what a delicious blend of spices you added to this beautiful cake, Laura! It has to be the perfect fall time dessert!
So beautiful! I’m adding this to my must-bake list.
Thanks for the recipe! Made this bundt cake tonight. Substituted the brown sugar for coconut sugar and a drop of organic blackstrap molasses and used less sugar than the recipe called for. Turned out delicious and moist. Added a simple vanilla glaze (confectioner’s sugar, milk, vanilla) to the top after the cake cooled. Kids and adults loved it!
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Thanks so much, Julie! Glad you liked the cake! ❤️
Yum, yum, yum! This was such a great and delicious recipe to use! The cake was there one minute and gone the next. Thank you for a lovely recipe.
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Thanks so much, Lisa! 🙂