Spiced Bundt Cake

5 from 1 vote

This Spiced Bundt Cake is the ultimate holiday cake that is so simple with less than 10 ingredients! It's made a secret ingredient of pureed plums for a winter twist. Using a homemade spice mix, you can bake this as a bundt, single layer, or mini cakes.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cake, christmas, holiday

Servings: servings

Calories: 462kcal

Ingredients

2 cups self-rising flour
2 cups granulated sugar
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 teaspoons ground cloves
3 large eggs
1 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 cup baby food plum, prunes, plum apple or prune apple
1 cup toasted walnuts
Whipped Cream optional topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350˚F.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together self-rising flour, sugar, cinnamon and ground cloves.
In another medium mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, oil and baby food.Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until blended. If adding toasted walnuts, fold into the mixture.
Pour into a well-greased bundt pan, 13"x9" pan or 2 pans that make 12 mini bundt cakes. If baking in a bundt pan or 13"x9" pan, bake 50-60 minutes. If baking 12 mini bundt cakes, bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Optional, serve whipped cream on the side.

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Tips and Substitutions

Self-rising flour is a type of flour that already contains leavening agents, typically baking powder and sometimes salt, which are already mixed into the flour. If you don't have any on hand, you can make your own:
- - For every 1 cup of self-rising flour, you can use 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon of salt.

Fresh puréed fruit or jarred baby food both work in this cake. The flavor and density will slightly vary depending on the fruit chosen, but plums, prunes, apples, or a blend of these fruits can all be used.

This cake can be baked in a fluted bundt pan, mini bundt pan, or 13”x9” pan. The oven temperature at 350˚F will remain the same, but the time will vary depending on your chosen pan.
- - Bundt or 13"x9" Pan: bake 50-60 minutes
- - 12 Mini Bundt Cakes: Bake 1 pan at a time, 25-30 minutes

This recipe for spice cake is great served by itself. However, you can add a topping if desired. A couple options are:
- - Dusting of Powdered Sugar
- - Cream Cheese Frosting
    - - Blend together 4 ounces softened cream cheese, ¼ cup room-temperature salted butter, 1 ½ cups powdered sugar and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Spread on cake once completely cooled.

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