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Gingerbread Bundt Cake

Published: Dec 7, 2019 · Modified: Jun 22, 2025 by Terri Weir · · This post may contain affiliate links

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This Gingerbread Bundt Cake is super festive and the perfect holiday dessert. Nothing says Christmas more than gingerbread. The delicious warm flavors of this moist cake, along with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkles, is heaven in your mouth.

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Gingerbread is so good and does not even need frosting but, with the frosting added it just takes this cake over the top! Everyone is going to love this delicious bundt cake and it definitely has a special place on the holiday dessert table. So festive, so moist, so incredibly scrumptious!

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The cream cheese frosting is just an added bonus. And then the sprinkles…. so festive!

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Ingredients Needed To Make A Gingerbread Cake

This gingerbread bundt cake is simple to make and most of these ingredients are in our pantries already.

  • All purpose flour, baking soda
  • Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, ground cloves
  • Salt, butter
  • Sugar
  • Molasses
  • Egg
  • Milk
  • Powdered sugar
  • Cream Cheese

(The actual measurements are listed below in the recipe card)

How To Make A Gingerbread Bundt Cake

  1. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until well combined, then beat in egg and molasses until fully incorporated.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Whisk until combined.
  3. Add the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture and mix, then add milk and beat until smooth.
  4. Pour the batter into prepared bundt pan.
  5. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  6. Remove from oven and let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack.
  7. Let the cake cool completely before frosting.
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Here are a few more delicious gingerbread recipes that can be found on the blog:

  • Gingerbread Cake with Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Molasses Frosting
  • and Gingerbread Cupcakes with Molasses Frosting
  • and these cute Gingerbread Cookies

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Gingerbread Bundt Cake is moist, topped with cream cheese frosting.

Gingerbread Bundt Cake

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This gingerbread bundt cake is super moist and delicious with all the fall flavors, and is frosted with a scrumptious cream cheese frosting.
4.75 from 39 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 50 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10 Servings
Calories 512 kcal

Ingredients
  

For The Gingerbread Bundt Cake

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ginger
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk

For The Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 Tbsp butter, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup milk

Instructions
 

For The Gingerbread Bundt Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350° and butter a bundt pan, then dust with flour. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter until well combined, then beat in egg and molasses until fully incorporated.
  • In a separate bowl, add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt. Whisk until combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients into sugar mixture and mix, then add milk and beat until smooth.
  • Pour the batter into prepared bundt pan.
  • Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack.

For The Cream Cheese Frosting

  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended.
  • Add powdered sugar and beat until combined.
  • Pour milk a little at a time until desired consistency is obtained and frosting is pourable.
  • Pour frosting over cooled cake, add sprinkles if desired (frosting should be thick but pourable).

Notes

Nutritional values are approximate.
 
Please note that these values can change with different brands and any modifications made to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements.
 
Recipe adapted from my Gingerbread Mini Bundt Cakes

Nutrition

Calories: 512kcalCarbohydrates: 85gProtein: 6gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 406mgPotassium: 600mgFiber: 1gSugar: 61gVitamin A: 581IUCalcium: 132mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Bundt Cakes, Gingerbread Bundt Cake, Gingerbread Cake
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  1. Tiffani

    December 10, 2019 at 10:15 am

    I made this yesterday for a group luncheon. Everyone liked it!
    Wanted to mention that the “minutes to bake” did not make it into the print version of the recipe at the bottom. I scrolled up and found it above, though.

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      December 10, 2019 at 11:01 am

      Hi Tiffani, I’m so glad everyone enjoyed this cake. Thank you for letting me know, I did fix the instructions to make sure the minutes were stated. :)

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