Ok I thought for my first post back after my Summer leave I would do a cute, fun and easy cake! I saw this on Pintrest and said to myself “Oh this must be Blogged!” Who would have thought something as everyday and as utilitarian as Bunt Cake could be anything but just that, everyday and utilitarian. All it took was 2 everyday cakes to make a Autum Cutesy Cake! I love that it took no time at all and it shows off beautifully! The longest part was waiting for the two cakes to bake. And it was tourture as they smelled sooo good! After 2 months of nothing baking or goodie making going on in the P and P Kitchen it felt and smelt so good to have those cakes in the oven! Now it is time to eat this over the top two cake extravaganza!
You can double this recipe and split the batter into 2 bunt pans, or if you only have one pan like me, make the recipe twice. That's what I did. Plus then there is no annyoing Math!
Ingredients
- For the Cakes:
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp each of baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp each of cloves and ginger (all spices are ground)
- 1 cup Buttermilk (you can put 1tsp of cream of tartar in a cup of milk if you dont have buttermilk)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- pinch of Kosher Salt
- 3 eggs
- For the Frosting:
- 1/14 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbs Chocolate Extract
- 3 tbs milk
Instructions
- For the Cakes:
- pre heat oven to 350
- In a large mixing bowl combine all the dry ingredients
- add in the milk and butter and vanilla
- beat with an electric mixer on low till combined, then beat on med- high for 2 minutes
- add eggs and beat for 2 more minutes
- grease a bunt pan and pour batter in evenly
- bake for 38 minutes
- Cool cakes completely and carefully stack on one another. For a closer fit between cakes you can slice the bottoms off each, but I like the rustic bubbled effect of the 2 cakes as they were.
- One will be upsidedown and the top one right side up
- For the Frosting:
- In a mixer with the whisk attachment whisk the frosting ingredients until desired consistancy is aquired
- slowly spoon frosting on to the top cake letting it roll down the sides gently.
- For the Decorations:
- I have a coffee mug down in the middle of the cakes to support the "stem"
- Make stem and leaves and vine curls out of chocolate fondant
You can find me at these great parties this week:
Making you crave Monday’s, Crazy Sweet Tuesday’s, Trick or Treat Tuesday’s, Tasty Tuesday’s, Totally Tasty Tuesday’s, Cast Party Wednesday’s, Whatcha Whipped Up Wednesday’s, Sweet Treat and Swanky Stuff, Kitchen Fun with My Three Son’s, Crumbs and Chaos, I’m loving it Friday’s, Weekend Pot Luck, and Six Sisters Stuff
This turned out great! So festive and pretty–what a neat idea!