Molasses Cake Baked Until the Center Springs Back

Set out unsalted butter cool but pliable, sugar, and eggs large before you start Molasses Cake Baked Until the Center Springs Back. The batch is written for 16 slices.

Count on 25 minutes of prep, 1 hour of cooking, about 1 hour from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• 1 ½ cups unsalted butter cool but pliable
• 2 ⅔ cups sugar
• 6 eggs large
• 1 cup molasses
• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ¼ teaspoon allspice
• 1 cup sour cream full fat for the best flavor & texture
• 1 cup salted caramel sauce store bought or homemade

How the cooking goes

1. Warm the oven to 325°F (convection) or 350°F (conventional).
2. Prepare your bundt pan. You spray the pan with cooking spray and then flour it. Tap the flour around until every inch is covered. Tap out the extra flour onto a piece of parchment on the counter. You should be left with a perfectly floured pan.
3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, and salt. Keep it to one side.
4. In a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until a thick paste is formed.
5. Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after every two eggs or so.
6. Put molasses and beat well.
7. With the mixer on low, alternate adding the flour mixture and sour cream in three additions, starting and ending with flour. Mix just until the mix looks even—don’t overmix.
8. Tip batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
9. Oven-bake in the preheated oven until a cake tester comes out with a few clinging crumbs. This will take about 60-85 minutes, depending on your oven. Mine baked for 70 minutes.
10. Cool the cake for 20 minutes in the pan and then loosen the edges with a paring knife, and then turn it out onto a rack. Allow to cool until it is no longer warm.
11. Top with caramel sauce if desired. You warmed the sauce slightly in the microwave before pouring it over the top of the cake, so that it would be a thinner glaze, but you could leave thick drips if desired!

After it comes off the heat

Let the pan settle before you slice, so the crumb stays together. Cover leftovers once they are cool.

If you want another plate from Cakes, open Maple Cake with a Soft Crumb and Chocolate Bundt Cake Baked Until the Center Springs Back.