Brown Sugar Bundt Cake with Macerated Strawberries
There’s nothing quite like an impressive looking, yet super easy cake to usher in the warmer weather of Spring. This Brown Sugar Bundt Cake is flavorful, moist and comes together quickly. Top with the season’s best - fresh strawberries macerated in a bit of powdered sugar. Simple and delicious!
Meet the Chef: Kimberlee Ho
Kim is the blogger behind Kickass Baker. She is a home baker, wife, mom of two beautiful girls, and an active seeker of a life in balance. Kim shares approachable baking recipes and tips for busy families like her own. Follow along at kickassbaker.com!
For the Cake
- 2 ½ cups (300 grams) All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups (300 grams) All-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons (8 grams) Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons (8 grams) Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (2 grams) Baking soda ½ teaspoon (2 grams) Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams) Salt 1 teaspoon (5 grams) Salt
- 1 cup (227 grams) Unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup (227 grams) Unsalted butter, room temperature
- Domino® Light Brown Sugar 1 ½ cups (285 grams) packed 1 ½ cups (285 grams) packed Domino® Light Brown Sugar
- Domino® Golden Sugar ½ cup (100 grams) ½ cup (100 grams) Domino® Golden Sugar
- 4 Eggs, room temperature 4 Eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) Vanilla extract 1 tablespoon (15 ml) Vanilla extract
- ¾ cup (170 grams) Sour cream ¾ cup (170 grams) Sour cream
For the Macerated Strawberries
- 1 cup (144 grams) Strawberries, quartered 1 cup (144 grams) Strawberries, quartered
- Domino® Powdered Sugar 2 tablespoons (16 grams) 2 tablespoons (16 grams) Domino® Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) lemon juice 1 teaspoon (5 ml) lemon juice
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325°F (165ºC)
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside
In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter, Domino® Light Brown Sugar and Domino® Golden Sugar. Beat on medium speed until light in color and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. With the mixer on medium speed, add eggs one a time, until fully incorporated. Stir in vanilla. With the mixer on low, add ⅓ of the flour mixture, then ½ the sour cream, alternating like this until all has been incorporated. Do not overmix
Brush a 15-cup Bundt pan liberally with softened butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess. Alternatively, spray the pan with baking spray with flour. Spoon batter into prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula
Bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Place an overturned wire rack over top of the cake and carefully flip so the cake is now right side up on the cooling rack. Allow to cool completely before topping with macerated strawberries, about 1 hour
While cake is cooling, prepare the macerated strawberries by combining the strawberries, Domino® Confectioners Sugar, and lemon juice in a small bowl. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature until the cake has cooled. Top the cake with berries and juice, slice and serve
Additional Tip
1. Prepping the Bundt pan for baking is essential, as the cake will surely stick if not done properly. There are lots of ways to do this. I recommend using softened butter, brushed on with a pastry brush, very liberally in every nook and cranny. Then, add about 1 tablespoon of flour to the pan, turning to coat the butter completely. Flip the pan over a sink and gently tap out any excess flour. Alternately, you can spray the pan liberally with baking spray with flour in it - the can will say this on it
2. Removing the bake cake from a Bundt pan can be tricky. If you’ve prepped the pan correctly prior to baking, this should be a breeze, however. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. As the cake cools, it’ll shrink a bit, pulling away from the sides a bit. Place your wire cooling rack, inverted, over top of the cake pan. Holding on to both the cake and the rack, carefully flip them over, so now the rack is on the bottom and the cake on top. Careful lift the bundt pan off the cake. If it does not come off easily, tap the pan a few times all over then remove
