This Cinnamon Bundt Cake is absolutely gorgeous if I say so myself. A big fat slice with a hot drink is proverbial perimenopausal Prosecco. I just floated away with every soft, cinnamon bite. This will be my go to Christmas Cake recipe for evs. So simple yet massive. I felt like it just kept giving and giving. It was like a cake from The Magic Faraway Tree. My perfect type of cake. Especially as I am really beginning to feel my age this Xmas……..
Cinnamon Bundt Cake
I am currently shedding skin like a lizard on steroids………the perimenopause seems to be literally sucking me dry. My skin is as tight as my husband. I feel a desperate need to be slicked in vaseline just to cross my legs. The inside fabric of my jeans is constantly dusted in skin and my forearms are developing senior citizen puckering. I feel that as I am dashing about doing my Xmas shopping up and down the aisles, obsessed and deranged with working out 3 for 2 deals, I am actually leaving a dusting behind me, my own personal contribution to the festive season.
Perhaps I should drink more water but I really can’t be bothered. Perhaps I should slather my body at bedtime in olive oil and wrap myself in clingfilm but what about the hot flushes?…….Perhaps I should bathe daily in the expensive and the exotic. Rubbing myself down afterwards with crushed crabs and fauna collected by tribesmen from natural springs on the second mountain on the left in Papua New Guinea.
What I feel we could really do with is a one stop shop for us “Shrivellies” on the high street. A place we can go that fulfills our hormonal needs for the week…… I’m thinking there would be cubicles for industrial strength moisturising. I’m thinking much like a spay tan we could bear all in paper pants, legs akimbo whilst being hosed down with a long lasting heavy duty whale emollient. I’m thinking there would be Valium and wonderful head and neck massages from heavily qualified silent swedish people for those with The Menopausal Rage. I’m thinking there would be an expert hair removal department, probably threaders. It would be nice to have some of it in a communal area….. I’m thinking everybody sat in seriously comfy reclining chairs chatting, drinking fabulous coffee and wincing together. I’m thinking complimentary freezing iced towels and wine slushies for those with The Flush. I’m thinking pedicures with real mini sandblasters. I don’t know about you but I practically have a pair of hooves………………..and biscuits, lots of biscuits and of course this cake……and maybe a little sherry……..it is Christmas…..
Cinnamon Bundt Cake Recipe
This Cinnamon Bundt Cake recipe is just what I need at the moment. A simple, chic cinnamon cake made incredibly fabulous by the warmly spiced and buttery glaze topping. In fact this is now to become my Xmas Cake of choice. It is absolutely delicious and so easy to make it practically feels like cheating. Just what Santa and my hormones could do with.
It is a one bowl mix. It really couldn’t be any easier. Every time I make it I think, this just CAN’T be. A couple of minutes beating and you simply dollop it in……wallop. I don’t even beat the eggs before I add them……maverick baking here.
After it is baked and before it is cool, plunge a long skewer all around and about the cake still in it’s tin. You are looking for about every 2 cm square or so. Having melted completely the cinnamon, sugar and butter in a saucepan, pour 7/8 of it slowly over the bottom of the cake.
Wait until the cake is fully cool and then upturn it onto a serving plate. Warm the remaining cinnamon syrup back up and then pour it over the top of the cake…..Lush.
If You Like This Cinnamon Bundt Cake Then You May Like These
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Cinnamon Bundt Cake.
Ingredients
- 225 grams unsalted butter room temperature/soft
- 400 grams caster sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 360 grams plain flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 240 grams buttermilk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Glaze
- 225 grams unsalted butter
- 200 grams caster sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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Grease and flour a large bundt tin.This is absolutely essential for ease of cake removal later. Preheat the oven to 170 C.
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Put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. I use a free standing mixer but you can use a hand held whisk. Mix thoroughly for about four minutes until the mixture is completely smooth.
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Fill the bundt tin and bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes and the cake is golden brown and a skewer when inserted comes out clean.
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Make the glaze by melting the ingredients gently over heat in a saucepan. When the sugar is melted remove from the heat and pour into a jug.
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When the cake has cooled a little in it's tin, using a skewer poke holes every inch or so all over the cake. Pour over 7/8 of the glaze and leave until completely cool in the tin.
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Pop the cake out onto a plate and drizzle the remaining glaze over the now exposed top of the cake.
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Apply to Scabby Face.
Recipe Notes
Make sure all the sugar is melted in the cinnamon syrup.
Give the skewer a little wiggle each time if your skewer is on the thin side so to make the holes a little wider.
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Cinnamon Bundt Cake
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joskitchenlarder
Friday giggle- check! 🙂 xx Love anything cinnamon and this bundt looks and sounds wonderful! Fantastic bake! xx
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Thanks Jo,plain but very yummy-glad it made you snort ??
Elinor Hill aka Beach Hut Cook
I am high five-ing you as I read this as I can so identify with the peri skin shedding! Lovely look recipe and just what I need to beat that afternoon slump I also seem to be adopting!
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Horrid isn’t it!!It would be lovely to have an afternoon nap wouldnt it too???
Monika
I always think a bundt cake looks really smart, and yours definitely does, it’s nice and compact and so shapely just gorgeous! Thank you for bringing it to #CookBlogShare:)
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Thanks Monika!It really was so easy,my kind of cake!??
jenny paulin
Oh dear you do sound like you are having such a rough time of things at the moment.I am not looking to going through all this myself in the not so distant future! Mind you, you did make me literally LOL at the ‘skin as tight as my husband’ line HA HA!
Your bundt cake looks lush and sounds delicious – yum!x
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Thanks Jenny-at least theres always Cake??
jenny paulin
Yes thank fudge for cake!!!
Thank you also for linking your cake to #Bakeoftheweek x
Cat Sherrin
I always love reading your posts, they always make me chuckle! I absolutely love cinnamon so this cake is my idea of heaven – amazing x
Corina
I fear I’m going to be there with you soon! For now I’m just going to enjoy the cake. Love the sound of the cinnamon glaze.
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There really is always cake!xx
hijackedbytwins
I love a good bundt cake especially a cinnamon one! This looks lovely! x #BakeoftheWeek
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Thanks Kirsty.I’m on a cinnamon roll at the mo!You just can’t go wrong xx
Silly Mummy
Really can’t be bothered is exactly how I feel about drinking water too! I’d eat cinnamon bundt cake though! Thanks so much for joining us for #FridayFrolics
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Thankyou-I wish it was healthy to drink just pop.Wouldnt that be lovely.Water is just so boring I can never seem to be even arsed to turn the tap on xx
Kate - gluten free alchemist
I feel your pain! If a Cinnamon Bundt Cake is the magic cure, then I’m in…… If I can de-gluten it!! x
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I love your bakes-I recommend your website to lots of my friends.Let me know if you manage it!xx