Ingredients

  • Gingerbread Bundt
  • 1 cup strong ginger beer (such as Reed's)
  • 1 cup molasses (not blackstrap)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup ground ginger
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons Microplaned (or finely grated) peeled fresh ginger
  • 1 lime, zest of
  • Sour cream topping
  • 1 pound sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger

Method

  • Combine the ginger beer and molasses in a large saucepan (about twice as large as seems necessary). Bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and stir in the baking soda. It will fizz and fuzz-this is why we're using the large saucepan! Let cool-stirring to release steam every so often-while you prepare the rest of the cake batter.
  • Heat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Place on a rimmed sheet pan.
  • Combine the flour, ginger, salt, black pepper, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth.
  • Combine the sugars, oil, eggs, ginger, and lime zest in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. Add a small splash of the ginger beer-molasses mixture. Whisk. Add another small splash. Whisk. Repeat this until you've added about half. (This tempers the eggs, so they don't scramble.) Add the rest and whisk.
  • Add half the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk until smooth. Add the rest of the liquid mixture and whisk until smooth. Pour into the prepared Bundt pan.
  • Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a long, thin knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool in the pan until you can touch the pan without burning yourself. Turn out the cake onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, make the sour cream topping: Mix all the ingredients together and keep in the fridge until serving.
  • Just before serving the Bundt cake, dust with confectioners' sugar. Slice and serve with dollops of gingery sour cream.