Pumpkin Gingerbread Mini Bundt Cakes with Brown Butter Glaze

Classic fall flavors are featured in this Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake. 

Serve it at your Thanksgiving Day dessert table this year--you'll have lots of thankful friends and family!

Ingredients - Cake
2 cups flour
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 Tbsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2-1/3 cup molasses
4 Tbsp butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup boiling water

Ingredients - Glaze
4 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup  powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp milk or more as needed
1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon in large bowl. Set aside.
2. Beat pumpkin, brown sugar, molasses and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer (or hand mixer) on medium speed until well mixed. Add egg; mixing well (it might look separated--that's okay!). Add flour mixture alternately with water, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. 
3. Pour batter into greased mini bundt pans about 3/4 full.
4. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. 
5. Let cool for 10 minutes in pan before inverting onto a rack to cool completely.

        For the glaze:

• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat until butter is foaming and nut-brown in color, stirring constantly about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Beat hot brown butter, powdered sugar, milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until sugar is incorporated and glaze is shiny, 3 to 4 minutes, adding more milk as necessary. 
• Drizzle glaze over cooled cakes.  Add sprinkle of cinnamon it you prefer.

Tupps Recipe Notes:  Make sure the cakes are completely cooled before drizzling the glaze.

Recipe can be made in a traditional bundt pan by doubling the ingredients & baking for 45-50 minutes.

What to do with 1/2 can or 1 cup of pumpkin?  There are lots of options! You can freeze it and use it later.  I love to add to pancakes or muffins or use as coffee creamer. Yum!  Enjoy fall.

This recipe is definitely a keeper at our house!