Trader Joe's Gingerbread Cake

I found this bundt pan, and it reminded me a Christmas

Come to find out, it's called Fiesta Party by Nordic so I'm not really sure it was intended for Christmas

But it looked good to me

I do not know what it is about bundt pans 

& Christmas

but

they seem to be my "go to"

I think because I can make several different flavor cakes

and know that one will appeal to someone 

 

This is one of my Christmas 2014 desserts that I served along with a 

traditional bundt red/green/white swirl cake

and

a heath bar cake (no bundt)

I always like to have gingerbread. 

 It just looks Christmasy

and

everyone loves it

Christmas Bundt Cake

Red & Green Bundt Cake

Red and Green Swirl Christmas Bundt Cake

This is one of the desserts I served Christmas 2014

I used a white cake mix.

I beat the ingredients based on the box directions.

I separated the mixture into 3 separate bowls

Mixed one with green gel coloring

Mixed the other with red gel coloring

Left some white

I poured the white mixture into the bundt pan first

then layered the green inside the white

then the red inside the green

I will admit that I seem to have trouble

getting bundt cakes to come out "clean"

in the traditional bundt pans

The bundt pans that have more detail

I seem to not have a problem

I think I get impatient and try to remove it too soon before it's completely cool

So, what you cannot see if that this cake didn't come out clean

It separated

I was initially going to just use a powdered sugar glaze

but that did not hide my mistake

So, thanks to pinterest

I found a solution

White "whipping frosting" in the can

I separated it out into 2 bowls

Added green gel coloring to one

Then red gel coloring to the other

microwaved them "separately"

and "ta da"

It looked amazing

and no one was the wiser