A gingerbread bundt cake, topped with a simple drizzle of white icing and finished with pomegranate seeds, is an almost effortless bake for sharing over the festive holidays.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease the bundt tin (24 cm/2.5 litres) generously with butter and flour. Sieve flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and set aside.
Making the cake Fit the K-Beater. Add butter and dark brown soft sugar into the Appliance bowl. Mix for 5 minutes on speed 4, until smooth, pale and creamy. Add eggs gradually while the machine is running. Mix for 30 seconds on speed 3, until incorporated. Add treacle and milk. Mix for 30 seconds on speed 3, until combined and then scrape the bowl. Mix for 20 seconds on speed 3, until combined. Add the flour mixture. Mix for 1 minute on speed 4, until combined. Tip: Start on speed Min and gradually increase speed. Add chopped ginger and syrup. Mix for 20 seconds on speed 2, until just combined.
Pour the batter into the tin and tap the tin firmly on the surface to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 45 mins - 1 hour at 180ºC, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto a cooling rack and let cool completely.
To decorate Add icing sugar and lemon juice into a small bowl and mix to combine. Drizzle the icing over the top of the cake. Top with pomegranate seeds.
Serve.