Spiced Struesel Pumpkin Bundt Cake

It's Fall and pumpkins are in abundance so, I thought I shall be IN and bake a pumpkin cake. I have never done one before therefore I went recipes shopping.
Shopping and more shopping and this one from Diana's Desserts is different, its got the spiced struesel in the middle of the pumpkin cake...hmm..I'm going to try this.
This is also the first cake for my Kaiser Bundt Cake Pan which I bought three months ago. I was afraid that the cake will stick to the pan and not be able to dislodge the goody nicely, hence I have to make sure I grease it with a good amount of shortening and flour it well. Phew! While cooling the inverted cake, I gave it a few shakes and the cake dislogded itself nicely. What a friendly pan!
Let me tell you, the aroma from baking this cake is so mouth-watering. We were drooling while waiting for it to be baked.
The spiced struesel really gave the cake an added touch and it goes very well with a nice hot cup of coffee. Give it a go if you have some pumpkin on hand.

Credits: Pumpkin graphic from




Ingredients: (16cm bundt pan) + extras for 2 muffins
Spiced Struesel:
1/4 cup light muscovado sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/8 tsp nutmeg powder
1/8 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp frozen butter

Cake:
100g margarine
100g sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs (room temperature)
110g sour cream
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
200g plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1.25 tsp cinnamon powder
1/8 tsp ginger powder

Method:
1. Mix ingredients for struesel well and cut in the frozen butter till bread crumb state.
2. Cream butter/margarine, sugar and salt till light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg one at a time till well combined.
4. Use low speeed beat in the pumkin puree and sour cream. Lastly beat in the sieved flour mixture (flour,soda, cinnamon and ginger powder)
5. Pour half the batter into a greased and floured bundt cake pan, spoon in the struesel and take caution not to let the struesel touch the metallic part of the cake pan. Top it up with the remaining batter.
6. Bake at 175C for 45 - 55 minutes or till cooked.