Gingerbread Bundt Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cup each granulated sugar, water, and minced fresh ginger
• 1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup vanilla porter or milk stout
• ⅔ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup molasses
• ½ cup sour cream
• 3 eggs
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. each baking powder and ground ginger
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¾ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• ½ tsp. each ground allspice and table salt
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• ⅛ tsp. ground cloves
• Pinch of ground cardamom
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• Chopped crystallized ginger