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Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a totally delicious fall dessert!

pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on white plate

If you’re going to make any cakes this season, this Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the cake to bake! It has a tender texture, and it has delicious pumpkin flavor. The cream cheese frosting makes it extra special. It’s a great cake to bake for fall holidays and fall entertaining. And it’s a nice cake to bake “just because” too!

ingredients in bowl for pumpkin cake waiting to be combined

Pumpkin Spices!

You’ll use a hefty combination of warm, fall-scented spices for this cake!

  • cinnamon
  • ginger
  • nutmeg
  • allspice

pumpkin batter in a bundt cake pan ready for oven

What’s the best bundt cake pan?

For the basic bundt cake look, I like to use this bundt cake pan. And when I’m feeling fancy, I use the Heritage bundt cake pan with its beautiful swirls! Both of these bundt cake pans are great, nonstick options. The cake should slide out nicely from either one.

pumpkin bundt cake on a white plate

How to make Cream Cheese Frosting:

Cream cheese frosting is the perfect pairing with pumpkin bundt cake! You’ll combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla and milk. It turns out to be a pretty thick frosting, which you’ll spoon on top of the cake and urge it to drip down the sides.

slice of pumpkin bundt cake on a plate

How do you store a bundt cake?

Because this cake has a cream cheese frosting, you’ll want to keep it refrigerated. So how do you refrigerate a Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting without messing up the frosting? The best way to refrigerate a bundt cake like this one is to store it in a bundt cake keeper. The cake can sit nicely in the keeper and a lid just pops right on top. It’s easy to remove from the fridge and slice and serve. The frosting will stay nice because nothing will be touching it (the plastic lid sits above the frosting).

slice of pumpkin cake

It’s time to bake a cake without using a cake mix. This recipe for Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a super easy one. Enjoy!

Here are a few more recipes using pumpkin that you might like to try:

pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on white plate

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

RecipeBoy.com (cake recipe from Beautiful Bundts cookbook)
Always a hit!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 14 servings
Calories 400 kcal

Ingredients
  

CAKE:

FROSTING:

Instructions
 

PREPARE THE CAKE:

  • Preheat the oven to 325℉. Spray a 10-cup bundt pan with nonstick spray (use baking spray, if you have it).
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg.
  • In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar and oil at medium speed for 2 minutes or until blended and light. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and then beat for 3 minutes. Beat in the pumpkin, applesauce and vanilla.
  • With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients in three additions, beating until blended and smooth. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the top.
  • Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan on the rack for 10 minutes, then carefully invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.

MAKE THE FROSTING:

  • In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat all of the ingredients together until very smooth. Add more or less milk to get the glaze to a nice consistency (which should be thick but not quite pourable).
  • Spoon the frosting on top of the cake and let it drip down naturally. You may need to coax it down the sides of the cake a little bit to get it going. Let the frosting set a bit before slicing and serving. Keep leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 400kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 5gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 303mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 2gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 4278IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 67mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bundt, cake, pumpkin, salted caramel
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