Pumpkin cream cheese Bundt cake is every part you like about pumpkin cake with a decadent cheesecake layer hiding inside. Easy to organize and completely spiced, this fall cake all the time impresses a crowd. This layered magnificence is irresistible by itself, however much more worthy of your fork with salted caramel drizzled on prime! 😉
I initially printed this recipe in 2016 and have since added new pictures and extra useful success suggestions.
For those who like my pumpkin Bundt cake, you’re going to like in the present day’s pumpkin cream cheese Bundt cake. We use the identical base recipe, skip the chocolate chips, and add a cream cheese layer. Whats up, fall!
Why You’ll Love This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake:
- Moist, dense pumpkin cake crumb with a cheesecake-style filling
- Spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice (or you need to use pumpkin pie spice)
- Pumpkin + cream cheese make an excellent group, identical to in these pumpkin cream cheese muffins and pumpkin cheesecake pie
- Conveniently makes use of 1 customary can of pumpkin. (My beloved pumpkin pie makes use of a whole can, too. For future reference!)
- Straightforward to make; newbie bakers can completely deal with this one
- A big, stunning, spectacular cake excellent for fall celebrations—with no adorning abilities required
For those who love dessert + cozy fall flavors, right here’s a listing of 30+ fall cake recipes.
These Are Key Substances You Want & Why
Like the entire recipes on my web site and in my cookbooks, my group and I examined varied components and ratios to develop a standout cake with wonderful taste and texture. Listed below are some key components:
- Baking Soda: 2 teaspoons of baking soda looks as if lots, and it’s. However take into consideration the scale of a Bundt cake… they’re enormous, and have to rise rather a lot within the tall cake pan. Along with leavening, baking soda deepens a baked good’s shade and neutralizes its acids.
- Spices: Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice. By itself, pumpkin is kind of bland, so that you want numerous spice for taste. It’s also possible to use pumpkin pie spice right here—see recipe Notes.
- Oil: You should utilize vegetable oil, canola oil, or avocado oil right here. This cake wants a neutral-tasting oil so it doesn’t overpower the pumpkin spice taste.
- Eggs: Pumpkin, oil, and flour are massive, heavy components so that you want eggs within the batter for elevate; eggs additionally bind the components collectively. You want an egg for the cream cheese filling, too.
- Pure Pumpkin: This Bundt cake conveniently makes use of one customary 15-ounce can of pumpkin. For finest outcomes and taste, I strongly suggest utilizing canned pumpkin puree as a substitute of do-it-yourself. I favor Libby’s model for this cake. (Not sponsored by them, only a massive fan!)
- Cream Cheese: It’s necessary to make use of the block cream cheese that is available in a field, versus the spreadable sort that is available in a bath. That’s nice for bagels, but it surely doesn’t make for a sturdy, sliceable cheesecake layer.
You additionally want all-purpose flour, salt, brown sugar + granulated white sugar, and vanilla.
The Finest Cream Cheese Filling to Use
You solely want 4 components for the cream cheese layer, 3 of which you already acquired out for the cake batter: brick-style cream cheese, an egg, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract.
This tangy, creamy filling isn’t overly candy, which I like—and I feel you’ll respect too. Actual flavors shine via in the present day!
Overview: Find out how to Make It
You’ll discover the total recipe under, however right here’s a fast visible of the steps:
Make the cake batter. This is so simple as whisking collectively the dry components, whisking collectively the moist components, after which whisking moist + dry collectively.
Make the cream cheese filling. Use an electrical mixer to beat the softened cream cheese till fully clean—no lumps. Then beat within the remaining components.
Let’s layer: Unfold half the pumpkin batter into your greased Bundt pan. Fastidiously unfold the cream cheese filling on prime. I wish to unfold it as near the perimeters of the pan as potential, so that you get filling in each chunk. Then prime with the remaining cake batter.
You comply with comparable layering strategies when making my cheesecake swirl carrot Bundt cake.
And bake. It is a enormous cake so it takes some time to fully bake via. You’ll additionally have to let it cool for a bit earlier than you invert it, in any other case it should stick with the pan.
As I stated earlier than, this cake doesn’t actually need a topping, however if you wish to add a bit one thing further, it’s fabulous as pictured with salted caramel sauce + flaky sea salt sprinkled on prime. It’s additionally pretty with vanilla icing + a pinch of pumpkin pie spice. Or go full-cream-cheese-ahead and prime with the maple cinnamon cream cheese icing from these pumpkin cinnamon rolls!
Bundt Pan Suggestions
Do you make numerous Bundt truffles? If that’s the case, you want a Bundt pan that’s 9.5 to 10.5 inches in diameter, and might maintain 10 to 12 cups of batter. Let me share two favourite Bundt cake pan choices with you:
- Anolon Bundt Pan: Tremendous high quality, heavy-duty, nice value, by no means warps, superior rubber grips. I’ve been utilizing it for years and, truthfully, it’s simply as sturdy as day 1.
- Nordic Ware Bundt Pan: Excellent high quality, heavy-duty, and makes stunning truffles.
Whichever Bundt pan you utilize, you’ll want to grease it very generously earlier than including the batter. Even when the pan is labeled nonstick, because of the measurement and weight of a Bundt cake, you NEED numerous greasing so the cake simply separates from the pan when inverting it.
Different Favourite Pumpkin Recipes
And you’ll want to bookmark this checklist of finest pumpkin desserts.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook dinner Time: 60 minutes
Whole Time: 4 hours, half-hour
Yield: serves 12
Class: Cake
Methodology: Baking
Delicacies: American
Description
Pumpkin cream cheese Bundt cake combines generously spiced pumpkin cake with wealthy and creamy cheesecake. Easy to organize, this fall cake all the time impresses a crowd. This layered magnificence is irresistible by itself, however you may add optionally available toppings. See recipe Word.
Cake
Cream Cheese Filling
Elective Topping
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and generously grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. (Even when your pan is labeled nonstick, nonetheless grease it very properly to stop the massive heavy cake from sticking.)
- Make the cake batter: In a big bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice collectively. Put aside. In one other massive bowl, whisk the pumpkin, brown sugar, granulated sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract collectively till mixed. Pour the moist components into the dry components and whisk till fully mixed. Batter is thick. Put aside.
- Make the cream cheese filling: Utilizing a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat the cream cheese on excessive pace till no lumps stay, about 1 minute. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl with a silicone spatula. Beat within the remaining components on medium-high pace till mixed and creamy, about 1 minute.
- Unfold half of the pumpkin batter into the ready bundt pan. Unfold the entire cream cheese filling evenly on prime. Unfold the remaining pumpkin batter on prime. Use a knife to softly swirl the layers collectively.
- Bake for 55–65 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clear with only a couple flippantly moist crumbs. It is a massive, heavy cake so don’t be alarmed if it takes a bit longer in your oven. Mine often takes 60 minutes precisely.
- As soon as completed, take away from the oven and permit to chill for two hours within the pan set on a wire rack. Then invert the marginally cooled Bundt cake onto a cooling rack or serving plate/cake stand.
- Permit to chill fully earlier than drizzling with optionally available topping and serving.
- Cowl leftover cake tightly and retailer at room temperature for as much as 2 days and/or within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
Notes
- Freezing Directions: Baked cake will be frozen for as much as 3 months. You should definitely wrap it tightly. Permit to thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than serving.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Bundt Cake Pan (I like this one or this one) | Glass Mixing Bowls | Whisk | Electrical Mixer (Handheld or Stand) | Cooling Rack
- Spices: As a substitute of 1/2 teaspoon every ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice, you need to use 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice. (You’ll nonetheless add the two teaspoons of floor cinnamon.)
- Pumpkin: For finest outcomes and taste, I strongly suggest utilizing canned pumpkin puree over do-it-yourself on this recipe. I discovered the flavour is significantly better with canned. I favor Libby’s model for this cake.
- Oil: You should utilize vegetable oil, canola oil, avocado oil, or olive oil. As a substitute of 1 cup of oil, attempt 1/2 cup (90g) unsweetened applesauce and 1/2 cup (120ml) oil. The cake is simply as moist. If you wish to use coconut oil, soften it first, and ensure that the entire different components are room temperature. Bake the batter instantly, as a result of because the coconut oil begins to chill and solidify, it thickens the batter and will lead to a very dense cake.
- Cream Cheese: Brick cream cheese is often offered in 8-ounce blocks. You want 1 and 1/2 of them for this cake.
- Extra Topping Choices: Brown butter icing from my peach Bundt cake; chocolate ganache; cream cheese frosting; do-it-yourself whipped cream; brown sugar glaze from my apple Bundt cake
- Can I Flip This Right into a Loaf? Sure. This recipe yields 2 loaf pan-size truffles, made in 9×5-inch loaf pans. Bake time will likely be just like my pumpkin bread. Merely layer the pumpkin and cream cheese batters, then swirl gently with a knife.
