Pumpkin cream cheese Bundt cake is all the things you’re keen on about pumpkin cake with a decadent cheesecake layer hiding inside. Easy to arrange 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 high! 😉
I initially revealed this recipe in 2016 and have since added new pictures and extra useful success ideas.
When you like my pumpkin Bundt cake, you’re going to like at the moment’s pumpkin cream cheese Bundt cake. We use the identical base recipe, skip the chocolate chips, and add a cream cheese layer. Hi there, 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 a fantastic group, similar to in these pumpkin cream cheese muffins and pumpkin cheesecake pie
- Conveniently makes use of 1 normal can of pumpkin. (My beloved pumpkin pie makes use of a whole can, too. For future reference!)
- Simple to make; newbie bakers can completely deal with this one
- A big, lovely, spectacular cake good for fall celebrations—with no adorning abilities required
When you love dessert + cozy fall flavors, right here’s a listing of 30+ fall cake recipes.
These Are Key Elements You Want & Why
Like the entire recipes on my web site and in my cookbooks, my group and I examined numerous components and ratios to develop a standout cake with glorious taste and texture. Listed here are some key components:
- Baking Soda: 2 teaspoons of baking soda looks as if rather a lot, and it’s. However take into consideration the dimensions of a Bundt cake… they’re large, and must rise rather a lot within the tall cake pan. Along with leavening, baking soda deepens a baked good’s coloration and neutralizes its acids.
- Spices: Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice. By itself, pumpkin is sort of bland, so that you want a number of spice for taste. You can too 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 huge, heavy components so that you want eggs within the batter for carry; 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 normal 15-ounce can of pumpkin. For finest outcomes and taste, I strongly suggest utilizing canned pumpkin puree as a substitute of home made. I choose Libby’s model for this cake. (Not sponsored by them, only a huge 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 Greatest Cream Cheese Filling to Use
You solely want 4 components for the cream cheese layer, 3 of which you already obtained 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 really like—and I believe you’ll admire too. Actual flavors shine by way of at the moment!
Overview: 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. Rigorously unfold the cream cheese filling on high. I wish to unfold it as near the perimeters of the pan as doable, so that you get filling in each chew. Then high with the remaining cake batter.
You comply with related layering strategies when making my cheesecake swirl carrot Bundt cake.
And bake. This can be a large cake so it takes some time to fully bake by way of. You’ll additionally must let it cool for a bit earlier than you invert it, in any other case it’s going to follow the pan.
As I mentioned earlier than, this cake doesn’t really want 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 high. It’s additionally pretty with vanilla icing + a pinch of pumpkin pie spice. Or go full-cream-cheese-ahead and high with the maple cinnamon cream cheese icing from these pumpkin cinnamon rolls!
Bundt Pan Suggestions
Do you make a number of 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 worth, 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 lovely 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, as a result of measurement and weight of a Bundt cake, you NEED a number of greasing so the cake simply separates from the pan when inverting it.
Different Favourite Pumpkin Recipes
And you’ll want to bookmark this listing of finest pumpkin desserts.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Prepare dinner Time: 60 minutes
Complete 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 arrange, this fall cake all the time impresses a crowd. This layered magnificence is irresistible by itself, however you possibly can add non-compulsory toppings. See recipe Notice.
Cake
Cream Cheese Filling
Non-compulsory 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 effectively to stop the large 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 edges 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 high. Unfold the remaining pumpkin batter on high. 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 evenly moist crumbs. This can be a massive, heavy cake so don’t be alarmed if it takes a bit longer in your oven. Mine normally takes 60 minutes precisely.
- As soon as carried out, 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.
- Enable to chill fully earlier than drizzling with non-compulsory 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’ll want to wrap it tightly. Enable 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 home made on this recipe. I discovered the flavour is significantly better with canned. I choose 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, strive 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 usually bought 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; home made 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 much like my pumpkin bread. Merely layer the pumpkin and cream cheese batters, then swirl gently with a knife.
