5-Ingredient Pumpkin Bundt Cake

Inspired by Libby's pumpkin roll recipe, this Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese topping is a favorite fall treat. Made with just 5 ingredients, this is an easy dessert for a fall gathering and makes a perfect Thanksgiving dessert.

This pumpkin bundt cake is perfect for a fall gathering, is moist and perfectly spiced. Plus, it's incredible easy to make.

★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★

Celebrate fall in the most delicious way!

Made with pumpkin puree and aromatic spices, this moist and fluffy pumpkin bundt cake smells like fall. Layered with a thick cream cheese frosting, this cakes is delicious and makes an ideal festive fall dessert but hey, makes for great breakfast food, too.

This bundt cake looks stunning on a Thanksgiving dinner table or serve it up at a Halloween party. Add sprinkles, nuts, or any toppings if you'd like.

Super easy to make.

With an extremely short list of ingredients — FIVE total — and simple prep, this cake is much less work than its impressive looks would let on.

★ Ingredients You'll Need ★

You'll need just 5 ingredients TOTAL to make this delicious cake.

Here's a look at what you'll need:

For the cake batter: a spice cake mix, a can of pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, and eggs. By using spice cake you have those classic fall spices built right in.

Here are the spices you'll get in the spice cake mix:

• Cinnamon – Adds warmth and sweetness.
• Nutmeg – Contributes a rich, slightly nutty flavor.
• Ginger – Offers a bit of zing and depth.
• Cloves – Brings a strong, bold, and slightly sweet spiciness.
• Allspice – A combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in one, for extra warmth.

For the cream cheese topping: Just grab a tub of no-bake cheesecake filling.

If you prefer to make your own cream cheese topping, you can. Mix together: cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, milk. I like to use whipped cream cheese for a light and fluffy topping that's almost like a frosting.

So simple. So good.

Feel free to add sprinkles or nuts if you'd like.

★ How to Make this Recipe ★

This recipe is very simple to prep. Here is an overview of the steps:

• Beat together cake mix, eggs, pumpkin puree, and oil.
• Pour batter into greased bundt pan.
• Bake.
• Let cool.
• Flip onto serving platter.
• Add cream cheese topping to cooled cake.
• Slice and enjoy!

A super easy fall dessert! Perfect for football parties, tailgates, or for Thanksgiving dessert.

★ Tips & FAQs ★

How to ensure your cake is moist.

There are two tricks here.

1. Don't overmix your cake batter. Mix just until combined. Overmixing leads to a more dense texture and can make the cake seem dry.
2. Don't over-bake. I always check my cakes 5 minutes before they are supposed to be done because every oven, every batter, every pan, even some of the ingredients can cause variations.
   
   So, you want to go by the toothpick method. As soon as a toothpick inserted into the center of your cake comes out clean, take it out of the oven. It's done! Any additional bake time will just be drawing out moisture and quickly leading to a dry cake.

Is this pumpkin bundt cake healthy?

Healthy cake? Yes! This pumpkin cake is made with pumpkin puree which has a heart dose of vitamins. This might make you feel pretty good about slicing yourself a piece of this cake.

Check out the nutrition facts on a can of pumpkin puree and you'll see a hearty dose of vitamin A along with some calcium, vitamin C, fiber, and iron. There's also very little fat, no saturated fat and it's low in sugar.

Add Sprinkles

My favorite part about baking cakes is the decorating. Being that this is a pumpkin cake, it's perfect for fall or Thanksgiving.

Have some fun and top your bundt cake with whatever cute fall cake decorations you have.

If you're adding sprinkles, you'll want to immediately shake them on right after you top the cake with the cream cheese topping. This will ensure they stick nicely.

Nuts also make a great topping.

Try adding flavor to your cream cheese topping.

Try stirring in some maple syrup or almond extract for an additional layer of flavor. You could add color too. A couple drops of orange food coloring might be fun.

Display your cake.

I love making cakes pretty and have several cake stands. My favorite thought is my mint green vintage cake stand! It was one of those things I just had to have. That color. Is it mint? Jade? Don't know, don't care, just love it.

If you are really into bundt cakes and love this cake stand as much as I do, I'd recommend going with a small bundt cake mold since the glass top is not very tall. Or choose a cake stand with a large glass top and a diameter that matches your bundt pan.

Can these be made into muffins or cupcakes?

Yes! Pour the batter into lined muffin cups, filling ⅔ full. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.

Hint: they will no longer appear wet when done.

Recipe adapted from a pumpkin roll.

This pumpkin bundt cake is a very simplified adaptation of Libby's pumpkin roll recipe. Which is a delicious recipe but creating this as a cake rather than a roll saves quite a bit of time and starting with cake mix is so much easier.

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This recipe for pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese topping was featured on South Your Mouth!