pumpkin bundt cake

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pumpkin bundt cake

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Part 5 of my Viral Bundt Cake Series 🍰 Unpopular opinion — I canNOT stand pumpkin pie 😅 It’s a texture thing for me! But pumpkin in cookies, cupcakes, or cake? I’m all in.

prep timeAt least 5½ min mixing + other prep
cook time65–75 min cake; 6–8 min caramel sugar
total time67½ min or more + frosting/caramel/cooling
yield1 cake
additional timeCaramel cools 10–15 min; cake cooling untimed

ingredients

  • 1 box (15.25oz) yellow cake mix
  • 1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ⅓ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • ½ cup milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Salted Caramel Sauce:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter (cubed)
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • Vanilla and salt for the caramel sauce (amounts not stated in the source)
  • Frosting:
  • 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • ½ cup butter (softened)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar

directions

  1. 1Preheat oven to 325°F
  2. 2Mix all cake ingredients on low 30 seconds, then medium 2 minutes.
  3. 3Pour into greased bundt pan and bake at 325°F for 65-75 min or until skewer comes out clean. *Super important to make sure cake is cooked all the way through, down to the bottom, definitely needs longer than the other cakes*
  4. 4Make Salted Caramel: Add sugar to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until melted and amber-colored (6–8 min).
  5. 5Add butter — it’ll bubble up — stir until smooth.
  6. 6Slowly pour in cream while stirring. Keep whisking until silky.
  7. 7Remove from heat, add vanilla + salt. Cool 10–15 min before drizzling on top of frosting.
  8. 8Cool cake completely before frosting.
  9. 9Mix frosting ingredients, beating for at least 3-5 minutes.
  10. 10Pipe frosting using a ziplock bag or a disposable piping bag with the tip cut off, drizzle cooled caramel on top of frosting.

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pumpkin bundt cake

Part 5 of my Viral Bundt Cake Series 🍰 Unpopular opinion — I canNOT stand pumpkin pie 😅 It’s a texture thing for me! But pumpkin in cookies, cupcakes, or cake? I’m all in.

prep time: At least 5½ min mixing + other prepcook time: 65–75 min cake; 6–8 min caramel sugartotal time: 67½ min or more + frosting/caramel/coolingyield: 1 cakeadditional time: Caramel cools 10–15 min; cake cooling untimed

ingredients

  • 1 box (15.25oz) yellow cake mix
  • 1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ⅓ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • ½ cup milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Salted Caramel Sauce:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter (cubed)
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • Vanilla and salt for the caramel sauce (amounts not stated in the source)
  • Frosting:
  • 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • ½ cup butter (softened)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar

directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F
  2. Mix all cake ingredients on low 30 seconds, then medium 2 minutes.
  3. Pour into greased bundt pan and bake at 325°F for 65-75 min or until skewer comes out clean. *Super important to make sure cake is cooked all the way through, down to the bottom, definitely needs longer than the other cakes*
  4. Make Salted Caramel: Add sugar to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until melted and amber-colored (6–8 min).
  5. Add butter — it’ll bubble up — stir until smooth.
  6. Slowly pour in cream while stirring. Keep whisking until silky.
  7. Remove from heat, add vanilla + salt. Cool 10–15 min before drizzling on top of frosting.
  8. Cool cake completely before frosting.
  9. Mix frosting ingredients, beating for at least 3-5 minutes.
  10. Pipe frosting using a ziplock bag or a disposable piping bag with the tip cut off, drizzle cooled caramel on top of frosting.

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