Our Favorite Bundt Cake Recipes - MyRecipes (2024)

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There's no denying that the humble bundt pan is among our favorite pans to bake with. From apple cake to hummingbird cake to chocolate cake, it's safe to say that sometimes it's better in a bundt. Whether you're hosting a special occasion, attending a potluck, or simply craving something sweet, there's no better time to break out the bundt and get baking.

Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Recipe

This delicious apple bundt cake features a sweet cream cheese filling and homemade praline frosting. Garnish the frosting with extra toasted pecans.

Hummingbird Bundt Cakes

Hummingbird Bundt Cakes Recipe

Make the cakes up to two weeks ahead. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and freeze, omitting any garnish. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, and then dust or glaze. Look for mini Bundt pans at kitchen emporiums or big box stores. Be sure to coat the cups of the mini Bundt pan well with baking spray with flour added. Cakes will stick if you use regular cooking spray. Although the mini cakes are really cute, you can bake one large cake, if you prefer. It'll just need to bake longer, about 45 minutes total.

Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake

Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake Recipe

The trick to creating looping swirls is to gently layer the batter around the Bundt pan with a small cookie scoop. No need to swirl with a knife; it will marble as it bakes.

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Apple Bundt Cake with Apple-Cream Cheese Glaze Recipe

This incredibly moist bundt cake gains its strong apple flavor from 4 cups of shredded Granny smith apples baked into the batter, as well as a concentrated apple liquid (made by reducing apple juice and apple liqueur) that is brushed over the warm cake after baking and used to create the cake’s sweet-tart apple and cream cheese glaze. Grating the apples, as opposed to chopping them into pieces, makes for more even distribution of moisture and apple flavor throughout this dense and delightful cake. While we opted to keep the spice factor simple here (to avoid overpowering the apple) with just a teaspoon of cinnamon, feel free to mix it up and add other favorite spices—such as cloves, ginger, nutmeg, or allspice. You can also swap the vanilla bean paste for 11/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract. If you can’t find apple liqueur, simply substitute apple flavored brandy or 1/4 cup more apple juice.

Reverse Marble Bundt Cake

Reverse Marble Bundt Cake Recipe

Not-too-sweet and pleasantly dense, this is a great cake for any time of day, whether for dessert or breakfast.

Lemon-Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

Lemon-Poppy Seed Bundt Cake Recipe

A favorite flavor combination—lemon and poppy seeds—enhances this version of the classic Bundt cake.

Rum-Raisin Bundt Cake

Rum-Raisin Bundt Cake Recipe

Rum-Raisin Bundt Cake proves to be the perfect cake for gift-giving. The batter makes enough for a 10-cup Bundt cake and 6 mini Bundts.

Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt

Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt Recipe

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake Recipe

This chocolate chip Bundt cake is perfect for birthday celebrations, holiday gatherings, or even everyday treats.

Tennessee Jam Bundt

Tennessee Jam Bundt Recipe

Raspberry-Swirl Mini Bundt Cakes

Raspberry-Swirl Mini Bundt Cakes Recipe

If you don't have a minibundtlette pan, you can make one large Bundt cake instead. If you have an 8-cup Bundt pan, that's ideal, but a 10-cup pan will work, too (the cake just won't be as tall). Bake at 350° for 25 to 28 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Spreading the batter evenly in minibundtlette cups can be a little tricky. Try spooning the batter into a large zip-top plastic bag; then snip off one bottom corner of the bag, and pipe batter into cups.

Coconut-Macadamia Nut Pound Cake

Coconut-Macadamia Nut Pound Cake Recipe

Lightly toasting the macadamia nuts brings out their rich, buttery flavor.

Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake

Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake Recipe

We took the traditional pound cake recipe and raised it a stunning, triple-chocolate twist. This cake means business. A duo of glazes—one creamy chocolate, the other subtle buttermilk—comes together atop this dreamy confection. It’s indulgent and, we admit, so much fun to eat and serve. Chocolate enthusiasts will be over the moon for this recipe, but it has enough unexpected flavor—thanks to the addition of the buttermilk glaze—that you’ll also win over the harder-to-please dessert eaters at the table. Warning: You—and they—won’t be able to resist a second slice. Go for it. We won’t tell.

Grilled Pound Cake with Brandied Red Plums

Grilled Pound Cake with Brandied Red Plums Recipe

When plums are at their juiciest best, they're great in a quick dessert. If you don't already have the grill going, just broil or toast the pound cake until golden.

Mini Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cakes

Mini Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cakes Recipe

If you want a whole pound cake to yourself, try these individually-portioned chocolaty pound cakes. You'll hardly be able to bake these little gems before they're devoured.

Lemon Ginger Pound Cake

Lemon Ginger Pound Cake Recipe

Celebrate spring with this buttery, tender, and moist Lemon Ginger Pound Cake. This pound cake gets a double dose of lemon in the cake and in the glaze.

Powdered Sugar Pound Cake

Powdered Sugar Pound Cake Recipe

With its fine crumb and almost candylike almond-studded shell, this is pound cake gone to fancy class--but still pound-cake-easy. A reader known only as G.L. from Bremerton, Washington, gave it to us in 1963, and we've served it over and over again at our staff parties since.

Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze

Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze Recipe

Heart-healthy canola oil replaces a good bit of the butter traditionally used to make this dessert. Soaking a vanilla bean in the oil adds deep, rich flavor; you'll never miss the butter.

Double-Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake

Double-Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake Recipe

Look for whole-wheat pastry flour in the baking aisle at major supermarkets.

Buttery Pound Cake

Buttery Pound Cake Recipe

The sweet brown sugar pairs perfectly with the apples!

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Strawberry Poke Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze Recipe

Poke cake meets pound cake in this must-make spring dessert.A perfectly moist, dense vanilla pound cake (with a delightful hint of almond) is filled with a fresh strawberry filling—adding to the cake's tender crumb and providing the perfect fruity sweet-tart flavor balance. Finish the whole thing off with an eye-catching fresh strawberry glaze, and you have a supremely awesome cake on your hands. Be warned, if you share this pound cakewith friends, you'll need to be ready to share the recipe as well.

Lemon Curd Pound Cake

Lemon Curd Pound Cake Recipe

Wait to prepare the Lemon Curd until the cake comes out of the oven so it will still be warm when spread over the cake.

Spiced Caramel Bundt Cake

Spiced Caramel Bundt Cake Recipe

Cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg give this gluten-free cake its signature spiced flavor, and applesauce lends moistness while allowing you to use less oil. A drizzle of golden caramel syrup is the finishing touch, making this the perfect "ta-da!" dessert to serve at your next dinner party or ladies' tea.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Tahini Glaze

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Tahini Glaze Recipe

What better fall-inspired dessert to make than this tahini-glazedpumpkin bundt cake. A medley of fragrant, ground spices enhancethe rich sweetnessof this incredibly moist bundt cake.Topped with a toasty, perfectlybittersweettahini glaze, this easy to make and comfortingfall dessertis the perfect centerpiece for your next dinner party, Halloween gathering, or special occasion.

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Guinness Chocolate Cake Recipe

This might just be the most decadently delicious Guinness chocolate cake recipe a St. Patrick’s Day celebration has ever seen. If nothing else, it serves as further proof that Guinness and chocolate are a match made in dessert heaven.As impressive as it may look and taste, this is a surprisingly easy cake to prepare. We opted for a bundt in developing this Guinness chocolate cake keeps in order to keep it simple to make and to ensure a perfectly moist final product. Guinness stout in the cake better makes for an added layer of rich chocolatey depth, while two boozy glazes—an Irish cream chocolate glaze and an Irish whiskey drizzle—really take this chocolate bundt cake to the next level.

Apple Bundt Cake with Brown-Sugar Glaze

Apple Bundt Cake with Brown-Sugar Glaze Recipe

Try this Apple Bundt Cake drizzled with a delicious brown-sugar glaze for a fabulous fall dessert.

Cappuccino Bundt Cake

Cappuccino Bundt Cake Recipe

Glazed Chocolate Bundt Cake

Glazed Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

This bundt cake is sure to be a hit at your next party or get-together. It's all in the glaze. Or just the chocolate.

German Chocolate Bundt Cake

German Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

German Chocolate Bundt Cake is the result of a cross between two classic and delicious cakes. Drizzle generously with glaze and dig in to your new favorite dessert.

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake Recipe

This chocolate chip Bundt cake is perfect for birthday celebrations, holiday gatherings, or even everyday treats.

Praline Bundt Cake

Praline Bundt Cake Recipe

This praline bundt cake gets raves for being moist, flavorful and beautiful! Something about it evokes a feeling of Southern nostalgia.

Apple-Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Apple-Cinnamon Bundt Cake Recipe

Pumpkin-Spice Bundt with Brown Sugar Icing and Candied Pecans

Pumpkin-Spice Bundt with Brown Sugar Icing and Candied Pecans Recipe

Candied pecans and a rich, buttery icing turn a simple pumpkin Bundt cake into a grand finale dessert. For the smoothest texture and most impressive presentation, make sure the icing is still warm when you spoon it over the cake.

Hibiscus Poached Pears

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze Recipe

We take the classic flavors of pumpkin pie (pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg) and transform them into a tall, moist, tender Bundt cake. Whole-wheat flour enhances the fall flavors without sacrificing the tender crumb. To finish it off: a smooth, shiny bittersweet chocolate glaze that drips into all the nooks and crannies. Look for baking spray (cooking spray with fine flour added), or simply coat the pan with cooking spray, add a tablespoon of flour, and shake gently to coat. If you don't have a Bundt pan, you can bake in two standard loaf pans. Cut the loaves into slices, and drizzle the glaze over each serving.

Lemon Bundt Cake

Lemon Bundt Cake Recipe

When Matt Lewis became a baker, he started a quest to re-create the lemon Bundt cakes of his youth. After "a million different versions," he says, he achieved lemon-cake bliss, using the zest of 10 lemons and a little lemon extract to get the flavor just right. The cake has a moist crumb (thanks to a lemony syrup brushed over the top) and a crackling, sugary glaze.

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

Made with boxed cake and brownie mixes, this Bundt is decadent yet easy to pull off. Drissled withchocolate frosting and topped with ediblepansies, this cake is not only easy to make, but wil impress at every occasion. We love the contrast of the colorful pansies against the dark cake. Choose flowers labeled as edible, which you can find in the produce section of specialty-food stores.

Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake

Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake Recipe

Fresh summer peaches turn sticky and sweet when baked in the bottom of a Bundt pan with butter and brown sugar. After you place the peach slices in the ridges of the pan, gently spoon the cake batter over the fruit, then smooth the top with an offset spatula.

Chocolate-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt

Chocolate-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt Recipe

Apple Spice Bundt Cake with Cider Glaze

Apple Spice Bundt Cake with Cider Glaze Recipe

Don't be afraid to go 100% whole-grain with desserts; we use all spelt flour here with amazing results. The nutty flour boosts the taste of the butter, spices, and vanilla, unlike all-purpose flour, whose bland nature would dilute those flavors. Be sure to weigh the flour for accuracy; using too much will make the cake dry.

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Perfect Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

Intensely chocolatey and incredibly moist, this is truly the perfect chocolate bundt cake—and undoubtedly, a chocolate lover’s dream. The cake’s rich chocolate flavor is enhanced with the addition of coffee in the batter and coffee liqueur in the glaze. Be sure to coat the inside of your bundt pan with either shortening plus a thin layer of flour or baking spray (which is nonstick cooking spray that contains flour) in order to ensure that your cake comes out clean and easy.