41 Best-Ever Bundt Cake Recipes For Any Occasion
Bundt cakes may be an old-fashioned Southern dessert, but in our minds, they've never gone out of style. We think of them as a baker's secret weapon: Pretty molded cakes look incredibly impressive, but they're deceptively simple to make, even for a novice baker. A ring-shaped, ridged Bundt pan can transform the most basic cake recipe into a work of art with hardly any fuss in the kitchen. Best of all, most Bundt cakes only need a simple glaze or dusting of powdered sugar to shine.
The Southern Living Test Kitchen has developed many Bundt cake recipes over the years, and this collection of recipes includes some of our most popular ones to get you started. You can make a Bundt cake to please just about any type of sweet tooth. We've got chocolate and vanilla Bundts, citrusy pound cakes, and spiced sponges. From Lemon Bundt Cake to Glazed Donut Buttermilk Cake, these easy Bundt cake recipes are instantly achievable for even novice bakers. So grab your prettiest Bundt pan and get baking!
Maple-Bacon Bundt Cake
Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox
If bacon makes savory dishes better, certainly a bacon cake is further proof that this meat is meant to go in sweet dishes too! The combination of maple and bacon makes this dessert a unique treat all will enjoy.
Pistachio Bundt Cake
Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox
Pistachio-flavored desserts are loved all throughout the South, and the sweet, nutty flavor of this super-moist cake made with real pistachios is sure to please.
Whipping Cream Cake
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This vintage Southern cake is as simple as it is delicious. With ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry, you can whip up this whipping cream cake easily for a quick dessert.
Coconut Pound Cake
Three Southern dessert favorites—coconut, pecans, and bourbon—meet in this simple, but beautiful pound cake recipe.
Classic Southern Pound Cake
A true classic doesn't need an introduction, so we'll let this beauty speak for itself.
Banana Bundt Cake
You can think of this cake as a combination of two classic recipes, banana bread and pound cake, which means you know it'll be delicious.
Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake
This brownie-like bundt cake is made with cocoa, bittersweet chocolate, and espresso powder for deep, rich chocolate flavor. Every bundt cake can benefit from a thick, rich glaze and we topped this one with not one, but two deliciously contrasting glazes: a sweet chocolate glaze and a tangy buttermilk glaze.
Glazed Buttermilk Donut Cake
We love how this donut-inspired cake looks atop an old-fashioned cake stand.
Honey Bun Cake
This cake starts with packaged yellow cake mix, but a layer of cinnamon sugar in the middle and layer of sugar-vanilla drizzle on the outside make it anything but ordinary.
Hummingbird Bundt Cake
There's not always time to ice a layered cake to perfection before your dinner party, so we adapted it for an easy Bundt pan recipe with a decadent cream cheese glaze that doesn't take any decorating skills.
Sweet Tea Bundt Cake
Of course we love sipping on a cold glass of sweet tea, but this Bundt cake recipe makes a delicious case for baking with it.
Mary's Mango Cake
Made with fresh oranges, limes, and mangoes, this Bundt cake tastes like a sunny day on the beaches of Florida.
Lemon-Orange Pound Cake
Southerners know some of the best recipes come from the pages of Junior League cookbooks, including this one from Houston.
Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
A sweet ribbon of cream cheese runs through this moist spice cake studded with chunks of apples. And if that wasn't enough, we made this bundt cake truly over-the-top by adding a thick and rich praline frosting and toasted pecans.
Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake
This summer stunner showcases fresh peaches in picture-perfect fashion.
Cranberry-Apple Pumpkin Bundt
Three favorite fall flavors combine in this beloved Bundt cake. Cranberry, apple, and pumpkin, all in a beautiful Bundt? It's a win-win-win for the dessert table.
Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake
A pretty pink layer of store-bought strawberry glaze livens up an old-fashioned pound cake made with vanilla and almond extracts for a more complex flavor. Similar to a marbled bundt cake, the strawberry glaze is dolloped on the batter then swirled with a long wooden skewer.
Mini Bourbon-and-Cola Bundt Cakes
Bourbon, cola, and chocolate cake? You've got a winner. Great for tailgating or any gathering, these cute treats can be frozen individually for quick grab-and-go snacks.
Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake
Looking for a crowd-pleasing but simple bundt cake? Our Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake is easy to whip up and fits almost any occasion. It's a great for family dinners, book clubs, church socials, neighborhood potlucks, or school bake sales. Filled with mini chocolate chips and chopped pecans and made with brown sugar and vanilla, it's the cake version of the classic chocolate chip cookie. Serve this everyday cake as-is, or dress it up with hot fudge sauce and sliced berries, whipped cream and toasted pecans, or use thin slices of cake to make ice cream sandwiches with your favorite store-bought ice cream.
Mama's Rum Cake
A double dose of rum in the cake and the glaze makes this Bundt cake ultra-decadent.
Tennessee Jam Bundt Cake
Store-bought sugar was once scarce in some parts of the South, so desserts were often sweetened with homemade jams and preserves. We brought back this classic Southern cake and it immediately became a top-rated reader favorite.
Pumpkin Spice Magic Cake
If you're loyal to the pumpkin spice game come fall, you've got to try this impressive, flan-like cake.
Chocolate Bundt Cake
This decadent cake has double the chocolate with both boxed cake and brownie mixes.
7UP Bundt Cake
Southerners have been relying on the secret of soda to make incredible cakes for generations.
Sock It To Me Cake
Whether you want to enjoy this Bundt cake for breakfast or dessert, you probably already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen.
Reese's Cake
If you have a loved one who always picks Reese's in the checkout line, you absolutely have to make this cake for him or her.
Yellow Squash Bundt Cake
Use up your fresh squash this summer with an unexpected dessert that the kids will never know has vegetables in it.
Grand Marnier Cakes
First featured in Tea-Time at the Masters in 1977 as a tube-pan cake, we updated Grand Marnier Cake to be made in mini Bundt pans for luncheon-ready presentation.
Orange Cake
This bright cake is topped with candied orange zest for a holiday-worthy presentation.
Pecan Spice Cake with Caramel-Rum Glaze Recipe
You don't need bakery-level decorating skills with a decadent glaze to pour over this festive holiday Bundt cake.
Mini Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cakes
Personal portions make the host's job easier so he or she can sit down and enjoy dessert with the table instead of slicing for everyone.
Pumpkin-Spice Bundt with Brown Sugar Icing and Candied Pecans
If you want your house to smell amazing this fall, whip up this beautiful Bundt.
Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
Citrus shines in this dessert based off the original 7UP Pound Cake recipe from the 1950s.
Cranberry-Orange Bundt Cake
This Bundt cake is moist and full of sweet-tart flavor from cranberries and orange liqueur. Once it's placed out on the dessert table, you better grab your slice fast because it won't be there for long.
Carrot Bundt Cake
All the flavors you love about a classic carrot cake have been converted into a pretty Bundt form. The sweetness of the carrot is met with a tangy, creamy finish from the cream cheese frosting.
Carrot-Pineapple Mini Bundt Cakes with Buttermilk-Vanilla Glaze
If you're tired of the same old carrot cake recipe, try these mini Bundts which are packed with cinnamon, crushed pineapple, toasted pecans, and carrots, of course. A thin buttermilk-vanilla glaze is a refreshing twist on the expected cream cheese frosting.
Pumpkin Pound Cake
Be still our hearts! Have you ever seen a more enticing pound cake in such a beautiful Bundt form? This Pumpkin Pound Cake is loaded with fall flavor goodness from the sweet pumpkin in the cake to the maple-butter glaze that's drizzled all over its top.
Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake
When the summertime baking bug bites, head to your local berry patch to buy ripe blueberries, and then whip up this delicious, tangy, and eye-catching cake.
Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting
This pound cake may look unsuspecting on the outside but smack in the middle of it is a delicious ring of apple butter. How's that for a seasonal baking recipe?
Lemon Bundt Cake
A Lemon Bundt Cake is the Jill of All Trades in the "occasion cake" world. Take it to a spring luncheon, a family reunion, or even a wake, and it will always deliver on flavor and comfort.
Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake
We spiked this holiday cake with just the right amount of bourbon.
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