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Pumpkin Bundt Cake with a Cake Mix

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By Katie Adams · Nov 4, 2024 · This post may contain affiliate links · 13 Comments
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Make fall delicious with this easy pumpkin bundt cake recipe! It uses just a cake mix and a few ingredients for the perfect holiday dessert everyone will love.

Pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting drizzled in a decorative pattern, topped with a center filled with red, yellow, and orange M&M candies on a dark red plate, with a stack of white plates and forks in the background.

If you're craving the cozy flavors of fall but don't want to spend hours in the kitchen, this pumpkin bundt cake made with a cake mix is the perfect solution!

You can create a moist, flavorful cake packed with pumpkin spice goodness with just a few simple ingredients.

It's an easy recipe that's impressive enough for holiday gatherings yet simple enough for any autumn night.

So grab your favorite bundt pan and bring a delicious dessert to the table!

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Ingredients

  • 1 Bag F all M&M's
  • 1 Perfectly Pumpkin Premium Cake Mix
  • 1 small box of White Chocolate Instant Pudding
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • ¼ cup Applesauce
  • 4 Large Eggs
  • Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients for a pumpkin bundt cake, including a box of Pillsbury Perfectly Pumpkin cake mix, a jar of Mott's cinnamon applesauce, a can of Pillsbury cream cheese frosting, and a bag of fall-themed M&M's.

Mix

Set oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all ingredients in a mixer until the batter is nice and smooth.

Prep the bundt cake pan by lightly spraying oil on the inside of the pan, making sure to get all corners and creases.

Add ⅓ cup of cake mix to the pan and tap and rotate the pan until the inside is nicely coated with the mix.

Pour the excess into the mixing bowl. Add the rest of the cake mix, followed by the rest of the ingredients, to the bowl and mix until the batter is nice and smooth about two minutes.

Bake

Scoop batter into a cake pan and bake for 40 minutes.

Freshly baked pumpkin bundt cake in a white bundt pan, with a light golden brown top, still cooling after being removed from the oven.

After baking, insert a toothpick to ensure the cake is baked all through. If the toothpick comes out clean, it is done. If it does not, bake for a couple more minutes until the toothpick does come out clean.

Let the cake sit on the counter for 30 minutes to cool. Then, carefully turn it over on a plate and gently tap out. If needed, carefully scrape around the pan with a knife to unstick the cake.

Let it cool for another 30 minutes to an hour. The cake should be completely cooled before frosting. Otherwise, the frosting will melt and drip down the sides.

Frost

Scoop the Cream Cheese Frosting into a plastic bag and snip a bit off the corner of the bag.

Plastic bag filled with cream cheese frosting, with a small corner cut off for piping, placed on a countertop next to a partially visible pumpkin bundt cake.

Squeeze the bag and make loops around the top of the cake.

Pumpkin bundt cake topped with cream cheese frosting piped in a decorative swirl pattern around the top, displayed on a glass plate on a stone countertop.

Smooth the inside out a little with a spatula. This will make the perfect place for the M&M's.

Close-up of a pumpkin bundt cake topped with piped cream cheese frosting in a decorative swirl pattern, displayed on a glass plate on a stone countertop.

This is one of those cakes that is very easy to bake but will definitely get friends and family talking and asking who brought the cake!

Decorated pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting piped in a swirl pattern and topped with red, yellow, and brown M&M candies in the center, displayed on a red plate with stacked white plates and forks in the background.

This pumpkin cake is as pretty as it is delicious!

Slice of pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on a white plate, with red and yellow M&M candies scattered around, and the remaining cake in the background spilling M&Ms from the center.

Storage

Store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature. Suitable for 2-3 days.

Variations

Want to try other flavored bundt cakes? This recipe works great! Simply omit the lemon zest and juice. Then trade out the flavor of the cake mix and frosting, and you'll have another delicious cake!

  • Banana Cream - combine a White Cake Mix, Banana Cream Pudding, and Vanilla Frosting.
  • Chocolate - combine a Chocolate Cake Mix, Chocolate Pudding, and Chocolate Frosting.
  • Strawberry Vanilla - combine a Strawberry Cake Mix, Vanilla Pudding, and Strawberries and Cream Frosting.

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Pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting drizzled in a decorative pattern, topped with a center filled with red, yellow, and orange M&M candies on a dark red plate, with a stack of white plates and forks in the background.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with a Cake Mix

This pumpkin bundt cake with a cake mix is easy, delicious, and perfect for bringing cozy autumn vibes to any gathering!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Frosting 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Servings 10
Calories 331 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Bundt Cake Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Bag Fall M&M's
  • 1 Box Perfectly Pumpkin Premium Cake Mix
  • 1 Small Box White Chocolate Instant Pudding
  • 1 Cup Sour Cream
  • ¼ Cup Mott's Applesauce
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Jar Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions
 

  • Set oven to 350 degrees.
  • Prep the bundt cake pan by lightly spraying oil to the inside of the pan, making sure to get all corners and creases. Add ⅓ Cup of the dry cake mix to the pan and tap and rotate the pan until the inside is nicely coated with the mix. Pour the excess into the mixing bowl. 
  • Combine cake mix, instant pudding, sour cream, applesauce and eggs in a mixer until batter is nice and smooth, about two minutes. 
  • Scoop batter into cake pan and bake for 40 minutes. After baking, insert a toothpick to make sure the cake is baked all the way through. If the toothpick comes out clean, it is done. If it does not, bake for a couple more minutes until the toothpick does come out clean.
  • Let the cake sit on the counter for 30 minutes to cool, and then carefully turn it over on a plate and gently tap out. If needed, carefully scrape around the pan with a knife to unstick the cake.
  • Let it cool for another 30 minutes to an hour. The cake should be completely cooled before frosting, otherwise, the frosting will melt and drip down the sides.
  • To frost, scoop the Cream Cheese Frosting into a plastic bag and snip a bit off the corner of the bag.
  • Squeeze the bag and make loops around the top of the cake.
  • With a spatula, smooth the inside out a little. This then makes the perfect place to put our M&M's.

Nutrition

Calories: 331kcal
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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Comments

  1. Lisa Morris

    September 30, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    This looks yummy!! One of my girls love pumpkin! Cannot wait to try!

    Reply
    • Katie

      October 01, 2015 at 6:34 am

      Thanks Lisa! I think it' is pretty good. My kids devoured this one! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Samantha K

    October 01, 2015 at 1:26 am

    Your bundt cake turned out amazing! I bet it tastes fabulous! (client)

    Reply
    • Katie

      October 01, 2015 at 6:32 am

      Samantha, thanks so much! I must say, it does tatste pretty good!

      Reply
  3. Chelsea @ The Johnsons Plus Dog

    October 12, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    I've never seen Snapple used in a cake recipe! So creative. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty - hope to see you again next week!

    Reply
  4. Diana Rambles

    October 15, 2015 at 10:41 am

    Congratulations! This post is going to be featured over at Diana Rambles tomorrow and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest, Tweeted, and Yummed. Please grab a featured button off my button page or via the post guidelines graphic. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe!

    Reply
  5. Laurie

    January 27, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    Sounds delicious and love the icing! Thanks for sharing your posts this week at Brag About It! Pinned and tweeted to share!
    ~Laurie

    Reply
  6. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome

    September 25, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Visiting from the Small Victories Sunday party – this looks fabulous!!

    Reply
    • Katie

      September 26, 2016 at 7:33 am

      Thanks Helen! It is pretty yummy and it's a pretty cake too!

      Reply
  7. Jamie

    September 26, 2016 at 11:02 am

    Yum - that sounds amazing! Pinning to try. 🙂 Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
    • Katie

      September 27, 2016 at 8:53 am

      I am so glad that you like it Jamie! Thanks for the pin!

      Reply
  8. Beverly

    September 28, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    Your cake looks so yummy! I could go for a piece right now.
    Thanks for sharing at Over The Moon party,
    Bev

    Reply
    • Katie

      September 29, 2016 at 9:42 am

      Thanks Beverly! Come on over and I'll make one just for you! 🙂

      Reply

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