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.

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!
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
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.
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.
Squeeze the bag and make loops around the top of the cake.
Smooth the inside out a little with a spatula. This will make the perfect place for the M&M’s.
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!
This pumpkin cake is as pretty as it is delicious!
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.
I used this recipe to create a Pumpkin Bundt Cake, which was a hit!
MY FAVORITE
BUNDT PAN WITH CAKE KEEPER
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with a Cake Mix
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.
Lisa Morris
This looks yummy!! One of my girls love pumpkin! Cannot wait to try!
Katie
Thanks Lisa! I think it' is pretty good. My kids devoured this one! 🙂
Samantha K
Your bundt cake turned out amazing! I bet it tastes fabulous! (client)
Katie
Samantha, thanks so much! I must say, it does tatste pretty good!
Chelsea @ The Johnsons Plus Dog
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!
Diana Rambles
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Laurie
Sounds delicious and love the icing! Thanks for sharing your posts this week at Brag About It! Pinned and tweeted to share!
~Laurie
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
Visiting from the Small Victories Sunday party – this looks fabulous!!
Katie
Thanks Helen! It is pretty yummy and it's a pretty cake too!
Jamie
Yum - that sounds amazing! Pinning to try. 🙂 Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty
Katie
I am so glad that you like it Jamie! Thanks for the pin!
Beverly
Your cake looks so yummy! I could go for a piece right now.
Thanks for sharing at Over The Moon party,
Bev
Katie
Thanks Beverly! Come on over and I'll make one just for you! 🙂