Pumpkin Bundt Cake. With a cinnamon streusel layer. ARE YOU EVEN READY.
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Made this last night. So good! It’s a keeper. 👍💕
Cindy
This recipe is sponsored by Wholesome!
I actually love this cake more than 400% of the other things I’m eating lately, which is why I’ve made it an obscene number of times since it first came into my life. Which, initially, was for a selfless good reason.
It started with a baby shower – my friend is pregnant and beautiful and we wanted to shower her with love, and I was in charge of making a brunch cake. So maybe it was a self-assigned kind of project. I know where I thrive, okay? This cake made its debut (after a few test rounds JUST TO MAKE SURE) at the shower for my sweet friend Ashley, along with lots of avocado beet hummus toast and berry granola yogurt parfaits in jars and advice cards for the mom-to-be and all that other adorable party-pants fun stuff.
The pumpkin bundt cake sat straight in the center of the table, between the toast platter and the colorful mason jars, looking extra gorgeous thanks to a drizzle of frosting that ran down the sides of its very fancy cake design which are, in fact, extremely easy to have in your life.
Step One: buy a fancy bundt pan with designs on it.
Step Two: bake your cake in it.
This is how I make people think I am fancy: I make bundt cakes in fancy pans. You may copy me if you wish – it’s total cake goals, I get it.
But really, besides just looking beautiful on a table, we need to talk about the flavor and texture of this cake.
THAT STREUSEL LAYER? Did you see it? It’s kind of hard to miss, being that it’s brown-sugary and crunchy-caramely and completely over-the-top awesome. It runs like a happy, delicious little ribbon of joy through the middle of the cake and bakes into gooey-center-slice perfection. It is the thing that takes this from Pumpkin Bundt Cake to NEEDZ MORE NOW Pumpkin Bundt Cake.
The texture of this: it’s buttery and dense – but not too dense – just the kind of amazing density you get from those little bakery-style lemon poppyseed or holiday pumpkin loaves at Starbucks. Or something. As if I would know. I’m just GUESSING here, okay? It’s so delicious – and call me crazy, but it might even get more delicious after hanging out in the fridge overnight. I love a good cold, dense, buttery, day-after cake at level: dangerous.
For this recipe, we are using (and adoring) several favorite members of the Wholesome! lineup:
- organic light brown sugar
- organic honey
- organic powdered sugar
You guys, I love Wholesome! for a lot of reasons, starting with this cake (hiiiii cake) and ending with a commitment to fair trade pricing, responsible sourcing, organic farming practices, AND THE ABILITY TO BUY IT AT TARGET.
It honestly might be my favorite thing about this brand – the fact that I don’t have to shop at a co-op or specialty store to buy their high-integrity, quality products is five hundred thumbs up from me.
Now friends, I know we’re getting near to the end of pumpkin season and you might be skeptical of me right now, but hold your horses.
Once you chill pumpkin out of your life for a minute, you’re going to realize what’s always been true: that pumpkin and cinnamon and brown sugar are still very much THE PERFECT CHOICE for all your basic weekend splurge needs.
I WILL make this for the first Saturday morning snow of the year. I will, I will, I will. ♡ And you will, too. And you’ll tag me and snap me how much you love it. Can’t wait.
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Cinnamon Streusel Pumpkin Bundt Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 16–20 slices 1x
Description
Pumpkin Cake! A perfectly dense, moist cake with a crunchy sweet brown sugar streusel. YUM!
Ingredients
Pumpkin Bundt Cake:
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt (I use 2% Fage)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup Wholesome! organic honey
- 1 cup butter, barely melted
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
Streusel:
- 1/2 cup Wholesome! organic light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk the pumpkin, eggs, yogurt, sugar, honey, and vanilla together until smooth. Slowly whisk in the butter.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt, and stir gently until just combined.
- In a small bowl, mix the streusel ingredients.
- Pour half of the cake batter into a bundt pan. Pour the streusel mixture over the top, staying away from the edges. Top with remaining batter.
- Bake for 50 minutes – exterior will be very dark brown – that’s okay, don’t panic. 🙂 It tastes amazing.
- Invert onto a plate, top with a glaze if you want (see notes), and serve.
Notes
This is so super delicious both warm and cold. I might even like it better the next day after it’s been sitting in the fridge so everything gets nice and dense and buttery.
For the glaze, whisk:
1 cup Wholesome! organic powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: bundt cake, pumpkin cake, pumpkin bundt cake, pumpkin dessert
Thanks to Wholesome!® – makers of this Organic Light Brown Sugar, Organic Honey, and Organic Powdered Sugar – for partnering with us for this delicious cake! ♡
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that streusel! and i love how you glazed this: just enough to see the glaze, but not enough to hide all those amazing details from the pan.
Thanks Heather! The glaze ran down the sides perfectly – but hard to mess it up with such a beautiful pan. 🙂
Yesyesyeysyes. All types of yes!!
You’re the real MVP for this recipe!
Thanks Erikka! Glad you like the recipe!
Love it! Where did you get your fancy bundt pan? I need one in my life now! Lol 🙂
Hi, It’s a Nordic Ware Crown Bundt pan. Nordic Ware is a client of mine here in Mpls. There is a Factory Outlet store in St. Louis Park where you can get it (for a discounted price) but it is also online at nordicware.com
How wonderful! Their site is awesome + they ship to Paris! Thanks.
so glad!! 🙂 win!
Yay! Thanks for jumping in LoAnn! 🙂
Pretty bundt tins really are the way to make no-effort fancy pants cakes! I love the cinnamon streusel layer, sooo yum!
Love that pan! I’ve used it so many times lately – especially great for holidays!
Hi Lindsay, love this! I just posted a healthy pumpkin bundt cake recipe with caramel drizzle on top. Yours is so pretty! I love the fancy shaped mini bundt pan – I haven’t seen one like that. So pretty with the icing laced on the top. My friends asked me to make my bundt for our Friendsgiving tomorrow night. I may just have to try your techniques. Thanks for sharing! Bundts are the best!!
Agree! Bundts are the best. 🙂
BEAUTIFUL cake!!! And yes, the streusel layer was definitely the first thing I noticed. Nom nom nom…
Soooo yummy, tucked away in there!
Looks and sounds absolutely delicious!
Thanks Rhian!
This is a gorgeous cake! I’m loving that glaze, it sounds fantastic for the holidays.
I will totally be making this for a cozy holiday morning in pajamas. 🙂
This. Is. Perfection. The fancy bundt pan, the recipe, everything! Love it!
Thanks Annie!
This looks like such a good dessert! I love pumpkin and cake!
Meeee toooo!
Hi Lindsay,
What a beautiful cake! The lines of the glaze came down the cake so Perfect!.
I did notice the streusel; it was the first thing I saw.
The baby shower menu sounds pretty healthy.
Have a fantastic day!
Carlos
Thanks Carlos!
Looks beautiful. And tasty!
Made this last night. So good! It’s a keeper. 👍💕
So glad! Thanks for the comment Cindy!
You just provided a “Healthy Cake” recipe using the pumpkin as the main ingredient! Definitely gonna try this!
Thanks for the comment! Not sure about healthy, but it’s yummy 🙂
I have a small bundt pan that make 6 individual cakes. Do you know how long to bake them?
This cake both look and sound amazing 🙂
I got a thing forPumpkin Desserts! This Recipe has a perfect balance of health and taste!
The silky texture, the nuttiness of the pumpkin, and the marriage of spices always leave my heart smiling.
I love anything pumpkin! But I ADORE your bundt pan! Where did you get that?
Love the Pumpkin Bundt cake. Perfect for health conscious foodie like me.
I haven’t been seeing nutrition information with many recipes lately; have you stopped including that?
I REALLY miss that, too!
Hallo Lindsey, I love your recipes! The problem is that I can´t find canned pumpkin puree here in Germany! How can I make this at home?
Yum! I didn’t have any Greek yogurt on hand and subbed in applesauce. Darker in color on the inside so you came see the struesal coloring as well, but still delicious!
Glad to hear it, Sam!
These recipes will come in handy for the upcoming holidays
Love love love this cake. Any suggestions for a substitute for the honey? I have a couple people in my crowd who can’t have honey.