10 Delectable Bundt Cake Recipes (2024)

There’s just something so elegant about a Bundt cake, and it doesn’t even need frosting to be beautiful. A little glaze or a dusting of powdered sugar, and you’re good to go. The best part is that you can adapt just about any cake recipe to this beauty. Yay!!!

FAQs

The Bundt Cake Recipes Roundup

1. Sock It To Me Cake

I love this Southern classic’s name, and it always makes me smile. Thank you, Aretha Franklin. It is pure heaven with pecans and sour cream to take it over the top. It’s super easy, but it looks like a million bucks! This nutty and sweet decadence drizzled with a homemade confectioners’ sugar glaze is ready in an hour or so, and it’s worth it.

2. Rum Cake

Let’s booze things up a little with a traditional rum cake. Moist and sweet, and with a fine layer of chopped pecans, this Bundt cake recipe really delivers. It’s ideal for the holiday season, especially with its warm aroma of dark rum. This super easy yellow cake with eggs, sugar, flour, milk, and butter isn’t complicated at all. The rum glaze with butter, sugar, and a dash of tasty dark rum also makes this Caribbean specialty unique. Oh yeah!

3. Sour Cream Pound Cake

It’s amazing how just a cup of sour cream can elevate cakes to such blissful heights. Moist and slightly tangy, this sour cream pound cake never disappoints. It’s so easy to make, too! Just don’t miss the opportunity of flavoring this beauty with lemon zest because it makes a world of difference. To make a sour cream pound cake, you want your ingredients at room temperature, especially the butter, eggs, sour cream, and milk. This cake rises quite a lot, by the way — that’s why I make it in a bundt pan.

4. Peach Cobbler Pound Cake

This soft and chunky Bundt cake recipe with the unmistakable fresh peach flavor is more than your traditional pound cake, and it’s an all-around dessert topped with the most beautiful drizzle. This one tastes just like summer, and I enjoy serving it with a chilled pitcher of Southern Sweet Tea. Fresh peaches come together with cream cheese, eggs, butter, and flour for a moist and fruity Bundt cake. The flavorful cinnamon-sugar mixture and vanilla glaze really help frame the cake’s peachiness!

5. Southern Pound Cake

What’s a Southern pound cake, you ask? A perfectly crumbly cake baked to golden perfection. You only need eight ingredients for this one, making it a dependable Bundt cake recipe for when you’re in a hurry. Butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, milk, and salt always make something spectacular. You’ll love this recipe because there’s hardly any mess!

6. Chocoflan

Also known as the impossible cake, but in the form of a Bundt cake, the chocoflan has a thick chocolate cake layer supporting a moist flan. Then it’s topped with caramel sauce or cajeta. Oh yeah! This beautiful cake is layers of flavor and texture. To make this Bundt cake recipe, mix the cake batter and flan separately, then layer them in a Bundt pan. This cake looks complicated, but it’s easier than you think. Top it with crushed nuts for a crunchy layer to complement the smooth flan for an extra special touch.

7. Strawberry Pound Cake

Summer is the perfect time for this gorgeous pink cake. When made in a Bundt pan, it’s even more beautiful! Especially if garnished with dusted powdered sugar and fresh strawberries. This one’s addictively moist and sweet, and it’s a great way to finish cookouts on a sweet note! Turn fresh strawberries into a puree, then add butter and the usual pound cake ingredients. Yum! The strawberry glaze is also unique — strawberry puree, extract, and sugar does the trick. This one’s just beautiful!

8. Chocolate Rum Cake

This marbled Bundt cake recipe is special for me. There was a time when it was my go-to cake for housewarming parties and other social gatherings. Everyone loves it, and I love making it! Let’s just say it appeals to chocolate and vanilla lovers alike. Dark rum gives this gorgeous cake vibrance, but it’s the chocolate and vanilla glaze that elevates the Bundt cake to another level. You’ll love making a homemade buttery syrup — the cake’s heart and soul. It’s fantastic for special occasions.

9. Coffee Cake

Who doesn’t love a mouthwatering coffee cake? It’s the perfect partner for an espresso, latte, or cappuccino. While this crumbly cake is the ideal pairing for coffee, it also goes perfectly with long conversations with friends. Making coffee cake, by the way, is pretty simple, and the result always has a wow factor. You’ll be astounded by how easy it is. And the cake’s streusel topping is also super simple. 😋

10. Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Sweet potatoes can do it all; they’re fabulicious in both sweet and savory recipes! And they also make a fantastic pound cake. You can make this colorful cake in a loaf pan, but I like to make mine in a bundt pan because it just looks better, don’t you agree? For this bundt cake recipe, you need mashed sweet potatoes, a few baking staples, and holiday spices. We’re also drizzling the cake with a homemade caramel glaze. Oh yes!!!

Which is your favorite bundt cake? Love more baking recipes? Check out my full list of cake collection. Now go make your weekend relaxing by baking one of these cakes. Happy baking!