Apple Pumpkin Cinnamon Vanilla Bundt Cake - the best and the easiest Autumn bundt cake you'll ever make. You can optionally drizzle the cake with dulce de leche (or caramel sauce) and top it with chopped pecans, even though the cake is already really delicious. Perfect Fall treat! Great holiday recipe for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
You will fall in love with this apple pumpkin bundt cake and will be making it over and over again! The cake is so moist and fluffy, so very flavorful - it's like having Autumn on your plate! It will make a great addition to your dessert menu for Thanksgiving as an alternative or a companion to a pumpkin pie! As far as I am concerned, this cake is permanently on my menu regardless of holidays!
Even if you don't care much for pumpkin, you'll love this recipe because this cake is not overwhelmed with pumpkin, yet very flavorful. And, it has lots of chopped apples in it. It has the texture and the feel of a very good carrot cake. It won't last long in your house: you'll be eating it for breakfast, mid-day snack, and dessert!
More recipes with apples and pumpkin
I love the apple and pumpkin combination and have quite a few Autumn recipes featuring both apples and pumpkin:
- Pumpkin Banana Bread with Apples
- Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples
- Pumpkin Banana Muffins with Apples and Cinnamon
How to store apple pumpkin cake
- Because this cake is so moist, it keeps well on the kitchen counter for several days. I like to loosely cover it with foil and keep it loosely covered like that at room temperature.
- You can also cover the cake with plastic wrap and keep it refrigerated for up to 1 week.
- This cake can be frozen for up to 1 month.
Topping for bundt cake
And don't even get me started on the caramel topping + chopped pecans! So yummy! Homemade or store-bought regular (or salted) caramel sauce will work great! Or, you can also use dulce de leche instead of the caramel sauce. Remember to heat up the caramel sauce in the microwave for several seconds to soften it up so that it's manageable before pouring it over the apple pumpkin bundt cake.
This apple pumpkin cake came out perfectly in a bundt pan: it rises high in the pan as it bakes. And, to be frank, this cake is so good on its own, it does not even need the caramel topping, but why not pour it all over and sprinkle with the cake with chopped pecans, right? 🙂
I would say it again and again: this is an absolutely amazing apple pumpkin bundt cake: moist, light, not dense. It gets only better the next day! I hope you will welcome this gorgeous and delicious Autumn on a plate into your house as well .
Apple Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 cups all-purpose flour , sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 4 cups apples , cored, peeled and diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a medium bowl, using electric mixer, beat eggs, white sugar and brown sugar until light in color and creamy, about 4-5 minutes.
- Add oil and vanilla extract and beat for 1-2 minutes more to blend in the ingredients. Add pumpkin puree and continue beating for 1 more minute to combine.
- In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix just until combined. Do not over mix. Fold in the apples.
- Spray the bundt pan with baking spray. Carefully pour the batter into the bundt pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 50 or 60 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool on a wire rack for about 40 minutes. Invert the bundt pan onto the serving platter and let the cake to cool further.
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Nutrition
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Sounds like a delicious combination. Haven’t made it yet. Do you have to peel the apples?
Teri, no, you don't have to peel them.
If I want to only use a maximum of 1 cup sugar total, what else should I do to compensate for the change of dry ingredient sugar to ensure proper baking?
Norman, don't change anything else. Just use 1 cup of sugar total, while keeping the other ingredients in the same amounts.
Thank you Julia, the cake came out great ... it tasted delicious and sweet enough with only 1 cup sugar for my guests that must limit sugar.
Norman, thank you for this glowing review! 🙂 Glad the cake was sweet enough with only 1 cup of sugar - I myself prefer not overly sweet cakes.
What kind of apples are best?
Jillian, I personally prefer sweeter apples with a firm texture. My favorites are Fuji and Gala.
Just got this cake in the oven. Can’t wait to take it to a dinner party tonight. I actually made 2 cakes by doubling the recipe. My can of pumpkin was 15 ozs so it just made sense. I put half the batter in a pan stirred walnuts into the remaining batter. Now I have a cake to take and one to freeze.
Julie, glad you made this recipe. Great idea to bake 2 at the same time - one for sharing and one for freezing. Saves so much time and effort! 🙂
Could you make this cake without a Bundt pan? Like in a square pan! Thanks.
Anne, yes, you can! If making this in a shallower pan, I would obviously reduce the baking times considerably.
Do you think it would work to make this cake using vegan egg substitute instead of eggs? Thank you.
Janet, yes, that should work!
I'm making this cake tonight and taking it to a Christmas party tomorrow afternoon. I have a question on the caramel topping. Should it go on while the cake is a bit warm or right before serving?
Kathy, I would add the caramel topping right before serving, or at least once the cake is completely cooled so that it stays on the cake!
I made this cake a few nights back. It is so moist and delicious, we didn't even add the topping. Thank you for sharing!
Claire, your comment made my day! 🙂 So glad you loved the cake, even without the topping!
Can you freeze this cake.
Dorothy, yes, it freezes really well. I would divide it into smaller portions so that you don't have to thaw the whole cake.