31 Bundt Cake Recipes for Beautiful Baking Without Fuss

Bundt cake recipes rarely require any decoration; the pan alone is enough to make an easy cake into a showstopper. But once you have a Bundt cake pan (whether it’s classic or more elaborate), you need to pick a flavor profile. Will you go spiced or lemony? Laced with chocolate or a pour of rum? Apple-walnut? Rhubarb-pistachio? Or something that isn’t quite cake but still looks the part, like a peanut-buttery mix of cereal, pretzels, and other snacks, or a towering pile of brioche balls. Below you’ll find our 31 favorite Bundt cake recipes, including all that and more.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Drew Aichele1/31Classic Bundt Cake
Before we go down this long list of Bundt cake recipes, let's kick it off with a classic. This vanilla cake from Epi contributor Tara O'Brady can be dressed up with whipped cream and fruit or snagged by the slice for snacking on the go. It uses the reverse creaming method to make quick work of the batter-making process.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova2/31Hot Cocoa Cake
Coffee powder enhances the deep flavor of chocolate in this cake, and melty chunks from a chopped up bar of chocolate take it even further. Serve with whipped cream (or Angostura whipped cream) if you know what's good.
Photo by Matthew Septimus3/31Apple Walnut Bundt Cake
Olive oil helps this Bundt cake stay moist and flavorful for days, so this is the ideal to recipe to bake when you want to snag little snacky slices all day long.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich4/31Cold Oven Pound Cake
Pastry chef Cheryl Day is full of baking wisdom—including the lesson of starting this pound cake in a cool oven and letting it cook low and slow.
Photo by Deb Perelman5/31Marble Bundt Cake
The vanilla portion this swirled cake from Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman gets a secret touch of melted white chocolate for added toasty flavor. Who said Bundt cake recipes can't be clever?
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kate Buckens6/31East 62nd Street Lemon Cake
This Bundt cake recipe from dessert doyenne Maida Heatter calls for the zest of two whole lemons, plus a bright, tart glaze that gets brushed on top.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne7/31One-Pot Honeycomb Cake
It might look like any other Bundt cake from the outside, but this vivid pandan-flavored honeycomb cake will delight you as soon as you begin to slice it.
Charles Schiller8/31Rum-Scented Marble Cake
Rum and chocolate are magnificent together—here, a third of the batter is mixed with bittersweet chocolate so you'll get a pretty spiral inside the cake.
Photo by Linda Xiao9/31Ricotta Olive Oil Pound Cake
Make this easy one-bowl cake for any brunch or dinner party. It's remarkably moist, with a rich orangey aroma.
Photo by Christopher Testani10/31Double Ginger Sticky Toffee Pudding
You'll poke holes in this Bundt cake when it comes out of the oven, then pour gooey toffee sauce all over it. Of course, you should still serve it with more toffee sauce on the side.
Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott11/31Fruity Rum Bundt Cake
Use a serrated knife when you cut this fruit-studded cake—that way you won't squash or shred the slices.
Paulette Tavormina12/31Cinnamon Bun Bundt Cake
Here's a brunch recipe that'll really make Sunday feel special. Cinnamon buns, in fancy coffee-cake style.
Photo by Travis Rainey, Prop styling by Gerri Williams, Food styling by Lillian Chou13/31Fudgy Chocolate Bundt Cake
Glossy, intensely chocolaty, and spiked with coffee and sour cream, this Bundt is the ultimate all-purpose dessert.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle14/31Rhubarb-Pistachio Bundt Cake With Rose Glaze
Rhubarb has a subtle floral character that means it's perfectly matched with rose water in this elegant cake. Save this recipe for a spring brunch, perhaps?

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