Cake Mix Carrot Cake Bundt Cake

Easy cake mix carrot cake bundt cake recipe with cream cheese filling is here! Best dessert with shredded carrots, nuts and raisins that bakes in the oven to moist like Nothing Bundt Cakes style. Best cake mix hack it is a family favorite treat.

Carrot Bundt Cake Recipe

We talk all about How Long to Bake a Bundt Cake here. You do NOT want it to dry out and even one minute longer than needed will do just that. The key is to check after the minimum baking time listed below because ovens will vary. Using a toothpick is fine but you want some moist crumbs attached, not baked until dry.

If you do decide to make semi-homemade with boxed cake mix, we give you different things to add vs. what is listed on the box. Instead we transition this into a pudding cake, which means super duper tender with the addition of that box.

Cake Mix Carrot Bundt Cake with Pineapple

If you want to make this a Bundt Cake with Cake Mix, no worries, we have instructions for that version below too. It takes just as long but with fewer ingredients. I mean you can just use boxed mix that has freeze dried carrots in the mix with the ingredients listed on the box, but these make it moister.

I have made this into Instant Pot Carrot Cake in a mini size but this would make a few of them, but made one at a time. A great size for gifting during the holidays so if you want an in between size that is larger than a mini bundt but not as big as this, I suggest this method.

Ingredients

• 16 oz box carrot cake mix
• 1 box (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup crushed pineapple (not drained).

Can you bake carrot cake into muffins?

You could make this into Apple Carrot Muffins Recipe too in a muffin tin. Makes 24 at least and only takes 18 minutes or so to bake to fluffy. Now let’s talk a minute about add ins. I would stick to 1/2 cup of one. Diced apples, raisins or chopped pecans / nuts are the most common you might decide to add.

How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting with 3 Ingredients

If you do want to add a Cream Cheese Layer into the center you would need these 3 things to mix with a stand or electric mixer until creamy. Piping into a bag to squeeze in is recommended so the same amount is added all the way around the center of the batter.

• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream cheese frosting without butter is what I make for the topping. Or for an easy choice you can just whisk together powdered sugar with a bit of milk and vanilla extract until as thick as you’d like.

If you want to make this into a few Mini Bundt Cake individual servings you can. Timing is much faster, cuts it down to 20 minutes vs. 1 hour. You don’t have to slice them at all either which is kinda’ nice and looks super cute. For a classic carrot cake you would;

How to Bake Carrot Cake in a Bundt Pan

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a bowl stand mixer mix all ingredients (except for grated carrots, nuts or raisins if adding those) until you get a smooth batter. If you want to add 1/2 cup shredded carrots, raisins or crushed nuts fold them in at the very end.
3. Spray bundt cake pan with non stick spray, pour in cake batter and bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached.
4. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning on to plate.
5. When the cake comes out of the oven, allow cake to cool for 10-15 minutes before putting plate on top, holding, and flipping over on a plate to slide out.
6. Pipe cream cheese glaze for frosting over the top when at room temperature, slice and serve as an Easter dessert or just for a weekend treat.

Homemade Version

If you wanted to make this from scratch we have our Carrot Cake Pound Cake you can follow here. Both are baked in the same pan but this has quite a few more ingredients of course. If you have time, homemade is fabulous.