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    Published: Nov 19, 2017 · Modified: Jan 24, 2022 by serena · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Sweet Potato Bundt Cake

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    Moist and flavorful sweet potato cake has a wonderful cream cheese surprise in the middle. Individual Sweet Potato Bundt Cakes can be frozen for snacking and simple desserts throughout the holidays and all season long.

    Individual sweet potato bundt cakes are sprinkled with confectioners sugar and stacked on a plate. Sweet potato bundt cakes are delicious in the morning with your coffee or make a great afternoon snack. Perfect for any holiday festivity and are a quick and easy Thanksgiving dessert if you aren't a fan of pie.

    If you have been following along, you know that I made too many sweet potatoes last week in an attempt to get puree for our Sweet Potato Cake. I couldn't let the puree go to waste, so I made some modifications to this recipe from Dixie Crystals and turned some of that puree into a Sweet Potato & Cream Cheese Bundt Cake.

    I made individual Bundt cakes because I wanted to freeze the excess cakes and pull out a little snack once in a while after the holidays. If I made a regular size Bundt cake, I felt that I had to eat the entire thing and I wouldn't have frozen it.

    Sweet Potato Bundt Cake Ingredients

    Ingredients in Sweet Potato Cake

    • Cream cheese
    • Butter
    • Sugar
    • Egg
    • AP flour
    • Vanilla extract
    • Baking soda
    • Cinnamon
    • Cloves
    • Nutmeg
    • Ginger
    • Salt
    • Sweet potato puree
    • Vegetable oil
    • Whole milk

    How to Make Homemade Sweet Potato Puree

    I want to stress again about the puree, do not go to the store, and get a can of sweet potatoes in the syrup. It's just too much sugar. If you find a can of sweet potato puree without syrup, feel free to use it. I didn't have any luck finding some at the grocery store, so I baked a few potatoes. Once they cooled off, I removed the skin, put them in the blender, and pureed the potato until it was smooth. You could also boil the potato. Cut the potato into chunks and boil them. Once done, let cool, remove the skin, and puree in the blender. I find it's much easier to remove the skin once the potato has been cooked. You could peel the potatoes before boiling if you want; I usually do it once cooked.

    Sweet Potato Bundt Cake Process Collage

    How to Make Sweet Potato Bundt Cake

    1. Make the cream cheese filling and set it aside.
    2. Prepare the cake batter and fill the prepared bundt pans half way.
    3. Top evenly with the cream cheese filling leaving a border.
    4. Pour the remaining batter on top and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

    This is a really easy baking recipe and quick if you already have the puree made. The biggest challenge I had on the individual Bundt cakes was getting the right ratio of cream cheese filling to the cake batter. I started with overfilling the individual pans then had to do a lot of scooping out. If you are going with individual Bundt cakes, look at the pan, plan for about 1" from the top to be the top of the cream cheese area. So for instance, if your Bundt pan is 3" tall, you could basically go with 1 " of cake batter, 1" of cream cheese filling, and the last 1" of more cake batter.  I'm sure you get the idea.

    Or if you are going with a full size Bundt pan, just pour half of the batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Top evenly with cream cheese filling, leaving about a 1" border around the pan. Top with remaining batter.

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    This is a pretty moist sweet potato cake, and the cream cheese is a wonderful surprise in the middle. You could frost the cake, but I just went with a sprinkling of powdered sugar on top—no sense in taking away from the cake's flavor with sugary sweet frosting. Sweet potato bundt cakes are delicious in the morning with your coffee or make a great afternoon snack. Perfect for any holiday festivity and a quick and easy Thanksgiving dessert if you aren't a fan of pie.

    I hope you enjoy these individual sweet potato cakes as much as I do. Please share in the comments if you end up making them and how they turned out. Happy Holidays!

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    Sweet Potato Bundt Cake on a Platter

    Sweet Potato Bundt Cake

    Sweet potato bundt cakes are delicious in the morning with your coffee or make a great afternoon snack
    5 from 9 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
    Servings: 10 Servings
    Calories: 557kcal
    Author: Serena

    Ingredients

    Cream Cheese Filling

    • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
    • 4 tablespoons butter softened
    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • 2 tablespoons AP flour
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Sweet Potato Cake

    • 2 cups AP flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon cloves
    • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
    • ¼ teaspoon ginger
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
    • 1 ½ cup sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 cup sweet potato puree
    • ¼ cup vegetable oil
    • ⅔ cup whole milk

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 10" bundt pan or individual bundt pans with baking spray.

    Cream Cheese Filling

    • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, flour, vanilla, and continue mixing until smooth. Scoop out into a bowl and wash the stand mixer bowl and paddle attachment to be ready to use for the cake.

    Cake

    • In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Set aside.
    • In bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time and then stir in vanilla, sweet potato puree and vegetable oil until combined. Beat in flour mixture alternating with milk.
    • If you are using a 10" Bundt pan, pour half of the cake batter into prepared pan. Top evenly with cream cheese filling, leaving about a 1" border around pan. Top with remaining cake batter.
    • Insert a knife into the cake batter and lightly swirl cream cheese filling into the cake. Just swirl a couple of times.
    • Bake for 55 - 65 minutes, until center is set and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow cake to cool and invert onto plate.

    Notes

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 557kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 319mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 6207IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Linda says

      September 03, 2021 at 8:53 pm

      5 stars
      Love this bundt cake and sweet potato is perfect to welcome the Fall weather

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 04, 2021 at 6:47 am

        Thanks Linda!

        Reply
    2. Priya Maha says

      September 03, 2021 at 8:32 am

      5 stars
      Truly love this recipe!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 8:40 am

        Thanks so much!

        Reply
    3. Jerika says

      September 03, 2021 at 2:49 am

      5 stars
      Oh! I'm so excited to try this Sweet Potato Bundt Cake!:) I'm sure my kids will love these!:) Thanks!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:44 am

        Enjoy 🙂

        Reply
    4. Paris says

      September 03, 2021 at 2:04 am

      5 stars
      I love all things sweet potato so I'm definitely going to give it a try.

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:43 am

        I'm with you, I love sweet potatoes!

        Reply
    5. Alice says

      September 03, 2021 at 1:57 am

      5 stars
      Such a great idea to use up sweet potatoes! Looks amazing.

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:43 am

        Thanks Alice!

        Reply
    6. Jeannie says

      September 03, 2021 at 1:33 am

      5 stars
      I think Im ready to get bundt cake trays because of this recipe to use those sweet potatoes on our counter, thank you for this!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:43 am

        Enjoy 🙂

        Reply
    7. Andréa janssen says

      September 03, 2021 at 1:29 am

      5 stars
      Such a delicious cake!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:43 am

        Glad you enjoyed it!

        Reply
    8. Freya says

      September 02, 2021 at 10:10 pm

      5 stars
      I love the idea of making this mini, they look a little like tiny pumpkins too!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:42 am

        Thanks!

        Reply
    9. Alexandra says

      September 02, 2021 at 8:37 pm

      5 stars
      These bundt cakes are absolutely delicious, and I love that cream cheese filling!

      Reply
      • serena says

        September 03, 2021 at 7:42 am

        Thanks Alexandra!

        Reply
    10. Toughcookiemommy says

      November 30, 2017 at 9:06 pm

      I love how easy this recipe is to make. I don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen since I also juggle a full-time career.

      Reply
      • serena says

        December 03, 2017 at 10:05 am

        It's so simple and pretty tasty.

        Reply
    11. Heather says

      November 22, 2017 at 4:41 pm

      These are beautiful! I'd love to impress my family tomorrow with a dessert that tastes delicious AND is pretty.

      Reply
      • serena says

        December 10, 2017 at 10:21 am

        Thanks so much 🙂

        Reply
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