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Sour Cream Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

March 23, 2017 by Emily Hill 5 Comments

Sour cream carrot bundt cake is perfect for party guests. The combination of decadent carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting is irresistible!

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If you’ve been reading this blog for at least a year, then you’ll know I’m a huge fan of carrot cake. Last year around this time I posted this UH-MAZING buttermilk glazed carrot cake and these to-die-for carrot cake sandwich cookies.

Today I’m back with a carrot cake recipe that is super easy and delightful. It takes my favorite chocolate bundt cake recipe and switches out the cake mix, pudding and glaze. The result is a super moist, super decadent sour cream carrot bundt cake topped with my favorite homemade cream cheese frosting.

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While I love baking from scratch, this doctored cake mix tastes as good as any from-scratch carrot cake I’ve tasted…except maybe that buttermilk one. But hello, it’s soaked in buttermilk glaze. Kinda hard to top that. Throw in some of the world’s best homemade cream cheese frosting and you’ll never know this sour cream carrot bundt cake started out as a humble cake mix!

I’m super specific about the cake mix; it’s one of the secrets that make this dessert so. dang. good.

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Sour Cream Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - Sour cream carrot bundt cake is perfect for party guests. The combination of decadent carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting is irresistible! | halfscratched.com

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The other secret is using a quality bundt pan. I seriously need to replace mine (when the non-stick coating starts flaking, that’s bad, right?). I’m considering this Nordic Ware bundt pan; I love its shape and 2k+ fantastic reviews. Bundt pans make the task of cutting cake so effortless—just slice along the lines and serve!

Printable recipe for sour cream carrot bundt cake with cream cheese frosting below. Enjoy!

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Sour Cream Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - Sour cream carrot bundt cake is perfect for party guests. The combination of decadent carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting is irresistible! | halfscratched.com

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4.0 from 1 reviews
Sour Cream Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
50 mins
Total time
1 hour 5 mins
 
Sour cream carrot bundt cake is perfect for party guests. The combination of decadent carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting is irresistible!
Author: Emily ~ isthisREALLYmylife.com
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Cake
  • ¾ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • ½ cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 (20-oz) box Duncan Hines Decadent Carrot Cake Premium Cake Mix
  • 1 small box instant cheesecake pudding mix
Frosting
  • ½ cup salted butter, softened
  • 4 oz. low-fat cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 T milk (or enough to desired consistency)
Instructions
Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bundt pan.
  2. Empty contents of carrots and raisin pouch into a small bowl. Add 1¼ cups of hot tap water; set aside for 5 minutes.
  3. Combine sour cream, oil, water, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat until thoroughly combined.
  4. Add cake mix and pudding mix and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  5. Drain carrots and raisins and add to cake mix. Beat by hand until well blended.
  6. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pan about 15 minutes before inverting onto serving platter. Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
  1. Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla in medium bowl until creamy. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add milk until desired consistency. (I like it a bit thinner so it runs down the sides of the cake.)
  2. Serve within 24 hours for best flavor. Store, covered, at room temperature for up to 48 hours.
Notes
To make this chocolate cake even better, make it a day ahead. Allow it to cool no more than 15 minutes in the pan before inverting it onto a plate and covering tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight. Remove from refrigerator at least a half hour before frosting.
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Sour Cream Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - Sour cream carrot bundt cake is perfect for party guests. The combination of decadent carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting is irresistible! | halfscratched.com

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Buttemilk Glazed Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting -- my friend is famous for this cake and I can see why. The perfect carrot cake topped with a buttermilk glaze while hot and then topped with a divine cream cheese frosting. Best. Cake. Ever.


Buttermilk glazed carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

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Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies -- decadent, chewy carrot cake cookies with a creamy cream cheese filling. The perfect handheld dessert, especially during carrot cake season!


Carrot cake sandwich cookies

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Comments

  1. Lynne

    October 29, 2019 at 5:58 pm

    I am probably just missing it somewhere, but I don’t see in the instructions about adding the 1/2 cup of water listed in ingredients?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      October 30, 2019 at 10:43 am

      You’re right! I need to add that in step three. So sorry!

      Reply
  2. Judith Earl

    November 8, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    I don’t see anything about the carrots and raisin packet anywhere in the recipe! Could you explain that please
    Thanks
    Judith Earl

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      November 12, 2019 at 10:56 am

      The directions include information on how to use the carrots and raisins (steps 2 and 5). Hope that helps!

      Reply

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