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Cream Cheese Filled Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake, Gluten Free

September 17, 2020 by Angela Roberts 8 Comments

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Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake filled with cream cheese. Keto friendly. Tips for how to make a bundt cake and successfully release it. #lowcarbpumpkinbundt #ketopumpkinbundt #spinachtiger #glutenfree via @angelarobertsLow Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake filled with cream cheese. Keto friendly. Tips for how to make a bundt cake and successfully release it. #lowcarbpumpkinbundt #ketopumpkinbundt #spinachtiger #glutenfree via @angelaroberts

Scroll down to the blue box for the low carb pumpkin bundt cake recipe.

Friends, you’re in great luck if you’re looking for delicious low-carb, keto desserts.

I just passed my one -year anniversary running my home keto bakery. This means the recipes here at Spinach Tiger  are tested, re-tested and tested again, as I did with this low carb pumpkin bundt cake with a cream cheese swirl.

Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake Recipe

It’s one thing to post a recipe on a blog, although if you know me, I do take this very seriously. But it’s quite another thing to develop recipes and sell the cakes.  It has to taste good and this delivers on taste and texture.

I will give you everything you need to know for keto baking success, including how to release a bundt cake from the pan, which used to be my scariest moment until I figured out the perfect fail-proof technique.

Cream Cheese Filled Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake from Spinach Tiger

What ingredients do I use for a low carb pumpkin bundt cake?

As usual, I make a combination of blanched almond flour and coconut flour, baking powder, Swerve sweetener, xanthan gum, salt, pumpkin pie spice.

I use a 3/4 cup of pumpkin puree, five eggs and pumpkin pie spice. There is no need to add any other liquid to this. If you want super moist you can use a full cup of pumpkin puree.

How do you make a cream cheese filling?

I use mainly use my wonderful cheesecake recipe and scale it down.

I use 12 ounces of cream cheese (1 1/2 bars) with one extra large egg and 1/3 cup sour cream, sweetened with with 1/2 cup Confectioner’s Swerve. It’s cheesecake in the middle!

Low carb pumpkin bundt cake

Tips for Baking Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake 

Baking in a bundt pan is perhaps the biggest challenge for a high protein almond-flour based cake. I have a few tips for you and it works PERFECTLY!

  • Use butter  to grease pan. Get every crevice.
  • Freeze the pan once the paste is applied. This helps set the butter.
  • After baking, allow to cool for fifteen minutes. This is important.
  • Make a cardboard template to slip down onto the cake to hold it in place while you are releasing the cake.  I use a paper plate (not styrofoam). This way, the cake won’t suddenly drop! Slide onto your cake pan and leave it there. This is not a perfect cut-out, but it doesn’t have to be.
  • Turn cake over onto cake plate or large parchment. Let it cool completely before applying glaze or frosting.

What Sweetener do I use for keto desserts?

I use Swerve (a powdered erythritol) and I wrote all what Swerve is and why I use it here.

What Pumpkin Puree do I use?

I use Libby’s but you can use any brand.. The important thing is using pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie mix. Some brands are more yellow than deep orange and will affect color (but not taste) of the cake.

Cream Cheese Glaze or Cream Cheese Frosting 

You have options. You can use this low carb cream cheese frosting or do cream cheese glaze found here. I like it both ways, but tend to go glaze most often.

The glaze will dry harder and the cream cheese frosting will not. This is your choice.

I like to use a thinner glaze and apply it with a piping bag no piping tip. I snip the tip of the bag taking care to make it small enough to hold.  These are my all time favorite piping bags, as they have a texture and are easy to grip.

What is the best pumpkin pie spice?

My favorite brands are Trader Joe’s and Spice Islands.

If you do make your own as I did here, make sure you start with good spices, especially cinnamon, as not all are created equally. I usually use Spice Islands.

pumpkin pie spice

Important Baking Notes

  • Make sure you blend your cream cheese mixture well. I use a blender.
  • Microwave a teaspoon of batter to taste to see if you have enough pumpkin spice flavor.
  • Pay strict attention to my tips on removing a bundt cake from the cake pan.
  • Once removed, do not touch cake until completely cool.
  • Only put 1/3 batter in bundt pan before adding cream cheese mixture.

Option:  Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt cake without the cream cheese  

If you want to make a simple low carb pumpkin bundt cake, eliminate the cream cheese filling. It’s still a great pumpkin cake by itself. Your cooking time will be less.

How do I know when my bundt cake is done?

This is tricky and I have all the tricks. My rule of thumb is make sure your cake is done by using a meat thermometer. I will take out when the middle reads 205 degrees F., 96 C.  A cake is done at 210 and will continue to bake once out of the oven. Pumpkin is moist and there is little worry about a dry cake, but you do’t want an under-cooked cake.

Macros for Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Net Carbs: 5    Calories: 292    Fat: 22   Protein: 9

What Bundt Pan do I use?

I love the Nordic Ware bundt pans like this one.

More Low Carb Bundt Cakes from Spinach Tiger

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Cream Cheese Stuffed Low Carb Pumpkin Bundt Cake

Filled with cream cheese, this pumpkin cake topped with vanilla glaze is dreamy.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time45 mins
Course: Keto Cake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cream cheese, keto cake, pumpkin cake
Servings: -24 servings
Calories: 270kcal

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 12 ounces cream cheese room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup confectioner's Swerve
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract optional
  • pinch salt

Pumpkin Cake Dry Ingredients

  • 260 grams blanched fine almond flour
  • 28 grams coconut flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 cup granulated powdered erythritol I use Swerve
  • 2 tablespoon pumpkin spice

Cake Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup avocado oil
  • 5 eggs room temperature
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Vanilla Glaze

  • 4 ounces cream cheese See Notes
  • 1 1/2 cups Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
  • 1/4 cup water More if needed
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe Here

    Instructions

    • Prepare bundt pan, by generously buttering with soft butter. Freeze pan.
    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 180 C.

    Cream Cheese Filing

    • Put in blender adding eggs, sour cream first.
    • Add maple extract if using (or use vanilla extract).
    • If cream cheese isn't soft enough, microwave for ten seconds. It can be warm.
    • Add cream cheese and blend until smooth. Set aside.

    Cake Batter

    • Mix eggs with oil.
    • Add pumpkin puree, sour cream, followed by vanilla.
    • Mix all dry ingredients in separate bowl. Whisk to make sure all in evenly incorporated.
    • Add the dry ingredient to the wet ingredients
    • Mix just until incorporated on low. Don't over mix.
    • Pour 1/3 of batter into bundt pan. Smooth out with offset spatula.
    • Pour cream cheese mixture evenly over batter.
    • Top with the rest of the cake batter. Smooth out.
    • Bake for 45 minutes until a thermometer measures at least 205 degrees F. Check at 35 minutes. You may need to cover with foil at this point, if edges are browning.

    Remove Bundt Cake from Pan

    • Set a timer for 15 mins. (More tips in blog post).
    • Take a small offset spatula and go around the edges.
    • Use cardboard cut out as described in blog post tips. Cover cake with template and turn over. Carefully set on cake plate.
    • Allow to cool completely before glazing.
    • You can either use a thinner cream cheese glaze below or a thicker cream cheese frosting.

    Cream Cheese Glaze

    • Warm cream cheese for about 15 seconds in microwave.
    • Put confectioner's in separate bowl, add water a little at a time.
    • Add cream cheese, vanilla and dash of salt.
    • Mix well. You should be able to put glaze in piping bag and clip off small tip of bag and using a quick motion up and down, applying glaze. You can also pour it or use a spoon to apply.
    • When applying glaze with a pastry bag, place a cupcake liner in center of bundt cake, which catches extra glaze. You can then remove and use.
    • Refrigerate cake for several hours before serving. Keep stored in refrigerator.

    Notes

    Cream Cheese Glaze: You can do a Water glaze instead and save calories and carbs. 
    Mix  2 cups Confectioner's Swerve with water by adding a little bit of water at a time. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1of 14 | Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 22g | Fiber: 2g

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    Filed Under: Cake Cupcakes, Dessert Recipes, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Grain Free Baking, Keto Recipes, Keto/Low Carb Desserts, Paleo Primal, Popular Tagged With: almond flour, coconut four, cream cheese, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, swerve, swerve confectioners sugar, vanilla, xanthan gum

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    Comments

    1. Liz Campbell says

      December 23, 2020 at 5:33 pm

      Hi Angela, I’m so excited to make this for my family but I feel pretty dumb right now. I’m having a hard time understanding the template. Is it to put in the middle hole to prevent the cake from falling or around the whole cake? I’m just really blanking on this and need your guidance. Looking forward to hearing from you!

      Merry Christmas,
      Liz

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        December 26, 2020 at 2:40 pm

        Go back to the post. I put a picture of what it should look like.

        Reply
    2. Laura J says

      December 14, 2020 at 10:10 am

      5 stars
      A winner! I made this and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I made a mistake and doubled the sour cream in the cream cheese stuffing and substituted butter for avocado oil, as I had none on hand. The cake I made took me about 55 minutes to bake probably due to the doubled sour cream. Buttering the pan and freezing it beforehand is a very clever idea as the cake tipped right out after I turned the pan over. Thanks Angela for your hard work in developing these recipes.

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        December 15, 2020 at 2:41 pm

        That’s awesome.

        Reply
    3. Dorothy Sanders says

      October 22, 2020 at 1:35 pm

      Just wondering exactly how many carbs,calories are in your cream cheese filled low carb pumpkin bundt cake. Thank you.

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        October 28, 2020 at 7:41 am

        Net Carbs: 5 Calories: 292 Fat: 22 Protein: 9 This is stated in the recipe. Thanks.

        Reply
    4. Shelley Parker says

      September 17, 2020 at 4:04 pm

      Question about the recipe — in the blog you state you use 1 cup of pumpkin puree, but in the recipe it calls for 3/4 cup. Can you tell me which is correct? I am really interested in making this because it looks wonderful, but want to make sure I make it correctly.

      Reply
      • Angela Roberts says

        September 17, 2020 at 8:41 pm

        I reduced from one cup to 3/4 cup second time I made it as one cup was too moist. Although my friends loved it. We just decided to settle on 3/4 cup.

        Reply

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    Can food make you feel better? Sometimes. But it’s been a rough two days. Remember when I said on Christmas Eve, “may tomorrow be as nice as this day: That didn’t age well. What a time! Great little Christmas morning and then I looked at my phone. A BOMB exploded in downtown Nashville. 😡😢Even though I live miles away, our cell service is still not working. We lost internet and TV as did thousands in five states.  Doug ran to Comcast the next morning to get us a temporary account. The scary thing aside from a BOMB, is how vulnerable we are with no cell service or internet (AT & T) as it was all housed in one building with no back up plan. Did you know our infrastructure is this vulnerable? Many of us still can’t call 911 if we needed to. 🙁We are grateful no residents were harmed from the bomb. We still don’t know the “who” in the remains. We don’t know what to believe. 🤷🏻‍♀️I highly recommend watching the Netflix show, Manhunt Deadly Games (about Richard Jewell (falsely accused) and Eric Rudolph (the actual Centennial Park Bomber). Great insight into serial bombers, lone wolfs, and the FBI. 🙏🏻 for not just Nashville but for America.
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    Merry Christmas. 🎄In spite of all the bad that came with 2020, today was a good day. I found out my wonderful step mother unexpectedly inherited a nice sum of money which she needs badly and that made my heart sing. ❤️ I’m so thrilled when other people get good things they deserve. I was also thrilled with my two sour dough creations we had tonight👩🏻‍🍳. I am still baking from  Emilie Raffa’s Sourdough Made Simple book, and had to try the spinach dip stuffed braided loaf and the camembert wreath. 😋😋Both were HUGE hits, easy directions to follow and came out perfectly.  We had charcuterie, crab cakes, arugula salad and these breads. I think I may not eat again until next year. By the way those cute keto sugar cookies a few posts back were frozen and then brought out for today. Everyone loved them. I think they are even better after being frozen. 
May tomorrow be as nice as today! We all need a good day.
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    Make a true Christmas flavored slab pie with cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, nutmeg, orange, and cranberries. I was inspired to use these flavors watching the Great British Baking Show. I hope one day I get to England. It was supposed to be this year and we all know how that didn’t happen. Prayers and cheer to everyone here. May 2021 get us back to what we used to know. People, travel, breaking bread or eating slab pie together.
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    One in a life time Christmas Star. I was lucky enough to get out in the country to see it most clearly. #nofilter 
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    Chocolate w peppermint buttercream! A keto bakery fave. My Christmas shopping is done! How about you! (Although it’s a light year. ) Swerve sent me a present and included were these sugar free sprinkles. #linkinprofile https://spinachtiger.com/keto-peppermint-frosting-with-keto-chocolate-cupcakes/
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