Description
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Bundt Cake is a rich, moist red velvet cake with a hidden cheesecake-style cream cheese filling baked right inside. This stunning bundt cake is perfect for Valentine’s Day, holidays, birthdays, or anytime you want a bakery-quality dessert that feels extra special.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Red Velvet Cake:
- 1 box red velvet cake mix (15.25 oz)
- 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix (3.9 oz)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 10–12 cup bundt pan thoroughly.
- Make filling: Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, flour, egg, and vanilla; mix until creamy. Set aside.
- Prepare cake batter: In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, oil, water, eggs, and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes until smooth.
- Layer: Pour half the batter into the bundt pan. Spoon cream cheese filling evenly over batter, avoiding edges.
- Top: Pour remaining batter over filling, covering completely.
- Bake: Bake 50–60 minutes, until cake springs back and a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
- Cool: Cool in pan 15–20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Finish: Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with cream cheese glaze if desired.
Notes
- Do not overbake: Check at 50 minutes to keep the cake moist.
- Softened cream cheese: Ensures a smooth, lump-free filling.
- Cooling is essential: Let the cake cool fully before slicing so the filling sets.
- Storage: Refrigerate leftovers up to 5 days or freeze up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
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