Easy Low Sugar Pumpkin Pecan Spice Bundt Cake

As a new baker, I wanted to challenge myself and, at the same time, wanted to surprise my dad with a homemade cake for his birthday this year. I have never baked a cake before, so I opted to pick a box mix (but I wanted to elevate its flavor). Are you still there? Great, I promise this cake tasted terrific, and I will also share the quick icing that I used for the decoration.

My parents don’t like sweet desserts that much, so I tried my best to limit this cake’s sweetness. If you’ve used a cake mix before, there’s a suggestion of ingredients on the back of the box (typically with water, eggs, oil, etc.). I used 3 eggs, substituted the water with almond milk, and used butter instead of oil. I also added 1/2 canned of pumpkin puree. I only used half because I did not want to overpower the cake with too much pumpkin flavor since I added pumpkin spice truffles on the icing. I also rough chopped a handful of pecans to mix into the batter and for toppings.

Ingredients:

CAKE:

  • 1 box of Duncan Hines Spice Cake mix (season favorite)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup almond milk
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/2 (15oz) Libby’s Pure canned pumpkin puree
  • A handful of pecan halves (unsalted, chopped to get small to large pieces)

ICING:

  • 1 1/2 cup confectioners (Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener)
  • 3-5 TBSP almond milk
  • 1 TBSP butter (melted)
  • 3 TBSP pumpkin spice baking truffles (melted)

TOPPINGS:

  • A handful of pecan halves (unsalted, chopped to get small to large pieces)
  • 1-2 TBSP confectioners (dusted for extra decoration)

What to do:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Prepare cake mix in a bowl with a hand mixer or stand mixer:

+cake mix

+ eggs

+ Almond milk

+ butter

+pumpkin puree

3. Once the cake mix is all mixed + pecan pieces

4. Grease the bundt cake pan (I used butter to grease a 9in pan)

5. Bake at 350 F, 33-35 minutes

Cool the cake completely before putting the icing.

While the cake is cooling, prepare the icing and toppings:

In a bowl whisk:

+confectioners

+almond milk

+butter (melted)

+pumpkin spice baking truffles (melted)

Put icing inside a pitcher or a container with a spout for easy pouring on top of the cake.

**chopped pecans + confectioner sugar (set aside for toppings)

Decoration time:

  • Place the bundt cake on a serving plate
  • I did not have a spinning cake stand, so I slowly poured the icing on top of the cake while slowly spinning the plate around (for the natural drips on the side of the cake).
  • I topped the cake with the chopped pecans and dusted it with some confectioner sugar, and voila!

I purposely did not make too much icing to fill the middle of the bundt cake because I added a bottle of Corona beer in the middle as it’s my dad’s favorite beer, and after all, it’s his birthday cake.

Pumpkin Pecan Spice Bundt Cake

This cake mix makeover is so delicious! Super easy to make and surprisingly not too sweet!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Cake Batter

  • 1 box Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 cup Almond milk
  • 1/3 cup Butter
  • 7 oz Pumpkin puree
  • Handful of pecan Halves (Add this at the end when all ingredients are all mixed)

Icing

  • 1.5 cup Confectioners (Lakanto, monkfruit sweetener)
  • 3-5 tbsp Almond milk
  • 1 tbsp Butter (melted)
  • 3 tbsp Pumpkin spice baking truffles (melted)

Toppings

  • Handful of pecan halves (unsalted, chopped to get small to large pieces)
  • 1-2 tbsp Confectioners (dusted for extra decoration)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F degrees
  • Prepare cake mix in a bowl with a hand or stand mixer (cake mix, eggs, almond milk, butter, pumpkin puree).
  • Once the cake mix is all mixed, add pecan pieces
  • Grease the bundt cake pan with butter (9 in pan)
  • Bake at 350F, 33-35 minutes
  • Cool the cake completely before putting the icing
  • While the cake is cooling, prepare the icing and toppings.
  • In a bowl whisk all of the icing ingredients. Put icing inside a pitcher or a container with a spout for easy pouring on top of the cake.

Decoration time

  • Place the bundt cake on a serving plate
  • Slowly poured the icing on top of the cake while slowly spinning the plate around (for the natural drips on the side of the cake).
  • I topped the cake with the chopped pecans and dusted it with some confectioner sugar, and voila!
Keyword Cake mix, Sweet Treat

Leave a Reply