This white chocolate raspberry bundt cake is inspired by Nothing Bundt Cakes but made completely from scratch. This flavor cake is perfect for a baby shower, bridal shower, or wedding, and it's guaranteed to impress because it tastes like something you picked up at a fancy bakery.

nothing bundt cake white chocolate raspberry recipe

Why You'll Love This:

Everytime I make this white chocolate raspberry cake I get asked for the recipe.

Here is what makes it special:

Swirls of fresh raspberry inside the cake
Based on my viral lemon bundt cake recipe that readers already love.
Tastes of pure butter and real ingredients because it doesn't use cake mix.

Tips for a Delicious Scratch Baked Bundt Cake

Most bundt cake recipes start with a box of cake mix because it makes a moist cake, but this scratch version proves you don't need one. Here’s how to make the best bundt cake recipe from scratch. It comes down to just three key steps.

Use cream cheese to add richness.
Add buttermilk to keep the cake soft.
Mix by hand to prevent overmixing.

What Size is a Nothing Bundt Cake

Nothing Bundt Cakes sells their full-size cakes in two options, an 8-inch and a 10-inch. This recipe is written for a 10-inch Bundt cake, which is the size most home bakers use.

Choose a Bundt pan that holds around 10 cups of batter. You want the pan filled to about one inch below the rim so the cake can rise and bake evenly without spilling over.

Bundt Cake Pan Release Tips

To prevent sticking, use a non stick Bundt pan and coat it well with Baker’s Joy or a homemade pan release like this one.

Make sure to get into all the grooves, then turn the cake out while it is still slightly warm so it releases cleanly.

How to Tell When Your Bundt Cake Is Done

Because this cake bakes at 325 degrees, it needs a little more time in the oven. Most bundt cake recipes bake for 45 to 50 minutes, but this one takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

The cake is ready when the edges pull slightly away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Ingredients You'll Need

Unsalted butter: Use softened butter for the best texture and rich flavor.

Granulated sugar: Sugar sweetens the cake and helps keep it moist while baking.

Eggs: Room temperature eggs blend easily and help the cake rise evenly.

Cream cheese: Use room temperature cream cheese to make the cake extra moist.

Vegetable oil: Oil keeps the cake soft for days and prevents it from drying out.

Vanilla extract: Vanilla enhances the white chocolate and raspberry flavors.

Dry ingredients: All purpose flour, baking powder and salt provides structure for a scratch made bundt cake.

White chocolate chips: Create creamy pockets of white chocolate throughout the cake.

Seedless raspberry jam: The raspberry swirl inside the cake adds sweet, fruity flavor.

Fresh raspberries: Use for garnish on the finished cake.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Instead of using an electric mixer, or a stand mixer, I like to mix this cake batter by hand. (If you must use a mixer, mix until ingredients are just combines.) Over mixing will lead to a gummy bundt cake.

Preheat and Prepare the Pan

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Spray the bundt cake pan with baker's cooking spray or homemade cake release for the cleanest release. Set aside.

Combine Dry Ingredients

In a medium bowl,sift together the all purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Cream the Fat and Sugar

In a large bowl use a rubber spatula to soften butter, then stir in cream cheese until smooth and lump-free. Add your sugar to the butter mixture and mix gently. Switch to a whisk and mix in the vanilla and eggs one at a time until smooth.

Alternate the Dry and Wet Ingredients

Fold in dry ingredients and buttermilk in stages. Mix just until combined. Begin and end with the dry ingredients.

Layer the White Chocolate and Raspberry Filling

Pour half of the batter into the bottom of the pan. Smooth it out. Now make a valley for the raspberry jam. This will keep the fillings from sticking to the sides of the bundt cake pan.

Now add the raspberry jam on top of the batter. Keep it away from the outside of the cake so it stays in the middle of the cake while baking. Sprinkle the white chocolate chips

Add the rest of the batter on top. To create the raspberry swirl inside the cake, gently swirl with a knife.

Bake the Cake

Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Insert a tooth pick into the center. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.

If it needs more time, add five extra minutes at a time and test again.

Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a serving plate. Wrap loosely with plastic wrap and let the cake cool completely.

How to Frost a Bundt Cake the Nothing Bundt Cake Way

I have a full tutorial showing how to to frost a bundt cake in the Nothing Bundt Cake style. It includes the cream cheese frosting recipe used to get that signature look of frosting piped in thick stripes around the outside of the cake.

Storage and Make Ahead Tips

Store the cake at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Or you an freeze the unfrosted whole cake and frost after thawing.

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