Tuesdays with Dorie DAC: Cocoa-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt

October 21, 2025 at 12:01 am | Posted in bundt cakes, cakes & tortes, DAC, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
Tags: baking, cake

Dorie must have sensed that we’ve almost polished off the cake section of BWD, because she’s come out with a whole new book of simple cakes with interesting flavors to keep us TWDers busy for another few years. Dorie’s Anytime Cakes is out today, and we are celebrating with a festive bundt! This Cocoa-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt is our first recipe from the new book, and also the first real fall vibes recipe I’ve made this year.

This bundt is a moist, spiced pumpkin cake with a sweet cocoa swirl running through the middle like a little smile. I made the Glossy Chocolate Glaze to drizzle over the top, but then accidentally let it rest in the bowl until it cooled more to a spreadable consistency than a pouring one. Still tasty, no worries. It’s a perfect cake to keep on the counter for a few days, helping yourself to a slice here and there. Dorie intends all the recipes in the book to be “kitchen cakes”…easy to make, good to eat, comforting to have around…just like this one. Maybe I need to get a cake dome?

If you don’t have the book Dorie’s Anytime Cakes by Dorie Greenspan, get it and join us as we bake through it every third Tuesday of the month. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll and all the other participation deets over on Tuesdays with Dorie!

6 Comments »

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Bundt cakes are always so inviting! Especially if they are chocolate!

Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— October 21, 2025 #

Reply
- agreed!!
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— October 21, 2025 #
  
  Reply
Absolute perfection Steph!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— October 21, 2025 #

Reply
Here we go again! The chocolate glaze looks great anyway and a delicious option I should try. Thanks for steering our little group along, appreciate all you do.

Comment by Diane Zwang— October 23, 2025 #

Reply
Your cake turned out so beautifully perfect. This is going to be so fun making anytime cakes…who doesn’t love a cake anytime? Thank you again for my book, I would have felt very left out if I had decided not to make a new blog so I could continue at TWD…that gift encouraged me to just get back at it. You know me better than I know myself when it comes to these things. xo

Comment by Kayte Gerth— November 8, 2025 #

Reply
- you are a core member of this group!!
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— November 8, 2025 #
  
  Reply