Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake

Name: Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 100 min
Ingredients: 16 ounces angel food cake mix ((1 box)); 15 ounces canned pumpkin puree; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature); 6 ounces cream cheese (softened); 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

By Aubrey · Published: August 18, 2022 · Last Updated: August 18, 2022
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Keep things simple and so delicious by mixing up this 3 ingredient Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake with amazing cinnamon cream cheese frosting!

Moist and airy, without falling apart, this Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake brings together the best parts of fall and your favorite cake! All you’ll need is an angel food cake mix, pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree to create the mouthwatering cake and a few pantry staples for the decadent cinnamon cream cheese frosting.

Simple Pumpkin Bliss

In this house, dessert is super important, and thankfully it’s not about how long was spent making it but how incredibly amazing it tastes, so this Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake is a huge winner. For both the cake and the frosting, I just dump delicious ingredients into a bowl and mix and after a little baking, we get to enjoy a light pumpkin cake with a cinnamon frosting that is so good it should be illegal. I always have pumpkin puree on hand just for this reason. While the pumpkin spice brings in the feeling of fall, the lightness of this cake makes it a perfect year round dessert.

Other Recipes to Serve with Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake

Ice cream always goes well with cake but so does a milkshake, like a Bourbon Pumpkin Milkshake– you should always go big with dessert!
Are we having this cake with breakfast? I’m not judging, I’m totally on board and in that case, you need to whip up an Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte for a super powered up day.

Ingredients

For the cake: Pick your favorite boxed angel food cake mix but don’t worry about getting the additional ingredients mentioned on the back. You won’t need them. Instead, you will need a can of pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice.

For the frosting: To make the frosting, you will need softened cream cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar and cinnamon.

How to Make Pumpkin Pie Angel Food Cake

STEP ONE: Grease a 9×13 baking dish and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix the angel food cake mix and pumpkin pie spice, and then add the pumpkin puree. Mix until the ingredients are incorporated, and then pour the batter into the cake pan.

STEP TWO: Bake for 25-30 minutes until the edges of the cake are slightly golden brown and the center springs back to the touch. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely before frosting.

STEP THREE: In a stand mixer or large bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Drizzle in the vanilla extract and mix. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time and then mix in the cinnamon. Beat until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.

STEP FOUR: To serve the cake, you can either spread the frosting over the entire cake before slicing, or slice the cake into squares and pipe the frosting onto individual pieces. Both are delicious and beautiful options!

Tips for Success

As with any angel food cake, whether from a mix or homemade, the key is not to overmix the batter. Once the ingredients have been mixed and there are no clumps, stop stirring and pour the batter into the pan. Overmixing leads to a flatter, more dense cake.
While this cake will not have the height of a traditional angel food cake, since you’re using a cake pan and not an angel food cake pan, the texture will be that of an angel food cake. If you want to use an angel food cake pan, follow the directions on the back of the box for angel food cake pan/Bundt pan cooking times.
The cinnamon cream cheese frosting is too amazing for words, but if you’d like to use a whipped topping instead, then go for it, it’s a tasty option!

How is angel food cake different from other cakes?

Angel food cake differs from other cakes in a couple of ways. First, this cake does not use any butter and secondly, cream of tartar is needed to help the eggs get frothy, neither of which is common in cake baking. The whipped egg whites give an angel food cake its airy, spongy texture and are the largest part of what makes an angel food cake. The pan used to make an angel food cake is also different, with its height and the fact that it needs to be inverted to release the cake, similar to a Bundt cake pan.

Can you cook angel food cake in a Bundt pan?

Due to the spongy, more delicate texture of angel food cake, cooking it in a Bundt pan is not a good idea. Typical Bundt cakes are pretty hearty, as far as cake goes, so the intricate, non-stick design of Bundt pans works for Bundt cakes but would make getting an angel food cake out of one less than pretty. An angel food cake needs the uncoated sides of a tube pan to stick to as it rises and a smooth bottom surface to easily release from, rather than getting stuck and tearing in the designs of a Bundt pan.

Enough pumpkin sweet treats to last you all year long

Classic Pumpkin Roll
Pumpkin Pie Truffles
Caramel Pumpkin Blondies
Turtle Pumpkin Cheesecake
Cheesecake Filled Pumpkin Bundt Cake

*This post was originally posted on 09/20/2014.