This moist and tender Chocolate Bundt Cake with glaze is full of chocolate flavor and topped with a sweet vanilla icing. Serve with whipped cream, fresh berries or a scoop of your favorite ice cream for an easy, heavenly chocolate lover's dessert.
A bundt cake is defined by the pan that is used to bake it, which is a round fluted pan with a hole through the center. This allows for more surface area of the batter to touch the pan, therefore cooking much faster than it would in a regular pan.
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Chocolate Bundt Cake with Glaze
Guaranteed to please any chocolate lovers in your household, our Glazed Chocolate Bundt Cake is made with both cocoa powder and chocolate chips for a double dose of chocolate flavor. The batter is also made with sour cream, which gives it a little bit of tang and keeps it super moist.
Bundt cake pans are great for baking more moist and dense cake recipes. The larger amount of surface area means they don’t have to bake nearly as long and are able to stay nice and tender.
My family likes this topped with Hot Fudge Sauce, homemade chocolate Syrup, chocolate ganache frosting or cream cheese frosting and have all of the flavor of a layered chocolate cake without the effort! It's also amazing topped with caramel sauce, macerated strawberries, or homemade strawberry sauce. YUM!
Chocolate Bundt Cake Ingredients
- Flour - you want to use all-purpose flour for this recipe.
- Cocoa Powder - try and find a higher quality natural cocoa powder if you can, as opposed to the Dutch process.
- Baking Powder and Baking Soda - these both help give the muffins their rise while the batter bakes.
- Salt - we like to use sea salt.
- Sour Cream - you can use full fat or lite. Or, you could substitute Greek yogurt for a slightly different flavor.
- Eggs - any type of large eggs will work.
- Butter - melt your butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, or in the microwave, and let it cool slightly before using.
- Chocolate Chips - you can use regular, mini, chocolate chunks or even an assortment. Also, you can experiment with different flavors of chocolate chips. Milk chocolate or peanut butter would taste delicious!
Glaze for Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Powdered Sugar - it’s best to sift your powdered sugar before using it to remove any clumps that have formed in the bag.
- Milk - any type of milk will work.
- Vanilla Extract - pure vanilla extract tastes best, or you can use almond extract.
How to Make this Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Mix batter. Grease and flour a 9 or 10 cup bundt cake pan and set aside. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk together until well mixed. In a separate bowl, combine the sour cream and eggs and whisk to break up the eggs, then add the melted butter and whisk again. Add the dry ingredients into the sour cream mixture and fold with a rubber spatula until almost completely mixed, then carefully fold in the chocolate chips until mixed completely, then scrape cake batter into the prepared bundt pan and spread evenly. (Note: The batter will be stiff)
- Bake. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Invert cake. Once baked, remove from the oven and let the cake cool for about 5 minutes, then put a plate or serving dish on the top of the bundt cake pan and flip the cake onto the serving plate.
- Serve. Drizzle the Chocolate Bundt glaze over the cake and let it cool completely before slicing. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and fresh berries. Enjoy!
How to Make Chocolate Bundt Cake Glaze
- Mix ingredients together. Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract.
- Adjust. Add a bit more milk or powdered sugar if necessary to reach your desired consistency.
Recipe Variations for this Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Ganache Frosting - use our Chocolate Fondue recipe to make an amazing glaze for chocolate cake, then pour over your completely cooled Chocolate Bundt Cake.
- Mocha Bundt Cake - add a couple tablespoons of espresso powder into your dry ingredients and voila!
- Chocolate Cherry Bundt Cake - mix about a cup of chopped maraschino cherries into the cake batter.
- Coconut Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake - this super simple coconut and chocolate bundt cake is made with a cake mix and filled with a delicious coconut and white chocolate filling.
Frequently Asked Questions
The trick here is two parts. First, you need to properly prepare your bundt pan. It’s important to grease and flour, patting out any extra flour that doesn’t stick to the butter/oil. Second, let your cake cool for about 5-10 minutes before flipping it over and inverting onto your serving plate to cool completely.
If you are still having a hard time, you can use a knife and gently pull the cake away from the pan.
Wrap any unfinished cake in aluminum foil, or a cake carrier with an airtight lid, and your Chocolate Bundt Cake can be stored for up to 4 days in the refrigerator.
To freeze, wrap the unglazed bundt cake well with plastic wrap and then aluminum foil. You can store it frozen for up to a month, defrosting in the fridge or at room temperature overnight once you want to serve. Glaze and serve as directed.
Nope - you can substitute any of the following (keeping in mind that the baking time will vary):
-Two 8”x4”x2 ½” loaf pans
-One 9”x3” angel food cake pan
-One 9”x3” regular springform pan
Glazed Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup Sour Cream
- 3 large Eggs
- ½ Cup Butter melted
- 2 cups Chocolate Chips
Bundt Cake Icing
- ⅔ cup Powdered Sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons Milk
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract can substitute almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9 or 10 cup bundt cake pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk together until well mixed. In a separate bowl, combine the sour cream and eggs and whisk to break up the eggs, then add the melted butter and whisk again.
- Add the dry ingredients into the sour cream mixture and fold with a rubber spatula until almost completely mixed, then carefully fold in the chocolate chips until mixed completely, then scrape cake batter into the prepared bundt cake pan and spread evenly. (Note: The batter will be stiff)
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Once baked, remove from the oven and let the cake cool for about 5 minutes, then put a plate or serving dish on the top of the bundt cake pan and flip the cake onto the serving plate.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cake and let it set up before slicing to serve with a dollop of whipped cream and fresh berries. Enjoy!
Bundt Cake Glaze
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. Add more milk if necessary to reach your desired consistency.
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This Chocolate Bundt Cake is made with both cocoa powder and chocolate chips for a double dose of chocolate flavor. It's super simple and topped with a sweet vanilla bundt cake frosting.
Marsha
So moist and delicious! This bundt cake is a fast favourite.
Amanda Finks
Love how moist the sour cream makes this cake and how easy and good the icing is!