This fudgy Chocolate Bundt Cake is topped with a decadent chocolate ganache glaze. It’s a one bowl cake that’s easy to make and sure to please!
We know how much you love our most amazing chocolate cake. With over 20 million views, it sure is a hit! You truly can’t find a more moist and decadent chocolate cake out there. We have heard your many requests and are here to deliver a bundt cake recipe for our most amazing chocolate cake. You are going to love it!
Some people may not quite understand the bundt cake design and why there is a hole in their cake, but bundt cakes have been wildly popular since the 1950s. Bundt cakes don’t share a common recipe, and are simply all about the common shape and design. Whether you’re a chocolate lover or not, we’re sure you’re going to love the most amazing chocolate bundt cake.
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Greasing Your Pans:
You want to be sure to thoroughly grease and flour your bundt cake pans. With all of those ridges and designs, you’d be amazed at how easily batter sticks to the sides! Another popular option amongst home bakers is to use a homemade “miracle” pan release that is a mixture of flour, vegetable oil, and shortening that is then painted onto the bundt cake pan using a brush.
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Bundt pan sizes:
Bundt pans come in all different sizes and designs, so be sure to pay attention to the cup measurement on your pan. Don’t know what size your bundt pan is? Use a liquid measuring cup to fill it to the top with water, measuring as you go. Once it reaches the point that it is just about to overflow, you’ll know what size your bundt pan is. When making a bundt cake, you want to fill the pan about 2/3rds of the way full. This recipe is designed for a 10-12 cup bundt cake pan and makes 8 cups of chocolate cake batter.
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Oven Variations in Baking:
This recipe should take between 45-50 minutes to bake in the oven. However, the cake’s doneness is more important than how long it has been baking in the oven. All ovens vary a bit from each other, running either hot or cold, fanned or not. It is best to see recipe instructions as a guide for an approximation of baking time, but don’t worry if your cake is ready sooner or if it needs a few more minutes. You want to bake your chocolate bundt cake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. For a truly accurate baking experience, we highly recommend an oven thermometer.
If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other delicious cake recipes:
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Most Amazing Chocolate Bundt Cake
Chocolate Bundt Cake
- butter and flour for coating and dusting the pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup warm water or coffee
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Ganache Glaze
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate roughly chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Use butter to grease a 10-12 cup bundt pan well. Dust with a little flour or cocoa powder and tap out the excess.
- Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl until combined.
- Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, sour cream, oil, and vanilla. Use a hand mixer to beat on a medium speed until smooth. This should take just a couple of minutes.
- Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Tap the pan on the countertop a few times to allow any air bubbles to escape.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes in a 350 degree oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes and then turn out onto the racks and allow to cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache Glaze
- Place roughly chopped chocolate into a mixing bowl. Pour heavy cream into a small saucepan and bring it to a simmer over medium heat.
- Once cream comes to a simmer, remove it from the heat immediately and pour over chocolate. Let stand 5 minutes, until chocolate is completely melted.
- Stir until smooth. Once smooth, stir in corn syrup. Drizzle over the top of the cooled cake.
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Came across this while looking for cinnamon rolls and your picture stopped me cold, it looks so yummy! I have a great Chocolate cake recipe that I have used for years. Similar but different ingredient measurements. Decided to try yours. I have to mention that am a very picky baker. Easy to mix ingredients (I sifted my cocoa as it is always lumpy). I used my Kitchen Aid (mini bowl and whip)but I see how easy it is to incorporate ingredients with a hand whisk. Truly lovely cake. Rich chocolate, moist, a beautiful texture, beautiful to look at and it… Read more »
SWEET MARSHMELLO JESUS! “Amazing Cake” …..Named that RIGHT. My lover and I were on lockdown at our mountaintop Rona hideout when we got a serious case of the munchies. I guess the title got my attention along with the fact that I felt it would concentrate my limited mental abilities. It just looked easy. Whipped it up and sat it outside to kool. I went to get it to frost, and there, just about to grab my Amazing Cake was an overweight raccoon! Anyway, we finally got to sit down with a couple “slabs” and OMG! I had to slap… Read more »
I’ve been making this bunt chocolate cake for years now. I googled this recipe about 15years ago,& ive been making it ever since, but Instead of used the chocolate Grenache frosting, I use a chocolate sour cream Frosting, ❤️ It’s My most favorite Chocolate cake! It’s amazing, melt in your mouth, most moist chocolate cake I’ve ever eaten😋🤤 .
The best!!!! I am never disappointed mAking your recipes. I have made numerous during this pandemic (I am sure where the extra 10 pounds came from) all super. The cooking network use to be my go to site now I come right to you. Great work Chef!
Super easy and delicious!!! I had a dark metal Bundt pan so I turned the heat down by 25 degrees for the last 15 of 45 minutes, checked it at 45 min and it was baked perfectly. Thanks for posting this recipe!
Turned out great! Such a moist spongey cake. Could have been a little more chocolately for my taste, but a big hit with my family.
I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate cocoa and the cake was VERY chocolately. Give that a try, think you will like the result.
Love the recipe
Delicious 😋
Very tasty, but it stuck to my pan. I followed the directions exactly. I used a relatively new bundt pan and greased and cocoa powdered the pan. For some reason my poor cake got stuck and isn’t very attractive, but it tastes delicious.
Wowed the whole family with this recipe last night for my daughter’s 16th birthday. The coffee is a great addition and really dials up the flavor! The ganache came out perfectly. Thank you for this awesome recipe!
I’m so glad I found this recipe! I’m new to baking and this was a simple, easy, but so delicious recipe!
I made this recipe but didn’t have sour cream or buttermilk. I substituted with natural plain yogurt and Mexican cream. Same amounts as sour cream and buttermilk. This turned out amazing!
Made this tonight. Cake is so moist and fluffy. I told each slice with homemade whipped cream. 10/10
This bundt cake was just delicious! I didn’t t want to make a big layer cake so I tried this recipe. So glad I did it is a winner. I served it to some of my girlfriends over coffee and they LOVED it too. Not overly sweet which surprised me. Definitely a keeper and I plan on making this again. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.