Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
A Chocolate Bundt Cake is a rich, bakery-style dessert that’s moist, full of deep chocolate flavor, and impressive enough for any occasion—without complicated steps or fancy tools.
It’s the kind of cake that looks stunning on the table but is surprisingly easy to make at home.
This bundt cake recipe is perfect for birthdays, holidays, potlucks, or those nights when you just want a dependable, crowd-pleasing treat everyone will love.
With simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps, you’ll get consistent results every time.
Keep reading for a dessert that delivers big chocolate flavor, slices beautifully, and is guaranteed to become a go-to favorite you’ll want to bake again and again.
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How to Make a Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Start by preheating the oven to 325°F and generously greasing and flouring a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Melt the chocolate chips gently over low heat, stirring until smooth, then set aside to cool slightly.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the cake flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Mix in the vanilla, followed by the melted chocolate. Stir the brewed coffee into the buttermilk. Don’t skip the coffee. You won’t taste it, but it deepens the chocolate flavor and makes the cake taste richer.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the buttermilk mixture to the batter, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, mixing just until combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool before flipping. Let the cake rest in the pan for about 10–15 minutes, then invert to avoid breaking.
- Then dust with powdered sugar if desired.
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Buttermilk adds moisture and tenderness. If you don’t have it, whole milk with lemon juice works well.
Yes! This cake actually tastes better the next day. Store it covered at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Absolutely. A chocolate glaze or simple vanilla glaze pairs beautifully with this cake.
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Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 c milk chocolate chips
- ½ c butter room temperature
- 1 ¾ c white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 c buttermilk or 1 c whole milk with 1 Tbsp real lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp brewed coffee
- 2 ½ c cake flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ baking soda
- *Powdered sugar for dusting-optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Ensure your Bundt pan is well-greased and floured to prevent the cake from sticking.
- Over low heat, melt the chocolate chips in a small saucepan until they are melted, stirring constantly. Once melted, remove from heat and set aside to come to room temperature.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda. Set dry ingredients aside.
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter together until it is light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs, one at a time until the ingredients are thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla and mix.
- Pour in the melted chocolate and mix.
- Add the coffee to the buttermilk and stir.
- Starting with the flour mixture, add about a third of it to the sugar/butter/chocolate bowl and combine.
- Next add in about a third of the buttermilk and mix.
- Alternate adding dry/wet until they are all combined.
- Pour into a well greased and floured 10” bundt pan. If
- Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 45-55 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Place on a wire rack and let the cake cool for 10 minutes before turning the cake out of the pan to complete the cooling process.
- Once cooled, dust your rich chocolate bundt cake with powdered sugar or drizzle with chocolate glaze, if desired.
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