This chocolate bundt cake is the best chocolate cake ever. Its perfectly moist, sweet, rich and chocolatey with the best chocolate ganache on top, just like a chocolate cake should be.
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This is the best chocolate cake I think I’ve ever eaten, and definitely the best chocolate bundt cake I’ve ever eaten. This cake is perfect in every way. Its got a rich chocolatey flavor throughout, without being too dark of a chocolate (cause I definitely don’t want that) and its SO moist because of the addition of sour cream to the batter.
Plus its topped with a sweet, ultra rich, chocolatey ganache that is to die for – I mean, seriously so good you’ll be eating the ganache by the spoonful as your trying to convince yourself you don’t need it all for the cake. And you totally don’t. I had like 1/4 cup or so that I didn’t use, and the cake was perfect. The cake itself is sweet, and so moist, and so good though that even the bites where you don’t have any of the chocolate glaze are still totally delicious.
I’m already wishing I had another slice of this cake to eat right now!
I served this cake up for dessert after we had some friends over for dinner one night and the whole cake (minus one slice that I ate for lunch the next day) was eaten, piece by piece. Seriously so good, we all went back for seconds.
I’m trying to figure out what excuse I have to make this cake again. Do you have a birthday I can make it for? Its pretty easy, and done in only a couple hours so maybe I’ll do it for Sunday dinner, because man I am ready for it again 🙂
This recipe is slightly adapted from the chocolate sour cream bundt cake on Two Peas and Their Pod.
Chocolate Bundt Cake
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Cake:
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- 2 TBS sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 oz chopped semi sweet baking chocolate bar (chocolate chips will work too)
- 2 TBS corn syrup
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt cake pan with non stick spray and sprinkle with cocoa powder.
- Combine butter, cocoa powder, salt and water in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook until everything is just melted and remove from heat. Set aside.
- Combine flour, sugars and baking soda in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in half of cocoa powder mixture at a time, stirring until completely blended.
- Add in the eggs, and stir until just combined.
- Mix in the sour cream and vanilla and stir until completely smooth.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 40-50 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Heat the heavy cream and sugar in a small sauce pan over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.
- Put chocolate and corn syrup in a medium sized bowl and pour heavy cream over the top.
- Allow to set for 2 minutes, before whisking until smooth.
- Allow to cool until a little bit thickened, about 15 minutes. Then drizzle over the top of the cake to cover.
Notes
For more chocolatey goodness, try these:
Vikki says
Cake taste good but mine stuck in Teflon Bundt pan. Went by your direction don’t understand why it stuck
Aimee says
I’m so sorry it stuck to the pan. I can’t say exactly why it stuck, did you make sure it was fully coated in a light dusting of the cocoa powder?
Jessica says
What is the best way to store this? I’ll be making it on Christmas Eve and bringing it over to my family’s house on Christmas Day.
Jane Couric says
I do have a weakness for chocolate and seeing this just makes me want to indulge, nice!
Teresa says
Seems a bit too sweet with sugar, chocolate chips and Karo syrup. Is it?
Aimee Berrett says
Teresa, I didnt use chocolate chips though you are welcome to, I used a semi sweet chocolate bar. The sugar and corn syrup only lightens it up to add sweetness a bit.
Angie says
This looks amazing! Did you use All purpose flour or self rising?
Aimee Berrett says
Angie, I used all purpose flour. Hope you’ll try it out! 🙂
Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven says
Oh my GOSH, Aimee! This is the most gorgeous bundt cake I’ve ever seen! That glaze is making me drool currently. 😉
Aimee Berrett says
Thank you so much Sarah! I’m already craving it again, especially the glaze 🙂