This easy Chocolate Bundt Cake is the BEST chocolate cake recipe! This bundt cake always gets rave reviews because it is easy to make, moist, and perfect for any celebration. You will love this easy homemade chocolate cake!
The Best Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
My birthday is tomorrow and Valentine’s Day is next week which means it’s time to celebrate…with chocolate. Cookies are usually my dessert of choice, but this Chocolate Bundt Cake holds a special place in my heart. It’s our go-to homemade chocolate cake recipe. It never disappoints and always cures my chocolate cravings.
If you are looking for a fool-proof, guaranteed to make you and everyone who takes a bite swoon, then make this Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake.
Why I love this Homemade Chocolate Cake
I like cakes that are easy to make and this homemade chocolate cake definitely fits the bill. This is the best chocolate bundt cake you will ever make and eat! Trust me!
- There are no complicated steps and you don’t have to spend hours or days decorating.
- You don’t need a mixer to make this bundt cake, you can whip it up by hand! I love my KitchenAid Mixer to pieces, but sometimes it’s nice to do it the old-fashioned way.
- It’s so moist! This bundt cake recipe calls for sour cream, which makes the cake super moist. It is the secret ingredient!
- If you don’t have sour cream, you can use plain Greek yogurt. It produces a lovely cake as well.
- Use good quality cocoa for this bundt cake so you get a nice chocolate flavor.
- The chocolate glaze is silky, smooth, and so divine. It would make anything taste good. Drizzling it on top of this amazing chocolate bundt cake really should be illegal. (I want to continue baking and eating this cake, so please don’t tell the police. I don’t want to go to jail. Let’s keep this our little secret:)
- Make sure you grease your bundt pan really well. You don’t want it to get stuck. I like to use soft butter, make sure get into all of the details of the pan so nothing sticks!
- Use high quality chocolate to make the chocolate glaze so the cake has the best flavor!
- If you want to skip the chocolate glaze you can dust the cake with powdered sugar, but I really like the chocolate glaze. It is the perfect finishing touch to the bundt cake.
Occasions for a Chocolate Bundt Cake
This cake is very rich and a small piece usually does it, but since it’s my birthday I think I need a big fat piece…for breakfast:) Starting my birthday with chocolate cake must mean it’s going to be a great year. At least that’s what I’m going with. We shall see! At least I know my day will be wonderful!
This chocolate cake recipe is perfect for any celebration, or just because you need chocolate. I am a firm believer that every day should be celebrated and there is no better way to celebrate than with chocolate.
And if you want to make your Valentine’s heart go pitter patter, just give them a slice of this cake. Everything will be smooth sailing after they taste this Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake!
How to Make Chocolate Cake
Watch below for a quick step-by-step video on how to make this chocolate bundt cake!
If you like this chocolate bundt cake, you might also like:
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Easy Chocolate Cake
- Strawberry Chocolate Cake
- Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes
- Strawberry Cake
- Funfetti Cake
Chocolate Bundt Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 cup unsalted butter plus more for the pan
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder we use Dutch process
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for the pan
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the chocolate glaze:
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 10 or 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa powder, salt, and water and place over medium heat. Cook, stirring, just until melted and combined. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and baking soda. Add half of the melted butter mixture and whisk until completely blended. The mixture will be thick. Add the remaining butter mixture and whisk until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking until completely blended. Whisk in the sour cream (or Greek yogurt) and the vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then invert onto a rack. Let cool completely before glazing.
- While the cake is cooling, make the chocolate glaze. Place the chopped chocolate and corn syrup (or agave) in a medium bowl and set aside. Combine the heavy cream and sugar in a small saucepan and put over medium heat. Stir until the cream is hot and the sugar is dissolved. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until smooth.
- Generously drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake, allowing it to drip down the sides. Cut into pieces and serve.
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I am a new baker and this was easy and delicious. The second time I used brewed coffee instead of water. I’d heard it brought out the chocolate flavor in baking and it did for this one! Thx for the perfect directions and an easy, beautiful cake. I added sprinkles for my 17 yo son’s birthday and it was a HIT!!
This cake is totally delish, but could I make it in 2 bread pans ? I need a delicious chocolate loaf cake.
That should be fine, you might need to reduce the baking time a little. Check early to be safe.
How many cups Bundt cake tin is this recipe good for.
This recipe did not work from. Everything was fine until I went to flip it onto a rack. It fell apart completely. 15 minutes is not enough time to let it cool. Unfortunately, it was for a birthday. How disappointing!
I rushed a Bundt cake and had that happen. I know better too. But all you need do is turn that broken cake into a trifle. I showed up at the door with the chocolate trifle instead of the chocolate cake and got more raves than you can imagine. Everyone asks for the trifle now too!
Thank you so much for such a lovely recipe. I made this for my husband’s birthday and he loved it! Cake was so delicious. I added Kahlua for an extra kick 🙂
This cake is tasteless. Waste of time. Don’t make this. People who don’t know how to cook, should not post recipes
Completely disagree, this is a delicious chocolate cake, moist and chocolaty!
People who don’t know how to be kind should not leave reviews. This cake is so yummy! I have made it several times and the recipe is foolproof. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
I am glad you love the recipe! Thank you!!
I have this chocolate bundt cake in the oven right now, making it for my granddaughter’s birthday tomorrow, so easy to assemble, but I question why there is no baking powder in the recipe…….
I just made this cake and wow!!!!! It is so easy and tasty. Surprisingly not that sweet or heavy either, so it makes the perfect piece of chocolate cake. Everyone was stunned by the look with the glaze. I topped it off with some vegan chocolate chips for fun. Glad I stumbled upon this recipe. Thank you Maria!
Great recipe! This cake was a hit for my family. I didn’t have unsalted butter so I used salted butter instead and just left out the salt in the recipe.
Absolutely the most moist cake and excellent flavor. I am a basic cook, and so I was a bit nervous baking a cake from scratch for my mother’s 76th birthday. It turned out wonderful. It’s just the two of us, so I put the cake on a plate and used a large glass bowl to cover it. It did ok, but I was wondering what you would recommend as the best way to store the cake?
I made this for my family. It turned out great. So easy and tasty. Thank you for the easy step by step directions..
You are welcome!
Is there a conversion to insta pot?
I haven’t tried it in the Instant pot.
high fructose corn syrup. yuck.
Hi! Do you think I can just use Hershey syrup for drizzle?
I don’t think I’ve had Hershey’s syrup since I was a kid, ha! But I remember it being pretty thin, but if you love it, you can try it! It might be too thin though.
My husband and I loved it. I made it just As written
I am so glad your husband loved the cake!
This recipe is amazing and a favorite of ours! I made it with black cocoa powder this time and it is absolutely gorgeous and dark. I’ve never had any issues with this recipe! The glaze is soooo yummy also.
This cake is DELICIOUS. I know this because I ate half of it in 48 hours. And my husband ate the other half. Don’t judge! We ate salad too. This cake was so easy (and no dirty mixer — WHAT??) but the results were amazing, so moist and incredibly chocolate-y. I guess it’s time to make another one. Thank you! ❤️