Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

By Maria Lichty

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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!

slice of Bundt Cake drizzled with chocolate

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.

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake Recipe on twopeasandtheirpod.com The BEST chocolate cake ever!

Chocolate Bundt Cake on serving platter

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.

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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!

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Chocolate Bundt Cake

If you are looking for the best chocolate cake recipe, you've found it! You will need a glass of milk to wash down this rich and chocolaty cake!
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Equipment

Ingredients
  

For the cake:

For the chocolate glaze:

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 462kcal, Carbohydrates: 55g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Cholesterol: 87mg, Sodium: 359mg, Potassium: 147mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 36g, Vitamin A: 725IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 38mg, Iron: 2mg
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I'm Maria and my husband is Josh. We share a love of cooking, baking, and entertaining. We enjoy creating recipes that are simple, fresh, and family friendly. We love sitting around the table with good food, good conversation, and good friends and family! Our kitchen is always open!
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  1. 5 stars
    Iโ€™ve made this cake probably 20 times (I have a big family). I tweaked the recipe slightly (brown sugar for white and yogurt for sour cream), but it turns out amazing every time. It is truly the perfect chocolate cake recipe.

  2. 5 stars
    Delicious Cake! I used an easier glaze. Iโ€™d like to leave a picture of the one I made and decorated for Easter! So yummy!

  3. I forgot to add the water my butter was very thick crossing my fingers that it bakes ok as my son 6y is super excited we made this together!

  4. I should have written this YEARS ago. This cake is my husbandโ€™s absolute favorite & its legend has spread far & wide. So easy & always perfect. I found your recipe years ago when I bought a beautiful new Nordic Bundt pan (the jubilee) and thought โ€˜this needs a really special cake to show off this patternโ€™. The chocolate glaze pools so perfectly into all the crevices. I use half milk & half dark chocolate for the glaze (usually buy the pound size bars at Trader Joeโ€™s, but one day at going to splurge for some high end chocolate for the glaze to see if we can taste much difference)
    Iโ€™ve even baked it for a world number one tennis player twice on his birthday (I was working in the players dining room at our local tournament & he was a very young man & it was his birthday. I gave him the choice of a few of my best desserts & he chose this one & he & his team loved it & asked for it again the next year. And his dad is a chef in a country known for their cuisine!)
    So your perfect chocolate cake is internationally renowned!

  5. 5 stars
    This is the BEST chocolate cake my husband and I have ever had. I’ve been making it at least once or twice a year for years now since discovering your fantastic recipe. I always use yogurt and have sometimes substituted the water for coffee. It is such a moist, rich chocolate cake and the ganache takes it over the top. Thank you so much for such a beloved recipe at our house!

  6. 5 stars
    I’ve made this cake several times and it is always a success – simple to make and very tasty. The one change I make is to use black coffee instead of water in the cake. The chocolate glaze is perfect. So much better than an overpowering frosting.

  7. 4 stars
    This cake is delicious! However, Iโ€™ve made it three times now and each time โ€” no matter how carefully Iโ€™ve prepped the Bundt pan โ€” part of the cake always sticks to the pan. Iโ€™ve tried the butter and flour as directed and Iโ€™ve also used the baking spray. Neither method worked. Iโ€™m going to give it one more try next week. For Thanksgiving Iโ€™m baking it in my Angel food cake pan.

    1. Linda, I’ve been making Bundt cakes for many years. I always generously butter and then flour my pan. We live in Europe now and can’t buy Baker’s Joy with the flour already in the spray, which was my go to in the US. But most importantly, no matter what the recipe says, I let the cake cool completely before beginning the process to take it out of the pan. First, I use a soft, narrow silicon spatula/scraper and gently release both the cake’s inner and outer edges. One of the things I find that will cause the top to stick is add-ins that sink. Sometimes, tossing the add-ins in a little flour can help them remain buoyant in the dough. I’d love to hear other tricks too because it’s very frustrating when that happens.

  8. 5 stars
    This is the best chocolate cake/bundt/cupcake recipe. Great chocolate flavor and very moist. I made cupcakes (got 26 out of the recipe), baked at 350F for 18 minutes. Came out perfect. Instead of the chocolate glaze, I made Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream frosting. Yummy!!!
    Thanks for the great recipe. It is now my go to for chocolate cake/bundt/cupcakes.

  9. I love this cake and make it all celebrations. or sometimes we just want it. Can i make a day ahead and then wrap it? I need it tomorrow for desert but have to make it today as busy tomorrow. Please say if that is okay, I want it as fresh as possible

  10. I made this cake for my daughter’s 12th birthday. It was a huge success!!!
    Thank you for this easy and accurate recipe.

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