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
- ⅓ 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 ¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the chocolate glaze:
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
- 1 ½ tablespoons corn syrup
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ 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 made this cake today for my husband’s birthday. He absolutely loved it and so did the rest of us. I did not have corn syrup so I used coconut cream came out beautifully. Have orders for a friends birthday that is how good it was and also so easy. Thank you!
I made this cake today for my husband’s birthday. He absolutely loved it and so did the rest of us. I did not have corn syrup so I used coconut cream came out beautifully. Have orders for a friends birthday that is how good it was and also so easy. Thank you!
I made this cake for a dear friend’s birthday yesterday. She just loved it and so did all the other guests. It turned out perfectly. This is a moist and delicious chocolate cake. I frosted mine with a seafoam frosting instead of the glaze. Rave reviews from everyone!
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I’ve made this cake many times and everyone loves it. Any idea if it would work as a layer cake ? Might need to double the recipe as I want to do 3 layers.
I’ve made this as a layered cake and it was awesome! I adjusted the cook time and it was just as moist! I used a buttercream for frosting. I’ve also made these as cupcakes!
The cake was delicious! I got thumbs up from all my sons (important). We are a dairy free family, so I was super excited to find this recipe. I definitely will bake this cake again. Thank you!
Hi! Can I use other baking dishes instead of a Bundt pan? I want to make a layer cake
Best chocolate cake I have ever made! And I’ve made a lot. It’s super moist and delicious and so easy to make!
I’ve made many times and it always turns out amazing! One time the only Greek yogurt I had was honey vanilla— it took the cake to a whole new level!
My question— do you think this could be used to make mini muffins? Maybe with mini chocolate chips stirred in? How long do you think the bake time should be?
Best Ever!! I have been making this cake for at least 3 years and it is my go to recipe!!
Superb moist and delicious one bowl cake we love it
This one is a winner! We made a different glaze because we wanted caramel, but the CAKE was fantastic! Perfectly moist and fudgy, I could eat the whole cake.
The cake turned out perfectly! The ganache is shiny and yummy. Thank you!!
I make this all the time as my go-to treat. I have never done the glaze, but simply topping with powdered sugar or a dark chocolate ganache works for me. My oven is also super hot, so to any people out there like me, set your timer for 38-39 minutes and check with a toothpick.
This will be our special bundt cake from now on. Including my kids and their friends, everyone liked it. Except the glaze, I followed the recipe. Even without the glaze, it is very delicious, but I think 45 minutes is too long for my oven, I will take it out five minutes earlier next time. For glaze; I melted some semisweet chocolates in heavy cream. It comes out light brown. but taste was delicious!
This cake was very dry. Followed directions to the tea. Not recommended, definitely wasn’t a hit for thanksgiving