Chocolate Bundt Cake

Chocolate Bundt Cake

This chocolate bundt cake recipe is soft, fudgy and chocolatey. It also has a chocolate ganache topping that is amazing. It is loaded with cocoa, butter and sour cream. You get three different flavors all mixed together to make a perfect cake.

The topping is easy to make and is only 2 ingredients. You also don’t have to let the cake cool for hours before adding the topping.

Tools needed

• Bundt pan
• electric mixer

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup of flour
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2/3 cup unsweeetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2 sticks butter (melted)
• 3/4 cup boiling water

Chocolate Ganache Topping

• 4oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup heavy cream

Directions

• preheat oven to 350 degrees
• spray bundt cake pan with non-stick cooking spray. Dust lightly with flour and cocoa powder (about 1/2 Tbsp each). Shake the excess off.
• whisk together in mixing bowl; flour, sugar, baking soda and salt
• in a separate bowl mix together; melted butter, hot water and cocoa powder
• add flour mixture to butter mixture and using a mixer blend until well combined
• add sour cream, eggs and vanilla extract
• pour mixture into bundt pan
• bake for 40-50 minutes; until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center of cake
• let cool 10 minutes
• using the back end of a knife; run it down the sides of the cake to loosen it
• invert cake onto a wire rack to cool about 30 minutes
• pour the ganache topping over the cake

Making the ganache

• put chocolate in a bowl
• put heavy cream in a saucepan and heat on stove until simmering
• pour heavy cream over chocolate
• let mixture sit for about 5 minutes; then stir until melted and smooth

Notes

• use unsalted butter
• there is a lot of sugar and if you omit some; the cocoa powder will be stronger, and the cake won’t be as delicious
• must use boiling water to help blend all the chocolate flavors
• you can freeze bundt cakes for up to 3 months
• you can use different toppings also such as chocolate buttercream frosting or cream cheese frosting
• sprinkle with chopped nuts such as walnuts or pecans
• use room temperature ingredients if possible; it helps blend the ingredients
• be careful not to over bake or it will dry out
• cake tastes better at room temperature

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