This is an easy and moist chocolate bundt cake recipe. Top your homemade chocolate cake with chocolate chips and smother it in chocolate ganache for a next cake that everyone will love!
You know what I really love about bundt cakes? You can make them look really pretty without any special piping or cake decorating materials. I love this red velvet bundt cake with a sprinkling of white sugar crystals to make it look pretty.
I’m not going to lie, my go-to recipe for a chocolate bundt cake is usually this doctored-up cake mix version. Last year I made 12 of them into chocolate peppermint bundt cakes (using the cake-mix version) for a huge Christmas party. They freeze beautifully, so I made them all two weeks in advance.
They were a huge hit at the party, and completely low-stress for me.
As much as I love the cake-mix version, I’ve been determined to make a fantastic, homemade chocolate bundt cake, and this one is just that! I added some mini chocolate chips to the batter to make it extra chocolatey and delicious.
How to make chocolate bundt cake:
Start by combining the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Next, in a saucepan, melt the butter and add the oil, cocoa, and water. Bring the mixture to a boil, whisking constantly, then pour it on top of the dry ingredients. Then stir in buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and pour it in your bundt pan, and cook for 45-55 minutes!
Chocolate ganache icing:
It doesn’t get much simpler or easier than this homemade ganache. Make the chocolate ganache by first heating the cream until simmering. Then pour your chocolate chips into the cream and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Whisk it until smooth and drizzle it over your chocolate cake!
Use a spoon to drizzle it on top of top of the cake and you’ve got yourself a beautiful, simple, irresistible chocolate bundt cake!
Try these Bundt Cake Recipes:
- Caramel Apple Bundt Cake
- Red Velvet Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Macaroon Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake
- Poppyseed Cake
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Nothing Bundt Cake
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This is an easy and moist chocolate bundt cake recipe. Top your homemade chocolate cake with chocolate chips and smother it in chocolate ganache for a next cake that everyone will love!
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup oil (vegetable or canola oil)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips , plus more for sprinkling on top of cake (optional)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease and flour a standard size bundt pan (make sure to grease it really well so the cake doesn't stick! I spread a thin layer of shortening all over the inside of the pan, then sprinkle a little flour all around and pat and shake the pan until it is evenly coated.)
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, set aside.
Add butter to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once butter has melted, stir in oil, cocoa powder and water and bring mixture just to a boil, whisking constantly. Pour hot butter mixture into flour mixture and stir.
Stir in buttermilk, eggs and vanilla and whisk mixture until well combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips, if using.
Pour mixture into prepared bundt pan and bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
Cool cake in the pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Once cake has cooled, make ganache.
Place cream in a large microwave safe bowl and heat for about 2 minutes, or until the cream is simmering.
Carefully pour chocolate morsels into cream and allow mixture to sit for 5 minutes. Whisk the chocolate and cream until shiny and smooth, about 1 minute.
Use a large spoon to drizzle the ganache over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with remaining mini chocolate chips, if desired.
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RATE and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
Sonny BEAUREGARD says
What size bundt pan are you using? My pan is 10 cup size. What can I do to extend recipe for a 10cup pan. This is my frist try at cake makin,so I don’t know very much and what todo. Thanks.
Diana says
Twice as much ganache as needed, otherwise a good recipe!
Ginger says
Yes, half the amount of ganache would be perfect. I feel like I wasted a cup of chips
Rhea says
unsalted or salted butter?
Lauren Allen says
Unsalted butter. If you want to use salted butter, reduce the amount of salt called for 🙂
Ana says
Hi Lauren, what kind of chocolate chips do you use in the ganache? There’s so many now. Thanks Ana
Lauren Allen says
Hi Ana, I personally love Ghirardelli brand best 🙂
Robert P says
The cake was really good. Loved that hint of cinnamon. You can get away with half the ganache. No need to ever buy a box cake mix again.
Anna says
I’d like to replace buttermilk with whole milk, do I need to adjust the amount of baking soda and/or substitute any baking powder? Looks delicious!
Lauren Allen says
Hi Anna,
I think the cake will turn out fine if you substitute whole milk for buttermilk.
Lisa Langston says
This cake looks divine!!!! I have been wanting to make a chocolate bundt cake! I like making cakes from scratch, can any cake recipe be used to make a bundt cake or only if the recipe is called bundt? I have always wondered that. Thank you for a great blog!!!
Lauren Allen says
Hi Lisa,
Bundt pans can be a little tricky if you have a recipe that is not meant for a bundt cake. Some cake recipes won’t fill a bundt pan full enough (depending on the size of the bundt pan), and most recipes will require significant differences in baking time. I hope you had the chance to make the cake!
Frankie Wagner says
Looking forward to making the cake for my husbands birthday so the day came and what a disaster! Followed the directions to the tee and the cake fell after coming out of pan. Added the ganache and it turned into one big “mess”. We ate a piece of it and it was pretty good but awfully rich and not as good as I had hoped. Do hope that others have better luck than I did.
Lauren Allen says
Hi Frankie,
I’m so sorry that the cake didn’t turn out! I wish I knew what caused it. When you say the cake “fell,” what exactly do you mean? Did it have a chance to cool in the pan first? I wonder if altitude could have played a role? So sorry it didn’t turn out the way that it should have.
Jade Nunes says
The cake came turned out really well. Very moist and rich. I thought the ganache would have been too much, so I made half the amount and still had lots! Will definitely be keeping this recipe.
Lauren Allen says
I’m really happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for commenting 🙂
Adriana says
Hello! Thank you for sharing this absolutely wonderful recipe. I was wondering, have you ever used this recipe for layered cakes?
Lauren Allen says
Yes, you could use this for a layered cake, or I would highly recommend this layered chocolate cake recipe (it’s my favorite and soo easy!). You could use the ganache from this bundt cake, instead of the chocolate frosting. https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/hersheys-perfectly-chocolate-chocolate-cake/
Kathleen says
We love your chocolate bundt cake….have just discovered it and am now making a second one….Thank you for sharing the recipe and tips!
Wked says
Just made this. Left out the cinnamon, added about a cup of chocolate chips to the batter. And cut the ganache amount in half, perfect amount, The cake came out nice and moist.
Heather Rhyne says
I have just discovered you and i make all my food from scratch so i am excited to make my first chocolate Bundt cake.
Making this for Halloween and will at bats to it.. will let you know how it goes
Lauren Allen says
What a great idea! I’m so happy you found me–Hope everyone loves the cake!
Suzy says
Absolutely delicious! Thank you for the amazing recipe! I made this cake and turned out great! I did cut the sugar in half though and used coconut palm sugar.
Marion,Sydney,Australia says
Burnt the first effort but you were on my shoulder and said do it again!!
Second one was just delicious and Another one coming up next week!Thanks for getting me going again!
Travis says
I dtarted seriously lesrning to bake about a year and a half ago. This recipe was the first chocolate cake I tried.
I think of it as the perfect chocolate cake. Flavorful, chocolity, moist and it looks really beaitiful.
It’s still my favorite chocolate cake recipe and the one I go to when I need to make a cake but don’t want to try a new recipe.
As far as the comments made about too much ganache, I say, “Pshaw!!! There can never be too much ganache!!” If there is some left over, I just mis some nuts in it, and put it in the fridge or the freezer for those late nights when chocolate is absolutely necessary. 😉
Thank you so much!!!
Sandy says
I have a no egg chocolate cake recipe. can I make it in a bundt pan rather than a 9×13?
Temperature and how long?
Lauren Allen says
That should be fine (but saying that without knowing your recipe at all). Most bundt cakes cook about the same time, 45-55 minutes.
Arwen says
A really nice cake but I would call it a cinnamon cake with a with a hint of chocolate, rather than the other way round. Without the ganache, there’s not a huge chocolate flavour. This could be because I tend to add extra chocolate to lots of recipes and I didn’t here so that might be just what I’m used to.
Really nice spice though and my coworkers loved it!