Chocolate Bundt Cake

Chocolate Bundt Cake

It's not what's in a Bundt cake that makes it a Bundt ... it's the pan it's cooked in. The familiar round cake pan with fluted sides and a whole in the middle is what makes a Bundt cake a Bundt cake. This type of cake likely originated in Germany or Austria and became hugely popular in the USA in the 1950s. This is a dark chocolate cake. It tastes just as good as it looks.
Course Cake, Dessert
Cuisine American, European, German
Servings 12 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder high quality dark Dutch process cocoa
  • 1 tbsp instant espresso powder dissolved into 3/4 cup water
  • 2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 egg room temperature
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

For the Glaze:

  • 4 oz bitter chocolate
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter softened and cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 1 1/2 tsp corn syrup
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

For the Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350° F (177 C). Butter and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan or Kugelhopf pan.
  • Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; add cocoa, stirring until smooth. Whisk in the espresso water and remove from heat.
  • Add the sugar, sour cream, vanilla and eggs to the warmed cocoa mixture and whisk until smooth. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add all at once to the first mixture, whisking until well blended.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until it feels firm to the touch and has slightly pulled away from the sides of the pan. Cool in pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Carefully loosen the cake with a knife and invert onto a large plate.

For the Glaze:

  • Place the chocolate, butter, corn syrup and cinnamon in a medium heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir the mixture using a rubber spatula until melted and smooth.
  • Pour warm glaze over bundt cake. Keep covered in a cake-keeper at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Williams - Sonoma

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