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Chocolate Buttermilk Bundt Cake
A one-bowl wonder, this easy but rich and decadent Chocolate Bundt Cake will satisfy chocolate lovers the world over!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 401 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Bundt Cake
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 2 large large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup boiling hot water
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Ganache
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
Get Prepped
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Thoroughly grease a bundt pan (mine is a 12 cup), and set aside.
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Bundt Cake
- Add the dry cake ingredients to a large bowl, and whisk together.
- Add the wet ingredients, and mix until well blended. Mixture will be thick!
- Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for an hour (check at 50 mins) or until the cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely before frosting.
Ganache
- While the cake is cooling, make the ganache by heating the heavy cream until it just begins to simmer. Then pour it over the chocolate chips and let it sit for a few minutes before stirring until smooth.Once the cake has cooled and the ganache has thickened slightly, drizzle it over the cake.
- Set your cake over a rack with something to catch all the drips!
- Let set for at least an hour.
- Slice, devour.
Notes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 Tbs cornstarch
- 1 cup boiling hot water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup butter
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and hot water.
- Cook, stirring often over a medium heat until thickened slightly.
- Remove from the heat and add the vanilla and butter, and stir until the butter melts.
- Set your cake over a rack with something to catch all the drips! Pour frosting over your Chocolate Buttermilk Bundt Cake.
- Let the frosting set a little before adding sprinkles (so they don’t all fall off).
- Let set for at least an hour.
- Devour.
Nutrition Information
Calories
401kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
80g
(27%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
42mg
(14%)
Sodium
447mg
(19%)
Potassium
191mg
(5%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
51g
(102%)
Vitamin A
175IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
49mg
(5%)
Iron
2.6mg
(14%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 401
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 401kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 80g | 27% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 42mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 447mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 191mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 51g | 102% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2.6mg | 14% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.