The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache
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4.6
The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Description
The Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache combines pumpkin puree and a variety of warm spices—cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, and cloves—into a smooth batter with eggs, sugar, oil, and sour cream to create moistness. Semi-sweet chocolate chips are folded in to add melty chocolate pockets that contrast the spiced pumpkin flavor.
After baking in a 12-cup bundt pan until golden and set, a chocolate ganache made with chocolate chips, cream, vanilla, and optional rum or other flavored liqueurs is poured over the cooled cake. The ganache provides a glossy finish with a creamy, rich chocolate flavor that pairs well with the cake’s spices.
This cake works well as a festive dessert for fall or winter events, enjoyed by those who appreciate pumpkin’s earthiness alongside chocolate’s sweetness. It can be sliced to serve at room temperature.
For freshness, the cake keeps up to five days stored in an airtight container at room temperature, maintaining moistness and flavor. Different extracts can be omitted or substituted depending on pantry availability.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 egg
- 1 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling, canned
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup canola oil or vegetable oil
- ¼ cup sour cream Greek yogurt may be substituted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter extract optional
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt optional
- 1 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet
Chocolate Ganache
- ⅔ cup chocolate chips semi-sweet
- ¼ cup cream or half-and-half
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- rum coffee liqueur, or chocolate-flavored liqueur, or bourbon, optionally 1 to 2 tablespoons
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 12-cup Bundt or tube-cake pan with cooking spray (I use Pam for Bakingwith excellent results) or grease and flour the pan; set aside.
- In a large bowl combine eggs, pumpkin puree, sugar, oil, sour cream, vanilla extract, butter extract, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, cloves (if you don’t have all of them on hand, just use what you do have) and whisk to combine until mixture is smooth and silky.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt and stir until just combined (don’t overmix or the gluten will over-develop and cake will be tougher).
- Fold in the chocolate chips and pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing it lightly with a spatula if necessary and give it a slam on the counter to release any air.
- Bake for 38 to 42 minutes, or until top has set (it may crackle, this is okay) and is golden or a cake tester, toothpick, or blade of a knife comes out clean (due to the chocolate chips, you may hit some chocolate patches with the insertion test).
- Allow cake to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before inverting and releasing cake from pan and placing it on a rack to finish cooling. While cake cools, make the ganache.
Chocolate Ganache:
- Place chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl and heat on high power for 1 minute to soften chocolate; set aside.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup, heat the cream (I used half-and-half) on high power just until it begins to bubble and show signs of boiling, about 1 minute.
- Pour hot cream over chocolate and let it stand about 1 minute. Whisk vigorously until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth and velvety.
- Add vanilla, optional alcohol, and whisk to combine. Set bowl aside for about 5 minutes, allowing ganache to cool and thicken a bit.
- Whisk mixture briefly before preparing to drizzle it over the cake. Ganache will set up a bit with time, but remains quite viscous and drippy.
Notes
- Store the cake in an airtight container at room temperature to maintain freshness for up to five days.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 405 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 | |
| Calories | 405kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 12g | 71% |
| Cholesterol | 41mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 139mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 33g | 66% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.6
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