Bakery-style extra-moist chocolate bundt cake with deep chocolate flavor and chocolate chips baked into every slice. Made in two bowls, no mixer required. Recipe scales for both 12-cup and 15-cup bundt pans (choose from a small batch or large batch below).I always recommend using a kitchen scale for the most accurate results in baking. Because this recipe offers two pan sizes, some cup measurements may scale to unusual fractions, but gram measurements remain precise.
Servings 15servings
Prep Time 20 minutesmins
Cook Time 55 minutesmins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
255 grams (2 cups + 3teaspoons)All-Purpose FlourI use Gold Medal
2 ¼teaspoonsBaking Powder
1 ½teaspoonBaking Soda
1 ⅛teaspoonSalt
24 grams (3 Tablespoons)Instant Clearjel or use Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix as described in Note #1
45 grams (4 ½ Tablespoons)Unsweetened Cocoa PowderI use Hershey's
150 grams (¾cup)Sugar
168 grams (¾cup packed)Brown Sugar
Wet Ingredients
3largeEggs
276 grams (1 ⅛ C)full-fat Sour Cream
6TablespoonsBrewed Coffee
¾cupVegetable Oil
2 ¼teaspoonsVanilla Extract
Chocolate Butter Mixture
¾ stick (3 ounces) Salted Butter
66 gramsSemi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Additional Ingredients
90 grams (½ c)Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
powdered sugar optional, for dusting
Instructions
Make the Chocolate Bundt Cake
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 12-cup bundt cake pan (small batch) or a 15-cup bundt pan (large batch)* generously with a cooking spray that contains flour (like Baker's Joy). Or grease and flour the pan. (*NOTE- if you use a cake pan smaller than listed, your cake batter may overflow)
Using a sifter or fine mesh strainer, sift the Dry Ingredients into a large bowl, then whisk until well blended.
Combine Wet Ingredients in a separate large bowl and whisk until smooth and well-blended.
In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the Salted Butter and 66 grams (small) or 88 grams (large) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips in 30-second intervals, whisking thoroughly between each, until melted and smooth. Set aside.
Pour Wet Ingredients over the Dry Ingredients and whisk to combine.
Pour the melted chocolate butter mixture into the cake batter and whisk until uniform and lump-free. Stir in the remaining chocolate chips.
Pour the chocolate chocolate chip cake batter into the prepared bundt pan and smooth out the batter until even (an offset icing spatula works well for this). The batter will fill to about ¾ of the pan.
Set a timer for 55 minutes (12-cup) or 60 minutes (15-cup) and bake on the middle rack with plenty of space above the pan. Begin checking when the timer goes off. The cake is done when it springs back to your touch and a toothpick comes out clean. A few moist crumbs are fine, but it shouldn't look wet. Check in multiple spots, as the chocolate chips can make the cake look underdone when it's finished.
Allow the cake to cool until the pan is only lukewarm to the touch, then flip the chocolate bundt cake onto a plate or platter. When the cake is completely cool, dust the top with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
Notes
Note # 1 ↓Substitute Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix for Instant Clearjel as follows: Small batch (12-cup pan): use 39 grams (4 ½ Tablespoons) Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix Large batch (15-cup pan): use 52 grams (6 Tablespoons) Chocolate Instant Pudding MixRead my article Instant Clearjel: a Magical Little-Known Bakery Ingredient to see why I think this ingredient is worth having in your pantry. Instant Clearjel must always be whisked thoroughly with other dry ingredients before being added to wet ingredients to avoid clumping. (Make sure what you use is labeled as “Instant.” Cooktype or regular Clearjel is a different product that does not work the same in cakes).