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This chocolate bundt cake recipe is simple to prepare and great for any occasion! My Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Bundt Cake is perfect for your Fall Baking and upcoming Holiday parties!

If you love easy cake recipes like we do, try our Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake too!

Chocolate Bundt Cake

This Easy chocolate bundt cake has hints of pumpkin that not only make the house smell like a dream when it’s baking, but it gives the bundt cake a soft, ultra moist consistency. It takes just minutes to prepare and looks picture perfect on your favorite cake stand.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Great For The Holidays. We love making this simple cake recipe for the Holidays. It’s a hit at any party.
Easy To Make. With just a handful of easy to find ingredients, you’ll have no trouble making this cake at home.
Gift Giving. This cake makes the perfect homemade gift during the Holidays.

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What You’ll Need

Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make a chocolate bundt cake at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full details and instructions.

Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake Mix– Use your favorite brand of chocolate cake mix.
Pumpkin Puree– Make sure you select pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling in the baking section.
Canola Oil– Canola oil is used to make the cake mix. You can also use avocado oil or coconut oil.
Milk– Use 2% or whole milk for the milk.
Sour Cream– Don’t use a low fat sour cream, full fat for the recipe.
Eggs– For consistency, use large eggs for my recipes.
Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melts– Find the chocolate melts in the baking section near the chocolate chips.

ingredients in mixing bowl for chocolate bundt cake

Easy Cake Mix Recipes

I love a good cake mix recipe! When you doctor it up a little, you can get a gorgeous dessert all of your guests will rave about. I’ve used cake mix recipes for years and love the simplicity.

How To Make Chocolate Bundt Cake

Preheat Oven and Prepare Bundt Cake Pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spay bundt cake pan generously with cooking spray.

ingredients for chocolate bundt cake in mixing bowl

Prepare Cake Mix. Using a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, place cake mix, pumpkin, oil, milk and sour cream.

eggs going into mixing bowl for chocolate bundt cake

Eggs. Add eggs into bowl, mix until well combined. You guys know I’m obsessed with all things Disney, so when this hidden Mickey showed up in my eggs I had to photograph! I always use large eggs in my baking recipes.

Transfer Batter To Bundt Pan. Transfer to bundt cake pan and spread evenly.

Bake. Bake for 45-50 minutes, until cake is baked through. Remove and let cool for 30 minutes before transferring to cake stand.

What Is A Bundt Pan?

Bundt pans are cake pans that bake up a cake that isn’t quite like anything you can get from another pan. They are usually 10 or 12-inches in diameter and are up to 5 inches deep, with a hole in the center that ensures that the deep cake bakes evenly while it is in the oven. The sides of a bundt pan are almost vertical and the pans, which are typically made of cast aluminum, have fluted or ridged designs that make the finished cake look very impressive. Over the years, the pan style became so popular that manufacturers started to branch out into more creative designs, not limiting themselves to the traditional ridged round cakes.

What If I Don’t Have A Bundt?

If you don’t have a bundt pan, then there are a couple alternatives. You can use two loaf pans, this should approximate the bundt pan. Another alternative is to use a deep circular cake pan with a ceramic ramekin in the center of it to create the hole.

Prepare Drizzle. To prepare drizzle, place chocolate melts into microwave and heat until melted and smooth. Stir until creamy. With spoon, drizzle over top of bundt cake. Cut into slices and serve with a dollop of homemade whipped cream if desired.

Can I Bake A Bundt Pan Recipe In A Regular Pan?

Remember that a Bundt batter baked in a non-Bundt pan will require different baking times. Bundt batter halved and baked in two cake or loaf pans will likely require less time, while Bundt batter baked in 13×9-inch pans may require more time, so stay in the kitchen while the cake bakes and check on it regularly to ensure proper doneness.

Serve On Your Favorite Cake Stand. Found my fun Mickey Mouse Cake Stand from the Disney Store website. One of my favorites.

Recipe Tips For Success

Use Fresh Ingredients. Before starting any recipe, make. sure your ingredients are fresh and good quality.
Don’t Overcook White Melts. When melting the white melts, make sure you check it every 30 seconds or so, you want it to melt without over heating it.
Properly Grease Bundt Pan. Make sure you generously grease your bundt cake pan to assure that your cake will flip once cooled.

How To Serve

Serve cake room temperature sliced, on individual plates. Perfect for Fall baking and Holidays.

How To Store Leftovers

Store any leftover cake in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator for best results.

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