Okay, the baker needs help. I want a chocolate bundt cake recipe that’s scratch. I have several chocolate cake recipes, but do you have any that you feel fits the bundt pan better than layers? I hope to find one that isn’t fluffy, but of a denser texture.
If Dopers can help me out I’d appreciate it!
Here’s one from a college friend. I’ve never made it, but when she did it was fabulous:
Chocolate Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Batter:
2 c. sugar
1 c. oil
2 eggs
3 c. flour
¾ c. cocoa
2 t. soda
2 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 c. hot coffee
1 c. buttermilk
1 t. vanilla
Filling:
½ c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
8 oz. cream cheese
1 egg
½ c. coconut
1 c. chocolate chips
Frosting:
9 T. cocoa (½ c. + 1 T.)
1 T. vanilla
6 T. butter
6 T. boiling water
4 c. powdered sugar (approx.)
Combine filling ingredients and set aside. Combine sugar, eggs, and oil and beat 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients and beat on high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour ¾ of batter into well greased and lightly floured Bundt pan. Spoon filling over batter and top with remaining batter. Bake at 350F for 65-75 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 30 minutes, then remove. When completely cool, mix frosting ingredients to spreading consistency and frost cake.
Thank you very much for that recipe. It sounds yummy. I’ll tell you how things work out late tomorrow.
This is perhaps my most popular cake. I modify it into a two layer cake…and sometimes use a raspberry or cherry liquer instead of vanilla. But it’s great in the original form, too.
It calls for a tube pan, but a bundt pan will work very well. You can replace the heavy cream with plain yoghurt for a slightly healthier version. And it’s definitely on the dense side. Very rich.
Hershey Bar Cake
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
2.5 cups plain flour
2 tsp vanilla
.5 tsp baking soda
1 cup heavy cream
4 eggs
16 oz Hershey syrup
7 oz Hershey bars
Melt Hershey bars in syrup in double boiler. Cream
sugar and butter; add eggs one at a time. Add melted
chocolate, then flour/baking soda and cream/vanilla
alternately.
Bake 1.5-2 hours in tube pan at 300.
-D/a