Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake is awesome! It has a rich, chocolaty, fudge-type flavor. Plus, chocolate chips permeate the texture of this delicious cake. Because the cake starts with a cake mix and chocolate pudding mix, it is incredibly quick and easy to make up. There are only 7 ingredients in this wonderful recipe. It can easily become a family favorite. Especially if you like quick and easy recipes. And, especially if you’re a chocolate lover. (Which I am!!)

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Years ago I worked at Dallas Baptist University trying to get my boys through college. One of the gals in our department brought this tasty cake in for some party or celebration. We were always celebrating something in our department. There were a lot of women who liked to bake. It seemed like we had home-baked goodies in our department all the time. No kidding. She had actually gotten the recipe from her college age daughter who was a student at the university at the time. One bite of this sumptuous recipe was all it took for me to realize I needed to acquire it immediately!

The only difficult thing about working with Bundt cakes is learning how to tell when they’re done. The easiest trick is to put a knife into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done. If the knife still has a lot of goo on it, the cake is NOT done. It doesn’t matter what the suggested cooking time on the recipe is. If you don’t cook a bundt cake long enough it will fall out of the pan in clumps! (Take it from someone who has had that happen to her on more than one occasion). 🙁

Rarely have I had a bundt cake cook in less than one hour. Many times they take closer to an hour and a half. So figure that amount of time in with your schedule when baking bundt cakes, if you’ve not made too many of them before. You also need to really grease and flour bundt pans extremely well in order to get the cake to come out easily.

If you’re looking for a fantastic chocolate cake recipe that’s quick and easy, than look no farther than Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake. You can use either chocolate chips or chocolate chunks–whichever you desire. While this cake can certainly be served as a dessert, I like to serve it as a breakfast or brunch coffee cake! It’s a great accompaniment to any kind of large breakfast spread. Plus, who doesn’t enjoy chocolate for breakfast!  🙂

Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake with Chocolate Syrup drizzled over top. Oh, my!

I love cakes I can serve as breakfast or dessert!

Doesn’t Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake look yummy? This cake cooks up beautifully. Because the batter is thick the chocolate chips don’t all sink to the bottom like they do in some cakes.

Here’s what I did.

Place yellow cake mix in a bowl. I usually use butter-recipe yellow cake mix. 

Add instant chocolate pudding mix. 

Add eggs and canola oil.

Add half-and-half or cream. This makes the cake a lot richer than water.

Add sour cream and chocolate chips.

Stir ingredients with a wooden spoon to combine. 

Grease and flour generously a 10-inch bundt pan. Add batter and smooth the top.

Bake about 45 minutes to an hour at 350 or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake completely.

After cake has cooled completely invert cake onto serving plate. If you have greased and floured your pan well and cooked the cake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, you should have no problem with the cake coming out of the pan. The cake will come out cleanly. If it doesn’t, you may need to consider investing in another pan. Sprinkle top and sides with powdered sugar or add a chocolate glaze if desired.

Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake is a delightful recipe you’re whole family will love.

While I sprinkled my cake with powdered sugar, you can also make a chocolate glaze with 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tbsp. cocoa, 1 tsp. vanilla, and about 2 tbsp. milk. Then drizzle the chocolate sauce over top of the cake. Wait about 15 minutes for the icing to dry before cutting.

Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake is great for dessert, but I like it as a coffee cake (sans chocolate syrup) for breakfast, brunch or special occasions. This a wonderful cake to take into the office for birthday celebrations or other parties.

Here’s the recipe.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK BUNDT CAKE

(Recipe adapted from Marilyn Matthews, as given to her by her daughter Katie, when we worked together at Dallas Baptist University)

Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake

Teresa Ambra

This rich chocolate cake is great for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Chocolate chunks double the chocolate and if you pour syrup over the top you get a triple dose of chocolate. Terrific for company and holidays like Easter, Mother's Day or Father's Day.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Cakes and Cheesecakes, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 16

Calories 379 kcal

Equipment

• 1 bundt pan
• 1 mixing bowl
• 1 electric mixer
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 bamboo skewer or knife to check cake for doneness

Ingredients

  

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• 1 box yellow cake mix I use the butter-recipe yellow cake mix
• 6 oz. pkg. instant chocolate pudding
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup half and half or cream
• 8 oz. sour cream
• 12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips or chocolate chunks

Instructions

 

• Grease and flour 10-inch bundt pan.
• (Can use about 1 tbsp. dry chocolate pudding mix to coat pan).
• I sprayed the pan with Baker’s Joy cooking spray.
• Mix cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, half-and-half or cream, and sour cream together.
• Stir in chocolate chips or chunks.
• Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Notes

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 3gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 409mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 1gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 166IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 1mg

Keyword cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, coffee cake, dessert

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Here’s a look at Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake before I cut into it.

Time to taste a bite of this delicious cake right now! This cake is not low calorie, but it sure does taste heavenly!

Chocolate Lovers will enjoy this cake with extra decadence by adding chocolate syrup over top. Prepare to become seriously addicted to this cake very soon!

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Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake

Teresa Ambra

This rich chocolate cake is great for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Chocolate chunks double the chocolate and if you pour syrup over the top you get a triple dose of chocolate. Terrific for company and holidays like Easter, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

5 from 1 vote

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Cakes and Cheesecakes, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 16

Calories 379 kcal

Equipment

• 1 bundt pan
• 1 mixing bowl
• 1 electric mixer
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 bamboo skewer or knife to check cake for doneness

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 1 box yellow cake mix I use the butter-recipe yellow cake mix
• 6 oz. pkg. instant chocolate pudding
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup half and half or cream
• 8 oz. sour cream
• 12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips or chocolate chunks

Instructions

 

• Grease and flour 10-inch bundt pan.
• (Can use about 1 tbsp. dry chocolate pudding mix to coat pan).
• I sprayed the pan with Baker’s Joy cooking spray.
• Mix cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, half-and-half or cream, and sour cream together.
• Stir in chocolate chips or chunks.
• Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Notes

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 3gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 409mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 1gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 166IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 1mg

Keyword cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, coffee cake, dessert

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!