Best Chocolate Cake Recipe

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This decadent moist cake is a favorite at our house. The best part is it only takes a few minutes to whip up this cake. I take this chocolate bundt cake it to potlucks, and church dinners and everyone asks for the recipe.

Nothing Bundt Cakes are so popular I decided to frost our old family bundt cake recipe to look like one (the frosting recipe is in the recipe card). However, this recipe makes the most amazing triple chocolate cupcakes too. 

Nothing Bundt Cake Copycat Chocolate Cake

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To serve this amazing cake for special occasions, I like to serve it on a gorgeous cake stand. 

However, this cake is delicious and has a simple dusting of powdered sugar, too.

Chocolate cake slice

How to Make a Chocolate Cake

This cake is easy and quick to make with ingredients you probably have in your pantry.

Chocolate Cake Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. (4.5 oz) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling
• 1 pkg Devil’s food cake mix
• 12 oz chocolate chips (dark or semi-sweet)
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 2 eggs

Packaged ingredients

Tools and Supplies:

• Stand mixer (this is the one I use)
• Bundt pan
• Wire cooling rack
• Powdered sugar shaker 
• Cake server (this one is my favorite)

Best chocolate cake recipe batter in a bundt pan

Cool completely on a cooling rack

When the cake is cool you can dust the top with powdered sugar using one of these.

Sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar

Adding confectioner sugar with shaker

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Best Chocolate Cake Recipe

5 from 7 votes

Moist rich triple chocolate cake that only takes minutes to prepare is one of our family favorites. I think it will be yours too.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 330 kcal

Equipment

• Bundt Pan
• Powder sugar shaker
• Mixing bowl

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pkg Instant Pudding and Pie Filling Chocolate Flavored (4.5 oz)
• 1 pkg Devil's Food Cake Mix
• 1 pkg 12 oz chocolate chips (dark or semi-sweet)
• 1 ¾ Cups Milk
• 2 Eggs

Cream Cheese Frosting (calories do not include frosting)

• 16 oz. Cream cheese softened
• ½ cup butter softened
• 3 ¾ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Add all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix by hand until well blended.
• Pour batter into a (greased and floured) bundt pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

• Place cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer large bowl and beat until smooth
• Add vanilla extract and gradually add in powdered sugar (add 3.5 to 4 cups)
• Spoon the frosting into a one-gallon freezer bag and zip closed
• Refrigerate for one hour.
• Cut off one of the bottom corners and pipe the frosting onto the cake

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Notes

Best Chocolate Cake Ever

The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe is made with one bowl and few simple ingredients. This moist decadently rich chocolate cake is also easy and quick...

Nutrition

Calories: 330kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 7gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 354mgPotassium: 364mgFiber: 2gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 112IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 188mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Best Chocolate cake recipe, Chocolate bundt cake, Chocolate cake

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Finished Chocolate Bundt Cake

Triple Chocolate Cupcakes

Sometimes I like to make cupcakes with this recipe. This recipe makes 24 cupcakes. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. You can dust the tops with powdered sugar, frost, or fill and frost!

I use a muffin scoop so they are all the same size. 

Triple Chocolate Cupcakes

My favorite way to eat them is with my homemade peanut butter frosting and filling. I use a pastry bag and a filler tip and a frosting tip (these is the ones I use). 

Starting close to the bottom of the cupcake squeeze with even pressure

Peanut butter icing filling

Natural peanut butter frosting

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