The other day, I had an intense craving for chocolate bundt cake and was about to buy one at the supermarket, but then I thought about how easy it is to make one at home and enjoy the smell while in the oven and also later to share the cake.
I used a straight forward recipe with yogurt, which gives moisture to cakes; some coffee powder to enhance the flavor of chocolate and vanilla that is also an excellent complement to the taste of chocolate. It's a humble cake, but very comforting.
My kids love to eat a piece of cake with fresh fruit after school.
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Easy Chocolate Bundt Cake
Recipe revised and with updated photos in March 2016.
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee (or espresso powder in the US)
- ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup chocolate chips, optional
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350F or 180C.
- In a large bowl lightly beat the eggs, add the yogurt, oil, water, vanilla, and sugar. Mix well.
- Add dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, coffee, a pinch of salt and cocoa.
- Mix until everything is incorporated, no more.
- Add the chocolate chips floured just before pouring into a buttered bundt cake pan.
- Bake for 45 min to 1 hour at 180C or 350F, remove when a stick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes in the pan, unmold and serve warm or cold.
