Chocolate Sour Cream Walnut Bundt Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a Bundt pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium-high speed to beat together the cake mix, sour cream, dry pudding mix, water, oil, and eggs for about 2 minutes.
• Use a wooden spoon or a spatula to gently fold in the chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan; tap on the counter once or twice to release air bubbles.
• Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. My cake is always done in 55 minutes, but the total baking time will vary.
• Let cake stand for 10 minutes. Invert on a cooling rack and remove cake from pan.
• Once cake is completely cool, dust with powdered sugar.

SOUR CREAM BUNDT CAKE WITH CINNAMON AND WALNUT STREUSEL

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 12-cup Bundt cake pan and set aside.
• Combine butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar, vanilla, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, blend in the sour cream.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in a separate medium bowl. Gradually stir the sifted dry ingredients into the creamed mixture.
• Make the streusel in a small bowl by combining the walnuts, cinnamon, and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Set aside.
• Spoon about 1/3 of the batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Sprinkle half of the reserved streusel mixture over the batter.
• Layer another 1/3 of the batter. Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture and top with remaining batter.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake.
• Cool the cake completely on a wire rack before removing it from the pan.
• Before serving, drizzle the cake with a vanilla icing or caramel glaze. Or serve slices of the cake with a dessert sauce or whipped cream if desired.

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM BUNDT CAKE (COOK'S ILLUSTRATED)

Steps:

• FOR THE PAN: Stir together butter and cocoa in small bowl until paste forms; using a pastry brush, coat all interior surfaces of standard 12-cup Bundt pan, see illustration below. (If mixture becomes too thick to brush on, microwave it for 10 to 20 seconds, or until warm and softened.) Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 350°F.
• FOR THE CAKE: Combine cocoa, chocolate, and espresso powder (if using) in medium heatproof bowl; pour boiling water over and whisk until smooth. Cool to room temperature; then whisk in sour cream. Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda in second bowl to combine.
• In standing mixer fitted with flat beater, beat butter, sugar, and vanilla on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium and add eggs one at a time, mixing about 30 seconds after each addition and scraping down bowl with rubber spatula after first 2 additions. Reduce to medium-low speed (batter may appear separated); add about one third of flour mixture and half of chocolate/sour cream mixture and mix until just incorporated, about 20 seconds. Scrape bowl and repeat using half of remaining flour mixture and all of remaining chocolate mixture; add remaining flour mixture and beat until just incorporated, about 10 seconds. Scrape bowl and mix on medium-low until batter is thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds.
• Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan, being careful not to pour batter on sides of pan. Bake until wooden skewer inserted into center comes out with few crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert cake onto parchment-lined wire rack; cool to room temperature, about 3 hours. Dust with confectioners' sugar, transfer to serving platter, and cut into wedges.

CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 3-quart bundt pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
• In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in sour cream and vanilla until combined well. With mixer on low speed gradually beat in flour mixture until just combined.
• Pour about half of batter into prepared pan and sprinkle about half of chocolate chips and walnuts over batter. Pour remaining batter over walnut mixture, spreading evenly, and sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips and walnuts. Bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean, and cool in pan on a rack 1 hour. Invert cake onto rack and cool completely.

SOUR CREAM WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar; beat in egg yolks and lemon zest. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. In another bowl, beat egg white until soft peaks form; fold into the batter., Pour into a greased 6-cup fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine sugar and juices. Bring to a boil. Brush over warm cake. Cool completely.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, milk, sour cream and eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat on low speed 1 minute.
• Beat on high speed 2 minutes.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Pour into greased and floured Bundt pan or tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes. Invert onto rack to cool completely.