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Easter Devil’s Food Bundt Cake

Easter scene for a chocolate Devil's Food bundt cake.

Easter Devil’s Food Bundt Cake

By Caro


Looking for a super simple Easter or Spring cake? Are a beginner baker, or just wanting something with minimal decorating skills required?  Look no further than this Easter Devil's Food Bundt Cake.  

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Overhead shot of a large chocolate bundt cake with cholate glaze and large decorative pastel coloured Easter eggs.
WHY USE MY RECIPE?

1. Quick & Easy

2. Tastes Great

3. No Special Ingredients or Equipment


Partial front on shot of a chocolate glazed chocolate bundt cake with mini Easter eggs surrounding it.

1. Quick & Easy Recipe

My Easter Devil’s Food Bundt Cake recipe, is so quick to make. The longest times are baking and letting the cake cool.

The process could not be simpler too. Beginner bakers can even make this bundt cake.

Mixing, beating, sieving & folding is all that is required to make the cake batter. No special baking techniques required.

The decoration too, could not be simpler – mixing up a chocolate glaze, and adding some shop-bought Easter or Spring decorations, to the middle of the bundt cake. Or add decorations for any season or event. Or none at all.


Close shot of a Devilsfood chocolate cake slice with icecream on top and partial scoop eatten to the side, with sprinkles on top.

2. Tastes Great

This Devil’s Food cake, has a light texture, that pairs perfectly with the chocolate glaze. It is so good with ice-cream (and sprinkles if that’s your thing).

You can also serve with some whipped cream, or even add some fruit compote – cherry would be great.


Devils food bunt cake with spring easter decorative eggs in the centre.

3. No Special Equipment Or Ingredients

You don’t need any special equipment or ingredients for my Easter themed Devil’s Food cake. All ingredients are found in most kitchens or easy to source.

You will obviously need a bundt pan, and you can use any Easter or Spring themed decorations you have or can get. I used speckled Easter eggs on stakes from Poundland (UK) for £1 ($1.33). But you could also use Easter eggs, of various sizes, chocolate bunnies even. This year in the UK, it has been really easy to buy affordable Spring decorations from most shops now.

I also got a pack of 4 nests that came with little plastic coloured eggs, but they looked ‘plastic’ so I added real chocolate mini eggs (see above).


Overhead shot of ingredients in bowls, for making Devil's food cake.

Notes On Ingredients & Substitutes

Here is a photo of all the ingredients that go in to this Devil’s Food Bundt Cake.

Instead of the Greek yoghurt, you could use creme fraiche or sour cream.

Coffee granules are added to the cake batter, not for a coffee taste, but rather to enhance the chocolate flavour from the cocoa powder. Decaffeinated coffee can also be used, or espresso powder (for espresso powder use 3/4 tsp). Alternatively, 1 tsp of quality Vanilla Extract could be substituted for coffee.



Easter Devil’s Food Bundt Cake

Easter Devil’s Food Bundt Cake

Easter scene for a chocolate Devil's Food bundt cake.
Looking for a super simple Easter or Spring cake? Are a beginner baker, or just wanting something with minimal decorating skills required? Look no further than this Easter Devil's Food Bundt Cake.
Caro @ Caroline’s Easy Baking Lessons
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling/Setting Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Serving Size 8 Slices

Equipment

  • Scales or measuring cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Mixing bowls
  • Hand/stand mixer
  • Spatula or Wooden Spoon
  • Bundt pan/Ring Cake Tin (Mine was 25cm/10" diameter and 8cm(3") deep – see notes)
  • Lining Paste or equivalent for greasing (Cake release spray, butter & cocoa, or make your own Lining Paste)
  • Timer
  • Cooling rack
  • Baking/parchment paper

Ingredients

For The Cake Batter

  • 140 grams Plain/Dark Chocolate (5 oz, Bitter chocolate, or combination – see ingredient notes)
  • 100 ml Milk (3¼ fl oz, ⅔ cup, any kind of milk)
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 156 grams Butter, unsalted & cubed (5½ oz, ⅔ Cup)
  • 140 grams Light Brown Sugar (5 oz, ¾ cup – packed)
  • 3 Eggs, medium – large, separated (US – large – XLarge)
  • 4 tbsp Greek Yoghurt (Low/Full Fat, see alternatives in Ingredient Notes)
  • 200 grams Plain Flour (7 oz, 1⅔ cups, A.P. flour)
  • 1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda (Baking Soda)
  • 1 tsp Coffee Granules (instant granules, or ¾ tsp Espresso powder)

For The Glaze

  • 250 grams Icing Sugar, sieved (8¾ oz, 2 cups Powdered Sugar, sieved)
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 4 tbsp Milk, or water (Approximate, may need little less/more, will be added gradually)

Instructions

  • Weigh out the butter, while cubing it & leave out on the worktop/counter to soften & come to room temperature. I like to cut into rough squares, about 1¼cm (½″) size as smaller surface area comes to room temperature quicker. See Photo 1 for an idea. But if you forget or are short on time, try this hack I reviewed, for Softening Butter In About 12 Minutes.
    Small cubes of butter to soften faster - photo 1.

To Make The Cake Batter

  • Begin by breaking up the chocolate into pieces, before melting in the microwave, in 30 second bursts. Do not heat any longer than 30 seconds or you run the risk of burning and ruining your chocolate. Mix in-between each 30 second burst. Alternatively, you can melt the chocolate in a bowl on top of a pan with barely simmering water. See Photo 2 below.
    Melting chocolate and pouring in milk - photo 2.
  • Once melted, add in your milk and then the cocoa gradually, whisking together until relatively smooth. See Photo 3 & 4 below.
    Mixing the milk into the melted chocolate and spooning in coffee granules - photo 3.
  • Pre-heat your oven to: 170°c/150°c Fan Oven/325°c/Gas Mark 3.
    2 photo collage ofadding cocoa to coffee and mixing with milk - photo 4.
  • Next, mix lightly by hand, the softened cubed butter with the sugar, before beating with your hand/stand mixer till creamed together. The mixture will be spreadable and relatively smooth. Don't worry at this stage, about over-mixing. You want to incorporate as much air into the batter as possible. See Photo 5 below.
    Mixing cubed butter and white and light brown sugar and then it creamed and smooth - photo 5.
  • Then beat in the egg yolks, yoghurt and melted chocolate mixture, mixing well in-between each addition. Then beat for 1 minute until some volume is created. See Photo 6.
    Adding egg, yoghurt, chocolate mixture and whipped collage - photo 6.
  • Sieve over the flour and Bicarbonate Of Soda (Baking Soda), and fold in gently by hand. Fold like the spatula is your pen and the batter your paper, as if you were writing a number '8'. This helps to reduce knocking out air you already incorporated into the batter. See Photo 7 below. A rubber or silicone spatula is advised, rather than something metal.
    Folding in the flour and batter after folding - photo 7.
  • In another bowl, whisk your egg whites, till firm peaks are formed. Be sure to use a bigger bowl than would normally fit the egg whites, as they will increase in volume. See Photo 8.
    Egg whites in a bowl before and after whisking to stiff peaks - photo 8.
  • Finally, fold the whisked egg whites into the prepared cake batter. Do so in increments of 3. Folding in a ⅓ of the whites to begin with, will be a little easier, and loosen the batter a little, making the next 2 additions easier to incorporate. Gradual and gentle folding, again to stop knocking out the air that is in the whisked egg whites. Fold only until no more white is visible and be sure to check the bottom of the bowl.
    4 photo collage of slowly adding whisked egg whites into chocolate cake batter - photo 9.

Bake The Cake

  • Prepare your bundt pan by greasing really well. You can use softened butter and cocoa (see my Lining Cake tins lesson), or use what I find extremely good for bundt pans – lining paste. This is homemade, and less expensive than cake release spray, or using butter and flour. It is made from flour, vegetable oil & vegetable shortening, quick to make and stored in the fridge, ready to use whenever you need to grease something. Click to go to lining paste recipe. Applied generously, your cake will not stick in the bundt pan. As the cake is dark coloured, I take out 2 tbsp of the lining paste from the jar, and place in a small bowl, to which I add about ½ tsp cocoa powder. Mix these together, and it will make the paste a beige colour. I do this for any darker coloured cake.
    White lining paste and small amount of cocoa in a glass dish and 2nd pic of it mixed together - photo 10.
  • Apply the lining paste with a brush (I use artist brushes), to the inner 'tube' of the bundt pan, in upward stokes (vertical). Then the bottom and up the sides, again in vertical strokes upwards. This encourages the growth upwards, and means no friction for when it is time to release the cake. Apply thickly, and use all the lining paste you prepared. See Photo 11 below.
    The bundt pan lined with the brown lining paste and then filled with batter - photo 11.
  • Next gently pour and spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan, letting it fall naturally. Then even out gently and give the pan a few gentle taps on the counter/worktop, before popping in the oven. See Photo 11 above.
  • Bake the bundt cake for about 45 – 55 minutes until well risen, starting to come away from the sides of the pan, and a wooden cocktail stick, comes out clean of crumbs. See Photo 12 below.
    Overhead shot of a chocolate Devil's food bundt cake baked and on a cooling rack - photo 12.
  • Leave to cool in the bundt pan, on top of a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Then you can place in the fridge for another 10 minutes, to speed up the process. (Alternatively, just leave to cool for 30 minutes on the rack.
    Platter on top of the cake ton and then all turned over - photo 13.
  • Remove from the cooling rack, and place a large serving plate on top of the cake. Hold them all together and carefully flip everything over. See Photo 13 above. Place on the table and carefully lift the bundt pan off the cake. It should come off easy and you will be able to tell as you begin to lift the bundt pan. With lining paste, it literally just drops straight out. If you think it's still holding on a little, you can tap the top of the bundt pan a few times and try again. If you feel it's still not going to come out in one piece, turn back over and leave to cool another 10 minutes and try again. See Photo 14 below.
    The cake turned out of the tin in one piece and showing nothing in the tin - photo 14.
  • Leave to cool for about 20 minutes (or put back in the fridge for 10 minutes if in a hurry like me). See Photo 15. Meanwhile prepare the glaze.
    Chocolate bundt Cake out of tin up close - photo 15\

Prepare The Glaze/Icing

  • To make the chocolate glaze, simply add the sieved icing/powdered sugar and cocoa to a mixing bowl and mix together.
    Stages in adding cocoa to powdered sugar and gradually adding in milk - photo 16.
  • Gradually start to add the milk in to the sugar & cocoa mixture. I like to add in tbsp amounts to begin with and mix really well in-between adding more. I mix by hand, using a metal spoon and pushing down on the sugar, to get it to take on as much of the liquid as possible. This and adding gradually, in controlled amounts, will ensure you don't add too much milk. See Photo 16 above.
    The glaze getting paste like then thick glaze consistency - photo 17.
  • Once I have achieved a dark brown coloured thick paste, I then add in tsp amounts of milk, till I get closer to a pourable consistency. (See Photo 17 above). Then I add in ¼ or even ⅛ tsp amounts till I am happy. For the glaze to run nicely down your bundt, but not so much that it all puddles on the plate, thicker is better. You can test the thickness by lifting up with a spoon and watching as you let it fall back into the bowl. Thick, but can still run off relatively easily. If worried, too thick is better as you can spread it on and encourage some of it to fall down the sides. See Photo 18 below.
    **If not decorating the cake till later, make the glaze later too, as it will thicken.
    Thick but pourable dripping glaze off a spoon - photo 18.

Decorate The Cake

  • Once the cake is cooled (never add a glaze to a warm or hot cake – drizzle is the only exception to this), you can add on the prepared glaze. If not decorating till later, make the glaze later. Begin by cutting out 4 squares of baking/parchment paper and placing partially under the cake, leaving some to cover the plate. This is how you can decorate and have a clean plate at the end. See Photo 19 below.
  • To start, slowly spoon some of the glaze on the top-most edge of the bundt cake. Spreading on with the back of a spoon is good and can encourage it to go where you want. I let it fall towards the middle of the cake first. Once this area was covered, I moved on to spooning some nearer the top edge of the cake and letting it slowly fall down the side of the cake. You can encourage it down with your spoon if needed. This I find better than it running too quickly as it would mean that it's too runny and thin.
    Gradually adding the chocolate glaze to the bundt cake - photo 19.
  • Then gradually work your way around, letting drips fall down at intervals, or at points on the cake if there were ridges in your bundt pan. Once on, you can carefully go around and fill in any gaps until you are happy. There will be left-over glaze, so you could fill the centre more if you want, or just keep for serving. See Photo 19 above.
  • You could add sprinkles at this stage if you liked, just before letting it set up. It will take 15 – 30 minutes, depending on the environment. For this photo shoot, I was loosing light so using the fridge a lot!
  • Once set, you can go ahead and pull out the 4 pieces of paper from under the cake. Be careful of the glaze that is in the middle when removing.
    Trying the decrated eggs in the middle of the bundt pan and then cutting to fit - photo 20.
  • Now you can decorate however you like. Before baking the cake, I had measured my faux eggs as I knew the stakes were too tall for the cake. You can also use the tin as a guide. I simply cut off the ends, and you can wrap the cut ends in cling film/plastic wrap or even foil so it is not touching the cake. Then it was simply a case of positioning in the centre of the cake. See Photo below.
    Devils food bunt cake with spring easter decorative eggs in the centre.

Serving

  • Simply slice and enjoy! You will get at least 8 slices out of this cake (depending on how thick you cut the slices of course). Serve with some cream, or even better still – ice-cream! I enjoyed best with strawberry ice-cream.
    Partial shot of a Devil's food chocolate cake with chocolate shiny glaze, with one slice removed.

Storing

  • Store left-overs on a cake stand with dome, for up to 2 days. Alternatively, store in a cake tin and it will last about 3 or 4 days.
    Slice of chocolate devils food bundt cake up close served.

Freezing

  • You can freeze the cooled cake, as a whole or in slices and decorate when you are ready to eat. I have not tested freezing with the glaze on (the cake was gone in 1 day!). However, I have frozen my Pineapple & Coconut Banana Bread and the glaze on that was still good after freezing
    Close shot of a Devilsfood chocolate cake slice with icecream on top and partial scoop eatten to the side, with sprinkles on top.

Notes

Notes On Ingredients

Instead of the Greek yoghurt, you could use creme fraiche or sour cream.
Coffee granules is added to the cake batter, to enhance the chocolate flavour from the cocoa powder. Decaffeinated coffee can be used, or espresso powder (use 3/4 tsp). Alternatively, 1 tsp of quality Vanilla Extract could be substituted for coffee.
The Cake Tin I used
I used a Masterclass 25cm fluted ring cake pan.   25cm (under 10”) wide, inner tube approx. 5cm (2”) & depth of tin 8cm (3”).  The cake when baked, does not fill the entire tin.  So based on the volume I have measured to fill the tin, I would suggest an equivalent tin of 10 cup volume. 
See more easy cake recipes
See more Easter Bakes
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Or Valentine’s Day recipes.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy, beginner

Rating: 1.5 out of 5.

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Chocolate glazed Devil's food chocolate bundt cake, with large faux Easter eggs int he centre and Bunny ornament to the back.

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4 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This is a great recipe. So easy to make. I use it all year round but at Easter it’s lovely with all the eggs added for decorations. The grandchildren love it and the icing is yummy!

  2. (5/5)

    5 stars
    This really is such an easy cake to make, and this icing is just amazing and almost chocolate fudge like

  3. This cake looks amazing! The eggs on top look just like the proper Cadburys min eggs, which are my absolute fav!

  4. Absolutely loved this recipe. Not going to lie…I didn’t make it in Easter! Haha

    I made it yesterday when my kids came over…they love making cakes and they loved eating and making this one. Thabkyou for the recipe xx

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