Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake is a rich chocolate cake topped with a smooth chocolate ganache. It’s a simple dessert that is always a hit.
RECIPE FEATURES
Budget Friendly – This recipe only needs basic pantry staples. No high cost ingredients
One Pot Recipe – Bakes up right in your Instant Pot saving on dishes
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Cake Mix – Triple Chocolate or Chocolate
Oil – Canola or Vegetable oil
Chocolate Chips – Semi Sweet or Milk Chocolate and mini chocolate chips
Whipping Cream – any brand of heavy whipping cream
You will also need eggs, and water for this recipe.
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1. In a large bowl, mix together the triple chocolate cake mix, eggs, water, and oil. Grease and flour a 7 inch bundt pan.
Step 2. Pour the cake batter into the bundt pan, about ¾ way full Add 1 cup water to the inner bowl of the instant pot. Place trivet inside.
Step 3. Make a foil sling and carefully lower filled bundt pan on top of trivet in the instant pot.
Loosely fold foil sling over the top of the bundt pan. Close lid and set to sealing.
Step 4. Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. Quick pressure release once timer has finished.
Step 5. Let cool on a cooling rack for 30-60 minutes.
Step 6. Use a knife to gently separate the cake from the sides of the bundt pan and empty the cake onto a wire rack above a cookie sheet
Step 7. Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until slightly boiling.Pour chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl. Pour heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and whisk until smooth
Step 8. Pour the ganache over the cake and let sit for a few minutes. Sprinkle some mini chocolate chips over the cake. Allow ganache to set before cutting and enjoying!
TIPS AND FAQS
You can use any type of chocolate cake mix that you like. I prefer the triple chocolate to make the richest tasting cake.
When making your chocolate ganache, semi sweet chocolate chips make a less sweet ganache, and milk chocolate would make a sweeter ganache.
If you want to take the decorations of the cake up a notch or two, top with fresh berries and whipped cream, or chocolate shavings or ribbons.
If you do not want to grease and flour the bundt pan, make sure that you use Pam baking spray instead. Baking spray has the flour included and will help your cake come out smoothly. Do not use regular Pam spray. That will still stick.
HOW TO STORE THIS CAKE
Store your Tripe Chocolate Bundt Cake in an air tight container on the counter. Be sure to keep your cake away from heat sources to prevent melting.
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Triple Chocolate Cake
Equipment
- Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Triple Chocolate Cake Mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cup water
- ½ cup canola oil
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips for topping
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the chocolate cake mix, eggs, water, and oil.
- Grease and flour a 7 inch bundt pan.
- Pour the cake batter into the bundt pan, about ¾ way full
- Add 1 cup water to the inner bowl of the instant pot. Place trivet inside.
- Make a foil sling and carefully lower filled bundt pan on top off trivet in the instant pot.
- Loosely fold foil sling over the top of the bundt pan.
- Close lid and set to sealing.
- Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes.
- Quick pressure release.
- Let cool on a cooling rack for 30-60 minutes.
- Use a knife to gently separate the cake from the sides of the bundt pan and empty the cake onto a wire rack above a cookie sheet
- Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until slightly boiling
- Pour chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl
- Pour heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and whisk until smooth
- Pour the ganache over the cake and let sit for a few minutes
- Sprinkle some mini chocolate chips over the cake
- Allow ganache to set before cutting and enjoying!
Vanilla cake mix (as in directions) or chocolate (as in ingredients)?
Thank you for catching my error! I shouldn’t write these so late at night! You need chocolate cake mix!
This looks amazing. Do you have a preferred bundt pan you like to use?
2 boxes cake mix ?
Yes, it does use two cake mixes. Remember that a bundt cake pan is bigger than a regular cake pan. In the Instant Pot a does not rise, nor become as “fluffy” as a regular cake because it steams instead of bakes. So, it is denser and more compact. I hope that helps!
Is TWO cake mixes correct? That sounds as though it would overfill the bundt pan.
Yes, it does use two cake mixes. Remember that a bundt cake pan is bigger than a regular cake pan. In the Instant Pot a does not rise, nor become as “fluffy” as a regular cake because it steams instead of bakes. So, it is denser and more compact. I hope that helps!