18 to 22 servings.
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
All-purpose flour or cake flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking powder
Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder (Special Dark Version)
Instant decaf coffee
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
Sour cream (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Dark chocolate extract
Confectioners’ sugar
Tools you’ll need
Hand or stand mixer.
Nordic ware anniversary bundt pan.
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients (All-purpose or cake flour mixture)
Step 1- Sift 3 cups all-purpose flour or cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Vanilla cream mixture)
Step 2- Add 2/3 cup whole milk (Room temp), 2/3 cup sour cream (Room temp), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon butter extract into a separate medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients with a whisk until combined and set aside.
Cake batter
Step 3- Add 3 sticks unsalted butter (Softened and at room temp) and 3 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl or large bowl. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 4- Add 5 large eggs (Room temp) one at a time while mixing on a medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5- Add the all-purpose or cake flour mixture and the vanilla cream mixture into the batter 3 separate times. Mix on a medium-low speed each time for 15 to 20 seconds or until combined.
Separating and flavoring the batter
Step 6- Divide the batter into 2 separate bowls. Weight of batter in each bowl is 2 pounds. If you cannot weight the batter, divide the batter into each bowl as evenly as possible. Bowl 1 will be for the chocolate cake batter and bowl two will be the vanilla cake batter.
Bowl 1 Chocolate cake batter
Step 7- Add 1 tablespoon hot water, 1/2 teaspoon instant decafe coffee, and 1 teaspoon dark chocolate extract into a small glass bowl and stir. From there pour it directly into the cake batter. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder (Special dark version) Stir all ingredients together with a whisk until combined and set aside.
Bowl 2 Vanilla cake batter
Note- If you have vanilla instant pudding available, you can add 1 tablespoon of that if you like just as an enhancement. This is not included in the recipe video on YouTube. It’s just something extra to add if you like.
Step 8- Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon vanilla instant pudding (Optional). Stir all ingredients together with a spoon or whisk until combined and set aside.
Assembling and baking the cake
Note- You can add either the vanilla or chocolate cake batter first into the Bundt pan and go from there.
Spray Bundt pan with Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 9- Add Chocolate cake batter into baking pan. Spread around pan with a spatula. Shake bundt pan and tap it with your hands to make batter more even.
Step 10- Carefully add Vanilla cake batter on top of the chocolate cake batter. Spread batter around pan with a spatula. Shake bundt pan and tap it with your hands to make batter more even.
Step 11- Place into a preheated 325-degree oven one rack above the bottom rack. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Once the baking time has ended, remove the cake from the oven. Toothpick inserted into the cake should come out clean. Let the cake cool for 3 to 4 hours before removing it from the Bundt pan.
Vanilla icing and decoration
Step 12- Add 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoons warm whole milk, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon butter extract into a small bowl. Stir all ingredients together until the icing is creamy and smooth with no visible lumps. From there pour half of the icing onto half of the cake. Reserve the other half of the icing to make the chocolate icing in step 13.
Chocolate icing and decoration
Step 13- Add 1/4 teaspoon Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder (Special dark version) and 1/4 teaspoon dark chocolate extract into the bowl with the left-over vanilla icing. Stir all ingredients together until combined.
Step 14- Pour chocolate icing on top of the opposite half of the Bundt cake. Let set for 15 to 30 minutes and the cake is ready to be served.
YouTube instructional video
