I am so excited to share today's post with you all! Two reasons: amazing cake and cake stand giveaway!!
December is a month of sharing and giving. To show my appreciation to you, my sweet readers, I teamed up with one of the most talented wood cake stand makers to give you a chance to win a gorgeous cake stand!
But let's talk about this cake first.
Triple Chocolate Molasses Cake.
If you are looking for a festive cake for Christmas gathering, this one is just right. Anyone will appreciate a chocolate cake. Make it a triple chocolate and people will be fighting for the last crumb!
Here is the deal with bundt cakes. They are beautiful and festive. They feed a crowd. But boy, are they a pain to get out of the pan! I always have my fingers crossed it will come out without problems.
So you can imagine my excitement when this baby slipped out of the pan with ease! Nothing got stuck to the pan! I was jumping from joy!
I love chocolate molasses combination and as a true chocoholic, I amped the chocolate amount to three. 🙂 There is cocoa powder in the cake along with mini chocolate chips and the whole bundt is finished off with a chocolate molasses glaze.
Hello delicious!
Molasses bundt cake
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
- 3 c all-purpose flour
- ¼ c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ c mini chocolate chips
- ½ c unsulphured molasses
- 1 c vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ¼ c milk
- ¼ c unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 c boiling water
FOR THE GLAZE:
- 2 oz . semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ⅔ c powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon to 2 hot water
Instructions
- Grease well and generously flour the bundt pan. Set aside.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients ( flour, cocoa, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, salt ). Add chocolate chips and stir.
- In a large mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat together molasses, oil, eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Mix until all combined and smooth.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients. Add the boiling water and fold in until all combined.
- Pour the batter into prepared pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
- Immediately flip the cake onto a cake plate. Place the plate over the bundt and turn out. Be careful! The bundt pan is hot!
- For the glaze: melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Take off the heat when only few butter bits are left. Whisk smooth. Let cool to room temperature. Sift powdered sugar over the melted chocolate and whisk in. Add molasses and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Add water to get the glaze to a drizzling consistency. Pour over cooled cake.
Nutrition
A perfect celebration cake!
Priscilla says
Beautiful cake! Need a tall glass of milk!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Oh yes! 🙂 Thanks, Priscilla!
Lynsey Peek says
This cake looks amazing! But how could it not? Chocolate, sugar, butter and molasses...my favorite things!
I just recently came across your blog...I LOVE it! I can't wait to read through more of your recipes!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Aww, thank you so much, sweet Lynsey!!
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
Wow, this is one beautiful cake. I love bundt cakes! You should join the #bundtamonth group host by Bakerstreet and Cake Duchess every month; it's so fun. So, I found this wonderful product to help assist the cake out of the pan. It's called Bak-Klene ZT spray. It's amazing! I purchased it from Williams-sonoma. Best 10 bucks I ever spent.
CrunchyCreamySw says
I am on it, Jennie! Thank you so much for the tip! PS: I have been following the group for a while now. I would love to join. Always beautiful bundt cakes!
Katie Smith says
This looks great! Can't wait to try.
CrunchyCreamySw says
It's as good as it looks! Thank you, Katie!
Cathy Pollak says
Beautiful Cake, beautiful stuff!! Wow!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Cathy!
amy donovan says
Oh wow, that cake looks soooo amazing. I've been on a big chocolate kick lately, so I so wish I had a slice in front of me right now. And what a gorgeous cake stand!
CrunchyCreamySw says
You will love this cake, Amy! The flavors are incredible! Thank you!
fromajolie says
The wood stand is very unique; gorgeous!
CrunchyCreamySw says
It truly is! Thank you!
Valerie says
I love bundt cakes! (Unfortunately they love their pan more than they love me...they're always clinging to it like koala bears.) This looks scrumptious!!
CrunchyCreamySw says
I always have the same problem - just this time it came out in one piece! 🙂 Thank you so much, Valerie!
CrunchyCreamySw says
I love it too! Thanks, Kara!
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} says
I'm trying to enter but Rafflecopter is down as it just keeps giving me an error message. I'll try again later.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Hmmm, looks fine from here... Hope it will work for you!
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} says
Must've been down when I tried. It's working now. Thanks again, Anna.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Great!
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} says
Wow, what a cake Anna! I love molasses so I know I'd love this. On the ingredients, it says unsulphured molasses, what's the difference? Is it the black liquid molasses? I normally substitute for black treacle which seems very, very close (according to Wikipedia).
And a great giveaway too. I have a friend in the US that's willing to ship over anything I *may* win so I'm assuming it's OK to enter too? I'll be keeping my fingers crossed since I need more cake stands and those are amazing too.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Hi Lisa! I always bake with unsulphured molasses instead blackstrap. The blackstrap kind is too bitter. So if the black treacle is the same as unsulphured - go with it! Thanks for entering the giveaway!
Curry and Comfort says
Woah... this cake is my kind of cake... triple chocolate! I love a good drizzle on a bundt cake too... and with molasses. I have never worked with molasses before, but I recently bought some so now I have a reason to use it. 🙂 PS... fantastic giveaway. 🙂
CrunchyCreamySw says
Oh oh oh! You have to make this cake then! You will love it! I just know it! Thank you, Ramona!
Beth Cato says
The cake looks amazing and delicious, and the cake stand is lovely!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Beth!
Nancy says
Anna, you and I are on the same holiday baking wavelength - first those delicious cranberry bliss bars, now chocolate molasses cakes! Your bundt looks amazeballs. So dark, decadent and moist. And that gorgeous, thick chocolate molasses glaze takes it over the top!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Because great minds and bakers minds think alike!! 🙂 Thanks, Nancy!!
Jessica says
What a delicious looking cake!!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Jessica!
Angie says
The cake looks so moist and tempting!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you, Angie!