Mini Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

This mini bundt cake recipe makes the most delicious chocolate bundt cakes you have tasted. It’s so easy to make these mini bundt cakes at home – and they taste just as good as Nothing Bundt cakes! 

Have you ever been to Nothing Bundt Cakes? They make these delicious and cute mini bundt cakes – in a variety of flavors. They are all delicious, but the chocolate is my favorite. Chocolate anything is always my favorite. One of their trademarks? Each little cake has lots of delicious cream cheese frosting on it. Yum!

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I recently had a Pampered Chef party and bought a mini bundt tray that makes 6 mini bundt cakes at once. I was so excited because my mom had this bundt cake recipe that I wanted to make. This recipe makes buying a mini bundt pan totally worthwhile!

If you don’t have a mini bundt pan, I highly recommend getting one. You will impress everyone when you serve these mini bundt cakes! It’s the perfect dessert to make when you are taking a meal – or simply want to serve individual desserts for company.

I actually made 30 of these mini bundt cakes last week for all the teachers at my son’s school (for National Lutheran School’s Week) and then made another batch of 16 later in the week for all of the students in my husband’s 8th grade class. Everyone who tries these cakes loves them!

I love this recipe because it is much cheaper than going to Nothing Bundt Cakes. There, you get one cake for $4.50. With this recipe, I can make 12 homemade bundt cakes for less than the price of 1 store bought one! 

It is also an incredibly easy recipe. You have the cakes mixed up in a matter of minutes – no mixer required! The frosting takes a bit more time, but it is definitely time well spent. This cream cheese frosting recipe that I use? It is simple and oh so decadent. I could easily eat it by the spoonful and yes, have done so on occasion. Ahem. I’m usually more of a frosting girl than a cake one – but these cakes? I love everything about them.

Here’s my recipe for chocolate mini bundt cakes with cream cheese frosting. 

Bundt Cake Ingredients:

For the cake:
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 box (3.4 oz) instant chocolate pudding
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup water
2 cups (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

For the frosting:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 – 4 cups powdered sugar

How to Make Copycat Nothing Bundt Cakes:

In a large bowl, mix together the chocolate cake mix and pudding. Add eggs and sour cream. Stir in melted butter and water. Stir until completely mixed.

Add in chocolate chips. Pour into mini bundt cakes. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes, or until top springs back lightly when touched.

Remove from oven and flip cakes from the pan. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Meanwhile, with a mixer, cream together softened cream cheese and butter. Add in vanilla.

Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting reaches the desired consistency. Put frosting into a piping bag and pipe cream cheese frosting over the bundt cakes.

Additional Tips for Baking Mini Bundt Cakes:

You do not need to use a mixer for the cakes – simply stir in a large bowl with a spatula.

My mini bundt cake pan is a Pampered Chef one (very similar to this bundt pan). Read your directions with your pan carefully because my bundt cake pan does not need to be greased – and the cakes fall out easily every time. If your pan does need to be greased, be sure to do so.

If your bundt cake pan is smaller – or larger – you can definitely use this recipe, but will need to adjust the cooking times accordingly.

I use my medium cookie scoop to fill my bundt cake pan. It takes about 3 full scoops to fill each mini cake pan. I have 3 different sizes of scoops and use my cookie scoops all the time! They are definitely one of my favorite kitchen tools.

Make sure your cream cheese and butter are truly softened before making your frosting. You need a mixer for this part of the recipe. Cream the butter and cream cheese and add the powdered sugar until your frosting reaches the desired consistency. It is generally right around 3 1/2 cups for me.

When you are piping your frosting, I have learned (since taking these pictures) to use a Number 12 piping tip – and a disposable frosting bag. This will make frosting much easier! You can put your frosting in a disposable sandwich bag and clip off the corner (as I did for the bundt cakes in these pictures). That works in a pinch but the Number 12 tip doesn’t cost much and makes your cakes look even more like the copycat cakes they are!

When piping the frosting, start right near the top and curve over and down the cake. If you hold the cake in your hand and turn it as you go, it is easier to frost that way.

Since there is cream cheese in the frosting, you can store the frosted cakes in the fridge. If you are serving them within a couple hours of frosting, out on the counter is fine.

Another option is always to make the cakes and the frosting ahead of time, but to frost shortly before serving so your cakes can stay out at room temperature. There are lots of options! Just choose the one that works best for you.

Looking for more delicious chocolate desserts?

If you want another individual treat, try making these perfect homemade buckeyes that always impress. You can’t eat just one!

Want a quicker buckeye option? Try making this decadent buckeye cake that everyone loves.

If you are looking for something different than your traditional chocolate chip cookies, try baking chocolate chip shortbread cookies. It’s a light and tender chocolate cookie that will become a family favorite.

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Mini Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

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These mini chocolate bundt cakes are easy and delicious. These bundt cakes are a perfect copycat recipe for Nothing Bundt Cakes!

Ingredients

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For the cake:

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 1 box (3.4 oz) instant chocolate pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 cups (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

For the frosting:

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 1/24 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the chocolate cake mix and pudding.
  2. Add eggs and sour cream.
  3. Stir in melted butter and water.
  4. Stir until completely mixed.
  5. Add in chocolate chips.
  6. Pour into mini bundt cakes. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and flip cakes from the pan. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
  8. With a mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter.
  9. Add in vanilla.
  10. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting reaches the desired consistency.
  11. Put frosting into a piping bag and pipe cream cheese frosting over the bundt cakes.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bundt cake

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24 Comments

  1. I made these yesterday. I used the general recipe to make a red velvet version and a chocolate peanut butter version too. Everyone thought I bought them at a store. Putting the batter into a gallon ziploc bag and cutting a corner was the easiest way to fill the pan with batter. I used PAM Baking spray with flour on the pans and the cakes all came right out of the pans. I did use a small pastry brush to make sure all of the nooks and cranny’s were covered with oil.






    1. Love this idea to put the batter in a ziploc bag and squeeze it in the pan! Great idea, Stephanie! So glad you – and everyone you shared them with – loved the recipe! It is an easy one to tweak, so thanks for sharing your variations!

  2. I have the Pampered Chef 6 mold pan. Was wondering how the second 6 will turn out if the batter sits while the first 6 are baking. Do they still rise or does the batter lose its oompf?

    1. The second batch rise just as nicely as the first, in my baking experience. The little bit of extra sitting time for the batter doesn’t make a difference! 🙂

    1. Good question! I used the 6 cavity cake pans – and filled them twice….for a total of 12 mini bundt cakes. That is what the recipe is written for. I didn’t know there was a 12 cavity cake pan, but if that is what you have, I’m sure you could use it. Just fill them 2/3 of the way full, and shorten the baking time.

  3. I am really looking forward to making these, however, I am curious if I need to spray the tins first. Thanks!

    1. Good question! My Bundt pan from Pampered Chef is a nonstick Bundt pan and does not require nor recommend using spray. I would follow the directions of your Bundt pan for best results. If you typically grease, then yes, I would recommend you do the same for this recipe.

  4. Tried this recipe recently but made in a large bundt pan and it was delish. My husband swears this recipe is the best cake I’ve ever made, and we’ve made a lot together LOL. Great recipe and we’re making another this week.






  5. I made it into a big Bundt cake and it was delicious but for some reason the chocolate chips melted, also I could only find a chocolate fudge cake not just regular chocolate, could I use a devils food cake?

    1. Hi, Maria! You can use any variety of chocolate cake mix you choose. Any of them work – fudge or devils food or whatever! You can actually even substitute a yellow cake mix for a fun twist on recipe, if you don’t want as much chocolate. 🙂 As for the chocolate chips melting, occasionally that happens (I think it depends on the brand) when baking a big bundt cake since you are baking it longer. Thankfully, you are right, it is still delicious! I’m glad you like the recipe!

  6. The most perfect, moist, chocolate cake you will ever bake. It rivals Nothing Bundt cakes sold around here. So delicious!






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