Chocolate Pudding Bundt Cake

This chocolate pudding bundt cake is pure chocolate lover’s heaven! Rich, deeply chocolatey, and super moist, this cake gets rave reviews and recipe requests every time I serve it.

Chocolate Pudding Bundt Cake

It’s almost embarrassing to admit that this super easy bundt cake with cake mix and pudding seems to be everyone’s favorite chocolate cake! I’ve been making this since I was a newlywed with next to no kitchen skills.

For as long as I can recall, pretty much every time I serve this cake, someone asks for the recipe. It’s so rich, so very chocolate-y, moist every time, and perfect for literally any occasion. Serve it plain for a casual lunch or dress it up with this thick chocolate glaze for a decadent company dessert.”

Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake

The recipe calls for pudding and sour cream, which are both excellent ways to ensure a more moist and tender crumb in the finished cake. It’s hard to believe that this chocolate pudding bundt cake comes from a box.

The chocolate chips give depth to this recipe by adding texture and providing little bursts of intense chocolate flavor. And, who doesn’t like the way gooey chocolate pulls apart?

One of the added benefits of using chocolate chips is that you can alter the taste to suit your preference. You can get milk, semi-sweet, and dark chocolate chips are pretty much any grocery store.

Left to my own devices, I would use dark chocolate chips every time I make this recipe. But, I typically use semi-sweet morsels to ensure my baking appeals to the taste buds of everyone at my table.

Cake Mix Recipes

If you’ve reached this page after searching for how to make a bundt cake from a cake mix, then you’re in luck. Because this cake is pure bliss.

Our recipe makes a boxed cake mix into a luxurious cake! Chocolate pudding makes the crumb tender and velvety. Sour cream makes for a rich cake. And those gooey chocolate chips in a warm cake fresh from the oven? That’s pure heaven!

Whether you top the cake with a silky smooth chocolate glaze, a peanut butter glaze, or leave it au naturel (as my brother prefers it), this cake is a a guaranteed hit. And BONUS: It is so ridiculously easy to make it almost feels indecent.

If you’re looking for other excellent cake mix hacks, look no further! Buttery crunchy toffee and candy bar pieces are layered with cool whip atop a dessert so deliriously rich, this Heath Bar cake should carry a warning label.

Two-ingredient pineapple angel food cake is a fun treat that takes nearly no effort to make! And rich chocolate cake filled with sweet juicy cherries and topped with fluffy whipped cream is a dream come true with this Easy Black Forest Cake recipe.

Chocolate Bundt Cake with Cake Mix

You’ll need the following ingredients to make this recipe:

• chocolate cake mix
• chocolate pudding mix
• eggs
• canola oil
• warm water or coffee
• sour cream
• chocolate chips

Pudding Bundt Cake

Get started by preheating your oven to 325°F. Grease a 10-12 cup bundt pan well with butter, or you can use a baking spray and coat with flour. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake and pudding mixes with the eggs, oil, water, and sour cream. Beat with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds to combine. Then, add the chips and stir throughout.

The batter will be very thick. Scoop it into the prepared bundt pan. Then, pop it into the oven and bake for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes. Invert the pan over a plate or cooling rack to remove the triple chocolate cake. It should come right out, if the pan was sufficiently greased.

If not, you can lightly smack the bundt pan to jostle it loose. If that doesn’t work, a knife can be used to pry the cake from the pan as a last resort.

But, this will likely damage your cake. And if you prep your pan right, should never be necessary.

Allow the cake to cool completely on the rack before glazing, or dusting it with powdered sugar. These are my favorite cooling racks for baking because they stack vertically to save counter space.

Cake Mix Bundt Cake with Pudding

Baked to perfection in a bundt pan, this cake mix is one of my go-to recipes when I need a tasty, simple dessert to take to a potluck or for hosting guests. I also get great results with these cake mix cupcakes.

If you feel like making something more involved than a cake mix bundt cake, you can’t go wrong with some classic buckeyes, or these fabulous chocolate chip cookies made with browned butter and oatmeal.

And, if you’ve never made this recipe for homemade brownies, you’re missing out. They would be perfect for making this brownie ice cream.

Brown sugar is the star of the show in this homemade Brown Sugar Icing with notes of caramel and molasses mingling in this pourable, dreamy frosting.

{originally published 4/25/23 – recipe notes and photos updated 4/10/25}