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Double Chocolate Red Wine Bundt Cake

Double Chocolate Red Wine Bundt Cake is the best double chocolate cake recipe with red wine and chocolate glaze. Perfect Christmas bundt!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Double Chocolate Red Wine Bundt Cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 1 bundt
Author 2pots2cook

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks + 5 tsp unsalted butter (250 grams)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar (250 grams)
  • 2 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (300 grams)
  • 2 Tbsp baking powder
  • ½ cup bittersweet chocolate, melted
  • 2/3 cup red wine
  • Raisins to taste
  • Ingredients for chocolate glaze:
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup whipping cream

Instructions

  1. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature before you start the process.

  2. Oil and flour the 8 cups volume bundt cake pan.

  3. Preheat the oven to 180 C/ 356 F.

  4. Separate yolks from egg whites.

  5. Mix the yolks, powdered sugar and butter.

  6. Melt the chocolate.

  7. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, wine, vanilla extract, and chocolate to the yolk mixture. Raisins are optional and you add them to taste.

  8. Whisk egg whites in another medium sized bowl, until stiff peaks form.

  9. Fold egg whites into yolk mixture. Do it by hand, very gently, using spatula.

  10. Pour the mixture to the baking pan.

  11. Bake for 35 – 40 minutes at 180 C / 356 F or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes our clean.

  12. For chocolate ganache, combine semisweet chocolate chips and whipping cream and melt it on low heat to get silky ganache.

  13. Pour it over cooled bundt and garnish with your favourite Christmas sprinkles.