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    Caramel Chocolate Bundt

    Oct 22, 2013 by Lou Carruthers | This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

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    This caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

    And before we go any further, a bundt in the oven not a euphemism for anything... so stop getting excited!

    In fact it's the second Bundt that's been in my oven in the last week, as I've become a little fascinated by the distinctive ring style cake. I suppose I should really call it a Bundkuchen (that's the German side of me); as Bundt is the trademarked name given to the pan style by Nordicware back in the 50s and 60s, although it's argued that it's too generic.

    This caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

    For me, however, it's bundkuchen that evokes the most memories. My Grandmother was German, and I always remember when we visited their house in Ireland (yep that's right Ireland), that there was always a 'ring cake' in the tin, and it was always a yellow cake with pink and green swirls throughout it. If we were lucky, there may have been chocolate it there as well, but it's the bright colours that I remember the most. My other Granny was a Victoria sponge Goddess, but it was my Nana who was the 'Bundt' Queen.

    I've admired the Nordicware pans for sometime, but despite some fabulous designs and my bakeware addiction I've never felt a real need to buy one, especially as they rock in the lower end around £30.

    Anyway, it was the lovely Jules over at Butcher Baker, that broke the Bundt pan void in my collection, when she mentioned on her Facebook page that the ever fabulous Aldi had a bargain £2.99 pan available the other weekend. Our nearest Aldi is in Swindon, so it probably cost me more in fuel than the cost of the pan itself; but I filled my basket to off set my erm... carbon footprint?!

    aramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

    The pan arrived at just the right time, with celebrations a plenty with our anniversary, mine and Ian's Mum's birthday all in one week. There was no reason not to have cake, or test drive the pan!

    There are so many recipes for Bundt's out there; ideally I'd have loved my Nana's recipe but sadly is one that I never found out, and she took her secret to the grave with her. Jules' had test run her pan with success with a recipe from BBC Good Food. A quick glance through the recipe and it seemed to be fairly adaptable, so I gave a vanilla and chocolate swirled Bundt  with a chocolate glaze a whirl for Ian's Mum's birthday. I didn't have enough soured cream in the fridge so I substituted with crème fraîche, it worked a treat. Excellent, now it's my turn!

    This caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

    Now, it's me we're talking about so there's got to be chocolate involved, but my sweet tooth had been twitching ever since it spied the salted caramel sauce on Baking a Moment's Vanilla Malt Layer Cake. So I decided that whatever I created it HAD to have a caramel glaze. Up popped my version of my Nana's 3 colour Bundt... vanilla, caramel and chocolate.

    There was lots of tweaking and changes and I kept with the crème fraîche. You might think that it's going to add too much wetness to the cake, and it will be far too squidgy but it's not!

    What you do get is a moist cake, that's really melty; but it doesn't fall apart and it's not wet and sticky. It's actually just perfect for afternoon kaffee und kuchen, or post birthday dinner hangover breakfast!!

    I'm pretty much in love with the versatility of the Bundt, that I can see a proper pan in my future; maybe to celebrate National Bundt Day next month!

    This caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more! Perfect for afternoon tea, bake sales or just keeping to yourself!

    If you’ve been inspired to get into the kitchen and bake, then why not check out this other cakey combinations, go ahead and give these guys a click…

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    • Gingerbread latte layer cake
    • Cookie Dough layer cake

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    Caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more!

    Caramel Chocolate Bundt

    5 from 1 vote
    Servings: 12 slices
    Caramel zebra bundt cake, with swirls of chocolate and vanilla running through it will have you coming back for a more!
    Author: Lou Carruthers
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

    Ingredients
     

    Vanilla Layer

    • 60 g Unsalted butter
    • 90 g Caster sugar
    • 1 Egg medium
    • 90 g Plain flour
    • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
    • 75 g Crème fraîche

    Caramel Layer

    • 60 g Unsalted butter
    • 20 g Dark muscovado sugar
    • 70 g Light brown sugar
    • 1 Egg medium
    • 90 g Plain flour
    • ½ teaspoon Caramel Sauce
    • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
    • 75 g Crème fraîche

    Chocolate Layer

    • 60 g Unsalted butter
    • 90 g Light brown sugar
    • 1 Egg medium
    • 80 g Plain flour
    • 10 g Cocoa powder
    • 25 g 70% Chocolate melted
    • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
    • 75 g Crème fraîche

    To Finish

    • Caramel sauce warmed for drizzling - see salted caramel recipe
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    Instructions
     

    • Lightly grease an 8 inch diameter Bundt pan, then dust with flour. Tap off any excess flour.
    • Preheat oven to 180C or 160C (fan).
    • In a separate medium bowl, using a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar for the vanilla layer until pale and fluffy.
    • Add the egg to the bowl, and beat until well combined.
    • Sieve half the flour, for the vanilla layer, into the bowl, and add the baking powder. Gently fold into the mixture.
    • Add half the crème fraîche, for the vanilla layer, into the bowl, and gently mix through.
    • Add the remainder of the vanilla layer flour, and fold through.
    • Add the remainder of the vanilla layer crème fraîche and the vanilla extract, and mix through.
    • Repeat for the caramel and chocolate layers; so that you have 3 different flavours in 3 different bowls.
    • Using a table spoon, spread a layer of the vanilla mix across the bottom of the pan, then a layer of caramel, then a chocolate layer. Repeat until all the mix is layered.
    • Bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown or a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    • Let the cake cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
    • When cooled, drizzle over the warmed caramel sauce.

    Notes

    The layers in this recipe are all created separately but for a simpler version, you can mix up a larger batch of the vanilla layer and split this for adding different colours or flavourings.
    For the caramel sauce, you can either use shop brought, gently warmed through, or make you own. Check out the salted caramel sauce recipe

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1sliceCalories: 394kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 5gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 138mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28g

    Disclaimer

    The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.

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    Comments

    1. Lou

      September 09, 2018 at 7:38 pm

      I still love this recipe! It's perfect for a small celebration or the office bake off!

      Reply
    2. Chichi

      January 22, 2014 at 12:31 pm

      Can't wait to try out this recipe

      Reply
      • Louise

        January 24, 2014 at 5:12 pm

        Good luck! Hope you like it 🙂

    3. Javelin Warrior

      November 20, 2013 at 1:05 am

      This is gorgeous and I love the combination of chocolate with salted caramel. And the texture looks superb... Perfectly moist and crumbly... Thanks so much for sharing with Made with Love Mondays and welcome to the series!

      Reply
      • Louise

        November 22, 2013 at 10:57 pm

        Thank you. It was the perfect, non-fussy birthday cake. I'm desperate to make it again! Looking forward to linking up again soon 🙂

    4. Antonia

      November 03, 2013 at 11:02 am

      What a stunning Bundt. I have been rather longing for a Bundt tin for a while and think I may need to put one on my christmas list! Love the idea of the caramel glaze in particular - yum!

      Reply
      • Louise

        November 03, 2013 at 2:48 pm

        Thank you 🙂 I've been after a Bundt tin for ages too, the Aldi bargain was too good an opportunity to miss. I've my eye on a couple of Nordicware ones now as well. I've a recipe for the caramel that I use for lots of others things, that I most blog soon.

    5. Gloria

      October 23, 2013 at 6:32 pm

      look beautiful!!

      Reply
      • Louise

        October 23, 2013 at 7:19 pm

        Thank you Gloria, I think it tasted as good as it looks as well 🙂

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