Toffee Chocolate Bundt Cake
A rich, decadent Toffee Chocolate Bundt Cake, made in a bunt pan, drizzled with dark chocolate frosting and chunks of toffee (Heath Candy bars broken up into pieces), or toffee pieces. Delicious and so easy to throw together in no time–and serve!
I love a good chocolate cake! And anytime is a good time to make an easy chocolate toffee bundt cake, especially when it involves chocolate frosting and toffee pieces! This dark choclate bundt cake with toffee is a party favorite for sure. Pull it out of the oven, allow to cool, and then drizzle it with frosting. But the best part is adding chunks of toffee to the cake!
Toffee Chocolate Bundt Cake
Mm-m-m … the toffee chunks on this cake really make it unforgettable! :) We love to serve this toffee chocolate cake for any holiday. For chocolate lovers, it’s really the “icing on the cake!” What I also love about this bundt cake recipe that has been around for a long time (I remember my mom making this recipe!), is that you can change it up.
Why I love this cake
- It’s delightul for “toffee” lovers.
- Great party dessert to make ahead and bring to a potluck or party.
- Serves 10!
Gather these ingredients:
- Devil’s food cake mix
- Yogurt
- Eggs
- Chocolate instant pudding mix, (or whatever flavor you want)
- Oil
- Miniature semisweet chocolate chips: optional butterscotch
Frosting ingredients:
- Packed brown sugar
- Butter
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
- Premium cocoa powder
- Confectioners’ sugar
- Toffee chunks, chopped into large pieces (you can use Heath candy bar)
How do you make a chocolate toffee bundt cake?
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, yogurt, eggs, ½ cup warm water, pudding mix and ½ cup oil.
- Using a hand mixer (or stand mixer), beat the ingredients until combined, 1-2 minutes, until fluffy. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Prepare a bundt pan with cooking spray, and lightly dust with flour. Pour mixture into the bundt pan. Bake in preheated oven, 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven, and cool for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer cake from pan to wire rack; cool an additional 1 hour.
- For frosting, combine brown sugar, butter and milk in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract and cocoa powder. Cool to lukewarm.
- Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, and right away, drizzle over the cake.
- Add chopped toffee on top!
Tips and substitutions:
- This time, we added the toffee because, well, … we love toffee! But you can use any kind of chopped candy bar.
- The chocolate frosting is rich and creamy, and I’ve found that if you use a premium cocoa powder (like Guittard), it really makes a difference.
- Change up the pudding: Feel free to add different flavors of instant pudding. We’ve tried cheesecake and chocolate! So good!
- You can use any kind of full fat yogurt.
This is a great cake for the holidays—any holiday, really!
For now, I’m thinking Father’s Day, Fourth of July, Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s day!
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Toffee Chocolate Bundt Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 15 oz pkg devil’s food cake mix
- 1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
- 4 eggs
- ½ warm water
- 1 3.4-oz. pkg. chocolate instant pudding mix, or whatever flavor you want
- ½ cup vegetable oil, or canola
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips, optional, butterscotch
Frosting
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter, cubed
- ⅛ cup 2% milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup premium cocoa powder
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, + more, if needed
- ¼ cup toffee chunks, chopped into large pieces (or more)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, yogurt, eggs, ½ cup warm water, pudding mix and ½ cup oil.
- Using a hand mixer (or stand mixer), beat the ingredients until combined, 1-2 minutes, until fluffy. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Prepare a bundt pan with cooking spray, and lightly dust with flour. Pour mixture into the bundt pan. Bake in preheated oven, 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven, and cool for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer cake from pan to wire rack; cool an additional 1 hour.
Make the frosting:
- Combine brown sugar, butter and milk in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract and cocoa powder. Cool to lukewarm.
- Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, and right away, drizzle over the cake. Add chopped toffee (or candy) on top! Serve!
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That was an amazing cake and now it’s my favorite.
Help I tried making the frosting twice and both times once I start adding in the powder sugar it thickens up and so dry. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong following the directions help I can’t drizzle on the cake it’s like paste.
Hi there, I’m not sure! You can always add a drizzle of water or milk to thin out the frosting. That works every time!
Me too!!! Three times now. It’s still amazingly delicious but its so think I just kind of spread it.
You can always thin down the glaze by adding a couple teaspoons of water, milk, or cream. :)
I plan to add toffee bits to the batter. I bet it will be great!!
The cake is so simple and delicious! Very moist and a big win!
I don’t have a bundt pan so I’m wondering if I can bake this in a tube pan…like an angel food cake pan?
Hi Becky, I’ve never tried this cake in an angel food pan. I am not sure it would work. Let me know!
This cake is so awesome! My whole family just loves it!
Plus quick to make! Thank you for sharing!
Hi there, just a quick question can I use Heath Toffee Bits as a substitute for the toffee chunks?
Yes, you can!
Can I substitute apple sauce for oil in this recipe? It’s a common substitution and I can’t wait to make it!
I have not tried that substitution so I can’t recommend it. If you tried it and it worked, come back and let us know!
This was the 3rd recipe of yours I’ve tried and it too was a hit, knocked it out of the park! It’s so moist, the crunch from the toffee makes it just right! This is a fantastic dessert!