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If you love chocolate and strawberries, you have to try this marble bundt cake! Bundt cakes are one of my favorite things to make because they're so versatile. You can do Chocolate Bundt Cake, Lemon Raspberry Bundt Cake, and Banana Bundt Cake, the options are endless!
Made with a moist cake base and strawberry pudding, this Strawberry Bundt Cake is the perfect treat any time of year, but especially for Valentine's Day!
This Valentine's bundt cake is super easy to make. You will be surprised how easy it is to marble this easy bundt cake. We used simple ingredients that are easy to find at home.
Why we love Chocolate Strawberry Bundt Cake
- Show stopper dessert! - After one slice of this cake, everyone will want to see the beautiful layers and try it for themselves.
- Customizable - For the strawberry section, use a different flavor of instant pudding to switch up the flavors.
- Perfect dessert for Valentine's Day - Put this on your list of Valentine's Day must-haves, and your partner is sure to be surprised!
Bundt Strawberry Cake Ingredients
To make this strawberry bundt cake you'll need:
You'll also need:
Icing
You'll also need a bundt pan! Here are some of our favorite bundt cake pans:
- nonstick bundt pan- highly recommend this one! It's affordable and works great.
- fancier bundt pan
- fleur de lis bundt pan
We do not recommend silicone bundt pans!
Variations for this Valentines Bundt Cake
Customize your flavors! - Try replacing the Strawberry Instant Pudding with another flavor of Instant pudding. Some other options include:
- Banana Instant Pudding
- White Chocolate Instant Pudding
- Cheesecake Instant Pudding
- Pistachio Instant Pudding
How to make Strawberry Bundt Cake
- Beat together sugar and butter for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Then beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in flour and baking powder until blended, then add in milk and mix thoroughly.
- Split the batter evenly into two portions.
- Mix strawberry pudding powder with one bowl of batter.
- Mix cocoa powder and ½ cup milk in another bowl of batter.
- Pour the batter into a greased/floured bundt cake pan, 1 cup at a time, alternating all around to give it a “messy marbled” look.
- Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes before turning out, then cool completely.
- Make the icing by whisking powdered sugar, milk, and gel coloring together until blended. Drizzle over your cake and let it harden before serving.
How to store Valentine Bundt Cake
Storing: Store in an airtight container whether kept at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Store at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Freezing: If freezing the bundt cake unfrosted, double wrap the entire cake in plastic wrap before placing it in the freezer.
Thaw at room temperature for 6-8 hours before unwrapping and frosting.
Serving Valentines Bundt Cake
This Valentine's bundt cake is best served at room temperature and topped with strawberry glaze.
It would be delicious with a glass of cold milk or a mug of Hot Chocolate!
Strawberry Bundt Cake Substitutions
Salted Butter: Butter is essential to this recipe. We haven't tried it with dairy-free butter but it might work!
Sugar: We don't recommend substituting white sugar unless you have to, but White sugar can be used interchangeably with brown sugar. You can add 1 teaspoon of molasses to white sugar to make brown sugar. Check out this post on Sugar Substitutes for Baking for other ideas.
All Purpose Flour: We don't recommend substituting the flour, but you can check out this article on Cake Flour vs. All-Purpose Flour or Substitutions for All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder: Baking powder is essential for this recipe. Do NOT substitute with baking soda.
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on Egg Substitutions for Baking if you need to substitute. Try it at your own risk!
Milk: You can substitute milk with half and half, low-fat milk, or non-dairy milk.
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting.
Strawberry Instant Pudding: We don't recommend substituting the strawberry instant pudding since this ingredient is essential in this recipe.
Cocoa Powder: Any cocoa powder you have on hand should work well in this bundt cake recipe.
Pink Food Coloring: To maintain the pink and brown marble effect do not replace the pink food coloring. You can, however, opt for a natural pink food coloring. To make a green cake, check out this Matcha Cake Recipe!
Powdered Sugar: We don't recommend substituting powdered sugar in this recipe. Taste your powdered sugar before using to make sure it's fresh.
Making a Dry Cake Moist: This is a very moist cake recipe, but if you have trouble with it, check out this post for How To Make A Dry Cake Moist
Chocolate Strawberry Bundt Cake FAQs
The main ingredient that makes a cake a "Bundt" cake is the pan. A doughnut-like shaped pan with a hole in the middle.
Yes! Be aware that Bundt cake pans come in many different sizes, so choosing the correct size bundt pan will be essential in ensuring all of the regular cake mix fits in the pan.
Of course you can! The size of Bundt pans varies, so knowing how many cups of cake batter you have and how much your bundt pan holds will be important. A traditional bundt pan holds roughly 12-cups of batter.
A bundt cake pan is designed to not allow for much expansion which leads to a thick and moist cake!
Yes! This will help the cake to come out cleanly.
Because the pan creates a thick cake, bundt cakes will take longer to bake.
Alternate pouring in just a cup or so of each cake batter flavor at a time and swirling the batter in slightly to create the marble effect. If you love raspberry, try our Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake.
We love the strawberry frosting for this recipe. You could also try chocolate ganache, like the one from this chocolate bundt cake recipe.
They are dense and moist and look so beautiful, making them perfect for a gathering!
Other Bundt Cake Recipes:
Chocolate Strawberry Bundt Cake
Ingredients
Bundt Cake
- 1 cup salted butter 2 sticks
- 1 ½ cup white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk
For strawberry section:
For chocolate section:
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- 3 drops pink food coloring optional
Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 teaspoon milk
- 3 drops pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat together sugar and butter for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Then beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in flour and baking powder until blended, then add in milk and mix thoroughly.
- Split batter evenly into two portions.
- Mix strawberry pudding powder with one bowl of batter.
- Mix cocoa powder and ½ cup milk in other bowl of batter.
- Pour the batter into a greased/floured bundt pan, 1 cup at a time, alternating all around to give it a “messy marbled” or tie-dyed look.
- Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes before turning out, then cool completely.
- Make icing by whisking powdered sugar, milk, and gel coloring together until blended. Drizzle over your cake and let it harden before serving.
Doris mothersell
Butter ? Salted, unsalted ? Margarine ?
lifebeginswithdessert
Unsalted butter 🙂 Thanks I will update be sure to make that change in the post!