Guinness Fudge Bundt Cake

Published: Mar 15, 2024 Last Updated: Mar 15, 2024 by Marye 1452 words. | About 8 minutes to read this article.

Dark chocolate bundt cake with a rich chocolate ganache glaze, all flavored with a touch of Guinness! Moist and delicious - even better the second day.

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Jump to Recipe

If you love chocolate, this cake will be a life-changing experience. It's so easy and so chocolatey!

Save this recipe by clicking on the ❤️ heart on the right-hand side of the screen or in the recipe card.

Table of Contents

this bundt is perfection
🗝️ Key takeaways
🧾 Ingredients
📖 Variations
🍴 Equipment
🎥 Video
🥫 How to store leftover Guinness fudge bundt cake
Expert tip:
💭 Things to know
👩‍🍳 FAQs
📚 Related recipes
📞 The last word
📖 Recipe
Pin for later
✍🏻 A note from Marye...
💬 Comments

this bundt is perfection

This is fabulous. I love a good Guinness cake, this bundt is perfection. That glaze is amazing.

Kim

🗝️ Key takeaways

Moist, fudgy dark chocolate cake that's even better the next day!
Perfect for potlucks, parties, or family dinners.
Dusting the pan with cocoa powder keeps the baked cake pretty.

Extra stout, double dark ales, and other really dark beers often have a chocolaty note that just works beautifully with chocolate.

The Guinness fudge bundt cake is deep, rich, dark chocolate, and the beer adds almost a coffee flavor to it. It keeps the cake moist, for sure. The ganache also has beer added to it. The richness of this cake is hard to describe - even for me and I love adjectives.

This is one of my favorite cakes, y'all. It's so moist and chocolatey, plus it's absolutely a dream to put together. The ganache glaze is always shiny and delicious.

It's a showstopper that's as perfect for a fancy dinner as it is for family movie night.

I think it is perfect for Valentine's Day, birthdays, or as a small snack when you have had a particularly difficult day - yes, I do mean the entire thing. If you have a PMS playlist, add this to the required food accompaniment.

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

📖 Variations

Use any dark beer you like.
Stir 1 cup chocolate chips into the cake batter before baking.
Add 1 cup chopped pecans.

🍴 Equipment

bundt pan
electric mixer or stand mixer

🎥 Video

Hey y'all! Don't forget to check out my latest video where I guide you through each step of this delicious recipe. It's always great to have a visual guide, right? And as always, my cooking show, Restless Chipotle Kitchen, has got your back. If you're looking for more yummy ideas, dive into our full recipe collection on YouTube. You're gonna love it!

🥫 How to store leftover Guinness fudge bundt cake

This chocolate bundt cake is delicious on the first day but it's so much better the next day! Once the ganache has a change to set it will be solid and won't stick to plastic wrap. Just cover it in plastic wrap and leave it at room temperature for up to 5 days.

You can freeze it for up to 3 months.

A slice being removed from the cake showing the moist, dense crumb.

Expert tip:

Spray the cake pan with no-stick spray and dust with cocoa powder to keep chocolate cakes dark and chocolatey.

💭 Things to know

If you don't have, or can't find, extra dark cocoa powder you can use regular cocoa powder. I use Hershey's Special Dark but King Arthur has a dark cocoa as well.
The can is done when a cake tester comes out clean or an instant-read thermometer reads 210F when inserted in the center of the cake.
This cake does NOT taste like beer! It tastes like the best chocolate cake you ever ate.
There is a scant amount of residual alcohol in it - most is baked out or cooked out in the ganache.
IF you prefer not to use beer you can use a good ginger ale or root beer. OR, try this chocolate sheet cake.
A light sprinkle of Fleur de Sel is an amazing garnish for this!

👩‍🍳 FAQs

What is a substitute for Guinness stout in baking?

Try root beer as a substitute for beer in this recipe! The rich flavors of the soda combine with the chocolate really well. Other possibilities include: cola, Dr Pepper, apple cider, black coffee, gingerale, or port wine.

Are stout and Guinness the same?

Yes. Stout is the type of beer and Guinness is a well-known brand.

What does beer do to a cake?

The carbonation gives it an extra boost and the flavors deepen the flavor of chocolate.

What's the difference between stout and black lager?

Stout is darker and has coffee and chocolate flavors. The lager had a malty flavor with caramel flavors and a little bitter aftertaste that keeps this cake from being too sweet.

📞 The last word

Resistance is futile. Look at this Guinness chocolate bundt cake. Shiny, rich chocolate, slowly caressing the moist surface of the most intense cake you have ever put in your mouth. It's sensual. It's sexy.

It's OMG. And you want it. Bad.

And so you shall have it. This is an easy, mistake-proof bundt cake. You really can't screw it up unless you forget about it in the oven or something like that. If you do, don't feel bad. I have been known to do that myself.

Marye Audet, Founder of Restless Chipotle, with a slice of dark chocolate bundt cake.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

If you love this recipe please comment below and give it 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 Recipe

First published February 4, 2013. Last updated March 15, 2024 for editorial improvements, better images, and video.

A closeup of chocolate bundt cake on a cake plate.

Pin for later

Pin this recipe now so it will always be handy!

Pin it now→

✍🏻 A note from Marye...

I know y'all don't always like the stories bloggers tell so when I have one I try to put it at the very bottom so you can read or skip as you like.

I have been known to be absent minded. In fact... I have been known to forget cakes in the oven.

More than once.

In fact it's getting worse. I really have been losing my reading glasses lately - on top of my head. I was rushing to fix supper last night and rushing around looking for them because I couldn't read the recipe in one of my old cookbooks. Here I was frantically searching counters and shelves when I heard a delicate cough - a clearing of the throat, if you will.

My husband was sitting at the table, looking at me with an expression somewhere between pity and hysterical laughter. He pointed to the top of his head...and I suddenly felt them up there on my head. Yes, I walk away from the kitchen and totally forget about the stuff in the oven. It's ok.

But try not to with this because scorching a cake this magnificent would be a travesty of the worst type.

More Bundt Cake Recipes

About Marye

Meet Marye Audet, a wizard in the kitchen and a storyteller at heart. Marye is like your eccentric but fun aunt who knows all the secret recipes and isn't afraid to spill them. She's been around the culinary block more than once, turning simple ingredients into mouthwatering masterpieces. With a sprinkle of humor and a dash of wit, she makes cooking feel like a piece of cake (which she can also teach you to bake perfectly). When she's not conjuring up delicious dishes, you might find her sharing laughs with her family, reading by the fire, or scribbling down her next big recipe idea. Marye believes that a good meal and a hearty laugh are the best parts of life. Marye's a NY Times Bestselling author with 10 cookbooks under her belt and her recipes have been featured in Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Today, House Beautiful, Texas Living, Food & Wine, and many more.

Comments

4.91 from 11 votes (1 rating without comment)