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Chocolate Cinnamon Cake

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by: Joanna Cismaru
06.10.20

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With a hint of cinnamon, some cocoa, and drizzled in chocolate this chocolate cinnamon cake will satisfy your taste buds. Perfect for when you need a chocolate fix!

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake sprinkled with white and milk chocolate chips

I teased you a little in my last post by talking about choosing between this cake recipe and the broccoli recipe, but it’s now finally time for this cake!

I also told you I’m sort of going through my bundt phase right now.  It’s true! I love my rose bundt pan. Hubs bought this for me and I could not wait to use it, but I wanted a delicious cake as well for it. I decided on this chocolate cinnamon cake. And because it was not enough on its own I added more chocolate on top. I had some pink chocolate which I melted and drizzled it all over. You can’t see it that well, but it’s there. Then I said to myself “Self, I think this needs more chocolate!”. So I looked in my pantry and I have mountains of chocolate chips in there. The life of a blogger means a very well stocked pantry. I should take a picture one day and show you. I have pounds of chocolate chips alone.

For this cake I decided to use both white and dark chocolate chips to just make it look prettier. After all, it’s a rose and I’m all about making cakes look pretty.

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake without toppings

First you need to admire this cake in all its beauty without any extras on it. The bundt cake sure did its job. When I got this cake out of the pan I was so happy and squealed with delight like a little girl. Seriously.

Now I understand you may not have pink chocolate in your pantry like I did, so don’t worry about it, you can use regular chocolate chips and just melt them and drizzle all over the cake. You can even skip this part and just sprinkle with some powdered sugar over it.

How did it taste, you ask? Like heaven! If you love chocolate and cinnamon this cake is for you. The cinnamon doesn’t overwhelm, it’s faint but you can still tell it’s there. But it is a very chocolaty cake. This cake is perfect for when you need that chocolate fix. Seems like lately I need my chocolate fix on a daily basis, well you know what I mean.

So let’s eat cake!

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake

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triple chocolate cinnamon bundt cake

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake

5 from 3 votes
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 45 mins
Total: 1 hr
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Serves: 10
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With a hint of cinnamon, some cocoa, and drizzled in chocolate this chocolate cinnamon cake will satisfy your taste buds. Perfect for when you need a chocolate fix!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter unsalted
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 5 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chocolate chips melted to be drizzled over the cake (optional)
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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F degrees.
  • Grease a large bundt pan with cooking spray. Add the butter, water, oil, and cocoa to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • Meanwhile, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the buttermilk and baking soda. Mix together the eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla in a small bowl, and add to the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake 45 minutes or until you insert a toothpick in the middle of the cake and it comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely in the pan.

Recipe Notes

  1. Recipe source: Vintage Victuals

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 540kcal (27%)Carbohydrates: 74g (25%)Protein: 6g (12%)Fat: 26g (40%)Saturated Fat: 18g (113%)Cholesterol: 61mg (20%)Sodium: 283mg (12%)Potassium: 96mg (3%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 52g (58%)Vitamin A: 391IU (8%)Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)Calcium: 53mg (5%)Iron: 2mg (11%)
Course:cake, Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:Chocolate Cinnamon Cake
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  1. Teresa Henderson says

    December 11, 2017 at 7:38 pm

    5 stars
    Wanted a cake for Christmas and this sounds delicious, hope to make it look like a Christmas tree. Wish me luck. Thanks Teresa

    Reply
    • Joanna Cismaru says

      December 11, 2017 at 8:51 pm

      Good luck, hope you like it!

      Reply
  2. POlly says

    June 16, 2015 at 10:44 am

    how do you get the “ridges” on the cake from a bundt pan? Very unusual looking and the hills and valleys would capture the melted chocolate chips. Yum!

    Reply
    • jo says

      June 16, 2015 at 10:56 am

      It’s a rose shaped bundt cake. I have a link to it in the recipe instructions, it’s really cute. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Adrian Lees says

    July 26, 2014 at 6:38 am

    I will be attempting your Chocolate Cinnamon Cake tomorrow for when my family call around. Sounds very nice.

    Reply
  4. Shaila says

    June 15, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Do you cool the water, butter and oil which has been brought to a boil?

    Reply
    • jo says

      June 15, 2014 at 3:07 pm

      Only while I’m mixing the other ingredients together.

      Reply
  5. dina says

    June 3, 2014 at 12:04 am

    it looks delicious!

    Reply
  6. Andreea says

    May 29, 2014 at 5:25 am

    Your recipes are so easy to make. But I have one question.. You are romanian? Because I saw a few recipes of romanian food. Thank you.

    Reply
    • jo says

      May 29, 2014 at 11:31 pm

      Yes I am 🙂

      Reply
      • Andreea says

        May 30, 2014 at 1:58 pm

        Oo, ce bine 🙂 Poți sa pui și câteva rețete pe română?

  7. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

    May 29, 2014 at 2:20 am

    What a gorgeous looking cake! Chocolate and cinnamon together?! Genius! Pinned!

    Reply

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