Bundt cakes look really pretty so they are perfect as gifts or for parties. I made these mini marble bundt cakes for my friends who’d helped me making a video. They loved them! They’re actuallysooooeasy to make and they are really jolly yummy!

You’ll need:

• 100g soft butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1 Tbsp cornflour
• ½ tsp salt
• 100g dark chocolate
• 1 Tbsp cocoa powder

For the glaze:

• Half of the melted chocolate above
• 1 knob butter
• 2 Tbsp icing sugar
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 Tbsp milk

How to make the mini bundt cakes:

1. Preheat the oven to  180°C.
2. Melt the chocolate in a pan and let it cool.
3. Mix the butter and sugar using  a flat wooden spoon until fluffy (you can use an electric mixer if you have one).
4.  In a small bowl, lightly whisk the eggs with a fork.
5. Add the eggs to the butter gradually and combine well.  Then stir in the sour cream and vanilla and keep mixing until it’s smooth.
6. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into another bowl. Add this to the batter gradually, while stirring until you get a smooth batter.
7. Take out about a third of the batter into another bowl. Stir on half of the melted chocolate and the cocoa powder into this and stir until blended.
8. Put 4 bundt cake moulds onto a baking tray. If they are not silicon, grease and flour each of them.
9. Spoon the light batter into the moulds, then top with the chocolate batter. Using a skewer, make swirls  to create a marble effect.
10. Bake the bundt cakes for about 20 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
11. Rest for 15 minutes then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Then make the glazing:

1. Add the butter, sugar, vanilla and milk to the rest of the melted chocolate and warm it up slightly  until the butter has just melted, then turn off the heat.
2.  Dunk the top of the cooled cakes into the glaze (or brush them with a silicon brush) and place them back on the wire rack.
3. Let the chocolate set before serving (it’s quicker if you chill them in the fridge).

Tip

To make the cakes more pretty you can scatter some sprinkles or gold dust on top of the chocolate before it sets.