This Salted Caramel Mocha Bundt Cake is the perfect over the top chocolate cake for any picnics or dinner parties you go to. Make it and impress the pants off all your friends.
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My day always starts off with a hot cup of coffee. It can be 90 degrees and humid outside, and I will still brew that hot cup. My brain just doesn’t function without that caffeine jolt first thing in the morning.
And for some reason iced coffee doesn’t get me going the same way a steaming cup of Joe does.
Another fun way I enjoy coffee is to use it in my baking. I love to substitute cooled coffee in place of the liquids in cakes and frosting. A layer of this Salted Caramel Frosting is the perfect addition to any mocha cake or brownie.
In this particular cake, you cannot taste the coffee flavor. Coffee is used to deepen and enhances the chocolate. Let’s face it, anything that makes chocolate even better gets an A+ from me.
Now this chocolate cake is for the serious chocolate lover. It has an extra box of chocolate pudding and mini chocolate chips added to the cake batter. It is so moist and decadent and delicious.
My all time favorite coffee drink is this homemade Salted Caramel Mocha Latte, so I knew this chocolate bundt cake needed those same flavors added to it.
How to make a Salted Caramel Mocha Bundt Cake:
- Spray a 12 cup bundt pan with nonstick baking spray. I like to use Baker’s Joy because the cakes fall out perfectly every single time.
- Add the cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil, and coffee to a mixing bowl and beat until combined.
- Stir in mini chocolate chips and pour the cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. A few crumbs is good. Remove and cool 10-15 minutes.
- Place a plate on top of the cake and flip the cake out onto it. Let the chocolate Bundt Cake cool completely.
- Melt the white chocolate melts and drizzle over the top of the cake.
- Heat the caramel bits and cream over medium heat and stir until melted and creamy. Stir in some coarse ground sea salt.
- Drizzle the caramel over the cake and sprinkle with more sea salt. Let set before cutting into slices. (full recipe below)
Sweet and salty desserts truly get me every single time. The caramel and sea salt texture adds so much flavor to this amazing chocolate cake.
More salted caramel desserts you may enjoy:
- Salted Caramel Mocha Brownie Cups
- Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scones
- Salted Caramel Brownie Bites
- Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark
- Salted Caramel Snickers Fudge
- More salted caramel desserts
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Salted Caramel Mocha Bundt Cake
This easy Salted Caramel Mocha Bundt Cake is drizzled with caramel and white chocolate. Perfect fancy looking dessert for any party!
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake mix
- 3.4 ounce box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup brewed coffee, cooled
- 1 cup mini chocolate chip
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon shortening
- 1/2 cup caramel baking bits
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons coarse ground sea salt, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 cup bundt pan with nonstick baking spray.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil, and cooled coffee. Beat on low for 1 minute and then beat 2 minutes on medium.
- Stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Pour the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes.
- Let cool 15 minutes in the pan. Place a plate over the top of the cake and flip the cake over. Let cool completely.
- In a microwave safe bowl, place the white chips and shortening. Heat for 30 seconds. Stir until creamy. Place in a plastic baggie and cut one tip off. Drizzle over the top of the cake.
- Place the caramel bits and the heavy cream in a small saucepan. Heat on low until melted. Stir in 1 teaspoon of course ground sea salt.
- Drizzle the caramel over the chocolate. Sprinkle the top with the leftover sea salt. Let set.
- Cut into 16 wedges. Store in a sealed container on the counter.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 234Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 59mgSodium: 363mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 1gSugar: 16gProtein: 3g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
*The post for Salted Caramel Mocha Bundt Cake was first published on June 9, 2013. The photos and post have been updated and republished on November 15, 2019.
If I wanted to make my own homemade chocolate cake would I just add coffee to it? Or follow this recipe?
I haven’t made this particular recipe using a homemade cake, but I’m sure it would be fine with the coffee added instead of other liquids. Being homemade it may bake for less time though, so I would make sure to check it starting around the 45 minute mark. I hope that helps. Keep me posted if you make it!
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Love, Love LOVE this recipe! It is so moist and everything goodness I love in a cake. I have made this so many times and everyone LOVES it!
That’s awesome to hear! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
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This cake looks absolutely gorgeous…. the only problem is that you always use “cups” and “mixes” that are maybe readily available where you live, but not on the continent. You are missing out of all the european people making your recipes this way…. Isn’t it possible to use grams instead, and not cake/pudding mixes but home-made ingredients? You know that there are all kinds of ingredients in these mixes, and they not always good for us?
Really a pity…
I’m sorry you feel this way. My way of baking is semi homemade, and I love taking baking mixes and giving them a fun homemade flair. I do realize that not everyone can find these ingredients, but amazon is a great place to buy hard to find items.
The Caramel drizzle came out way too salty for me too! Just wanted to recommend to others to err on the side of less salt and then add as they taste test. The cake itself was great though.
I’m glad you enjoyed the cake! One question…was your salt fine or coarse? That will make a difference in how salty it is. I used a coarsely ground sea salt. But salted caramel is also different for everyone. One person may like it saltier than another 🙂
what size pudding mix does this cake take? The big box or the little box?
You will use the smaller box…the 3.4 ounce instant pudding. I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you so much. I would like for you to know that I made your cake this weekend and it was absolutely delish! So moist and yummy! You really out-did yourself with this recipe. Terrific!
This sounds and looks amazing! I featured it in my chocolate roundup and wanted to let you know and I also Pinned it! You can see it here!
Hugs!
Marti
Did anyone actually make the caramel drizzel? The cake rocked, no doubt about it! Super moist and chocolaty. But I think maybe you meant 1.5 teaspoons of salt instead of tablespoons? It was so salty we had to peel the icing off the top, it was really aweful. If I ever am brave enough to do it again I think I will just stick to sprinkling a little salt over the top of the drizzle once finished and not add any at all to the glaze itself.
I did actually use 1 1/2 tablespoons for the topping. Only 1 Tbsp. goes in the caramel though. I’m sorry to hear you didn’t like the topping, but everyone has different tastes when it comes to salted caramel. Definitely try it again and adjust the salt to your liking 🙂
This recipe sounds amazing! Could I substitute dark chocolate for the white chocolate drizzle?
Thanks Jen. Yes, you could definitely substitute dark chocolate. Chocolate on chocolate…I like the way you think 🙂
where do you find caramel baking bits? never heard of them. Are they in the baking aisle?
I buy them in the baking aisle at Walmart and Target…by the chocolate chips.
I want to make iced coffee
I would love to make ice coffee!
I had the chance to use my aunt’s when staying to take care of my grandma for two weeks and I absolutely LOVED using it!! Tea, hot chocolate, and yes coffee in seconds! So awesome! And I have carpal tunnel so carrying a heavy teapot with water to the stove and then to fill my cup with water isn’t much fun. This was so easy to use!! I am quickly becoming a coffee addict with this thing so probably I’d have coffee, next hot chocolate or my daily cup of tea. 🙂
My goodness does that cake look just fabulous! I’m going to need to get teh ingredients so I can make it…your pictures are making me hungry! ;D haha. Thanks for sharing!
I would make Iced Coffee and my husband would make regular!
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I would be brewing coffee and tea.
I’m tweeting the giveaway every day! I hope I win! 🙂
The cake looks amazing and I love that it is made with a cake mix. I could make it gluten free! Maybe for our next church potluck. It is so much easier to transport a bundt cake than a layer cake.
I would love a Keurig — have wanted one for a very long time. Thanks for the opportunity.
Coffee!
This cake looks heavenly Jocelyn! I would totally be brewing up some of those Snapple Teas we tried at BlogHer – sooo good!
coffee and hot cocoa for sure
I can’t wait to try the new Snapple drinks! I’m an iced-tea-aholic!
coffee for me and hot chocolate for the grand sons!!!!!
This cake looks amazing! I look forward to brewing iced coffee in a Keurig.
I would make Iced coffee first if I won.
YUM…hot cocoa! Or even a mocha!
Ugh!! I did something wrong trying post about my coffee…sorry. Disregard the previous comment, please. At any rate, I would brew a decaf coffee b/c I am still breast feeding my little guy. And being single, I could do a fresh cup later instead of warming my one cup up repeatedly in the microwave…AWESOME!! It can take me all day to drink one cup coffee, it’s sad.
I just read my post… Obviously I didn’t proof read very well. I am not single, been married for almost 12 years. I was talking about the ease of single serve coffee. Oh my goodness, I am not doing so well with this posting thing. Ugghhh!!f
I’d like to brew tea!
Oh wow..all of the above! LOL…I LOVE iced coffee and that is so neat you can make that too! But..I love my coffee!
This looks crazy moist and superbly mocha-flavored–I can’t get enough of chocolate mocha cakes! I’ve just made a fudgy chocolate tunnel cake that has got me hankering for another chocolate-based dessert. Your recipe sounds great, especially considering the real dearth of moist, reliable mocha cake recipes out there. Thanks for sharing!
iced coffee in the summer and hot coffee on a cold morning in the winter!
Coffee first.. then the rest.
The question would rather be what wouldn’t I make with it?? I have seen all of the flavors and varieties of brews to go in the Keurig, I would be in heaven.
I can’t believe how beautiful your bundt cake is!! Can’t wait to try it.
If I win the Keurig Platinum Brewer, I really look forward to brewing iced coffees and teas in the summer.. and flavored coffees in the winter!! It’s hard to say what would be my favorite, since I don’t have a Keurig yet I haven’t tried many of the great things you can brew with them!!
Pretty sure this recipe looks amazing! I’ve been wanting a Keurig and this opens up the possibilities even more!!
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Yeah, that looks amazing. So making this today.
….the best part of waking up is coffee in my cup! (I know that is for Folgers but that little diddy says it all)
I want to try iced tea!
Love coffee in any way, shape or form!!!
I like to always have a fresh hot drink!
This looks and sounds so delicious! I would make dark roasted first! Yum!
I got TOTALLY addicted to the Keurig coffee over the weekend…it was so good and so easy that I couldn’t help going back for more! 🙂 It was awesome getting to meet you in person, Jocelyn!
I would love a Keurig brewer! I would make all kinds of flavored coffees, iced coffee, and hot chocolate. I think everyone in my family would use it.
I lost the Keurig in the divorce….I miss my Breakfast Blend Coffee. and I used dark roast for baking…loved having an assortment for when people came over.
Thanks for the recipe. It looks delish!
While I think I would brew some regular coffee, I think I would do quite a bit of iced coffee and hot chocolate!
Iced coffee.
Iced coffee or tea for me, coffee for the hubs!
I love me a deep dark roast coffee!
Now how about that cake? Holy yummy!
Salted caramel is my favorite too! I always crave the flavor from starbucks, so it’d be perfect to eat it in the form of a cake. And I’m drinking coffee as I type this, so I think my addiction speaks for itself!
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!!!!!!
I would love a cup of iced coffee with a big slice of this gorgeous cake!
Iced coffee! It’s the perfect summer drink!
Iced coffee!
I am the only coffee drinker in my house so a this would be a marvelous thing for me. I would brew a strong cup to pair with this delicious cake. I truly feel that coffee and desserts are a careful paring like a wine with a meal.
hot chocolate and tea are my two favorites
Oooh that looks so delicious! I’d love to brew some coffee, and tea! Thanks so much 🙂
YUM!
I cannot wait to brew a Chai Latte!!
What a gorgeous cake! I’d be brewing coffee all day if I had a Keurig!
I would love to try Starbucks coffee with the Keurig!
I would LOVE to have a Keurig! I’m not a big coffee drinker, but I would love to have one for my morning breakfast tea and Chai tea lattes! I make it the old fashioned way – boil water in a pot on the stove 🙂
I can’t live without my jolt of caffeine in the morning either. I brew my coffee iced in the morning. This is one stunning cake!
Always such lovely recipes! Thanks for a great giveaway 🙂
Iced Coffee!
This cake looks soo good, so moist. That drizzle, I could have a slice or two 🙂
I would make hot chocolate
What I look forward to, other than hot coffee, which I have everyday is the iced tea & iced coffee.
I’m not a coffee person so I’d definitely use it to make some hot tea!!
I’d make tea and cocoa!
I’m going to make a super dark roast to drink while I’m trying out this cake! 🙂
Hot coffee …. anytime day or night!
Iced tea of course!
I would brew both coffee and tea. Flavored for me and plain for the hubby.
I look forward to making coffee!!! Oh course with that gorgeous Bundt Cake:)))
Thanks! 🙂
I can’t start many day either coffee either. My fav is Starbucks Verona blend.
Butter Toffee Coffee, oh my goodness! My husband isn’t a coffee drinker, so a single-cup brewer is perfect for our household!
I love bundt cakes and definitely don’t make them enough. I love this twist on it! Plus I’d love to have a Keurig! 🙂
You would just LOVE this cake then!! 😉
Tea…PLEASE!
I am a HUGE coffee lover and am always in search of a great rich bold cup of coffee. I used to drink all the flavored coffees but lately it’s just a great cup of coffee. My husband, on the other hand, a man who did not drink coffee when we met, now drinks an entire pot of his own each morning and he LOVES the flavored coffees. Because of that, I’m sure we’ll have a huge supply of all types in our home, including the hot chocolates too since our Granddaughter and her parents are living her. I am sure we’d take full advantage of the Keruig. I’ve wanted one for a very long time so I’d be thrilled to be the lucky person to win one.
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What a beautiful cake!! My husband does something similar for me. He makes one big pot of coffee in the morning, so he can have a cup before he leaves for work and bring some to work in one of his travel cups, and he leaves me just enough for one cup of coffee for me throughout the day. Believe it or not, in the nearly 10 years I’ve been married, I’ve never made coffee before. LOL-so this would probably be a great option for me! Plus sometimes I just need another cup of coffee throughout the day before I’m a stay at home mom who is also homeschooling-sometimes one cup of coffee just doesn’t do it for me, lol!
Thank you!! How wonderful for you to never have to make coffee!! What a great hubby you have! 😉
I love every sort of tea!
A Keurig would be used for coffee for my spouse and tea for me. Great to have one appliance for both of us!
I would make tea or hot chocolate, but I have a feeling that son No. 1 would be using it for coffee.
I’m a tea person, but this cake looks so delicious!!! And salted caramel… wow! Love it!
Thank you!!
Mmmmm this does look like the perfect cake to enjoy with my million cups of coffee each day. 😉 Gorgeous bundt cake Jocelyn! I love all the drizzles over the top. 😀
Thank you!! I’m glad I’m not alone in my many cups of coffee each day! Lol
That cake looks so soft and tender!! And I looove the top!
Thanks!! 😉 It was REALLY good!!
I would make brew over ice tea
Coffee for sure!
Definitely iced coffee!
I keep telling myself I’m not going to look at these recipe posts…I don’t listen. This cakes looks sooooo fudgy…I think I’ll make some for father’s day. 🙂
And…the Keurig? Definitely coffee. 🙂
Kelly
No no, don’t stop looking!! 😉 This cake would be fantastic for father’s day!
Wow I should not be looking at this right before lunch…looks incredible! Definitely a recipe I want to try.
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Thank you!!
A cup of coffee would be PERFECT with this cake! And fresh from a Keurig would be even better!
Yes! 😉
coffee!
Hot cocoa
Ice coffee is my fav for summer mornings, mid-mornings and afternoons!
I love strong coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon.
I love coffee and the only one in my home who drinks it. A Keurig would be perfect! I love to bake and this bundt looks great!! Just might have to make it for my next family dinner.
Thank you!! You really should! Wow them away with this cake because it is sooooo good!! 😉
This would be fantastic – with two little ones, I could brew hubby’s coffee in no time. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to brew some flavored coffee (maybe hazelnut–yum!). Thanks so much.
I look forward to trying EVERYTHING in a Keurig!!
This cake looks divine! Donut Shop is my favorite Keurig flavor.
Thanks!!
I would make iced coffee
Adding coffee to cakes is a must! It helps the chocolate flavor shine! Your cake is beautiful and the icing dripping down looks to die for!
Thanks Tieghan!! 😉
We have a Keurig at work and I love using it to make my afternoon coffee…..so coffee would be the most exciting thing for me to brew in it!!!
I would love to try keurig coffee’s. The cake looks delicious. Coffee and cake, great combination!
Thank you!!
I would make the perfect coffee blend then add it to ice, milk and flavorings for the perfect frappe….topped with homemade whipping cream:) Of course, lots of exercise will have to follow, but it is soooooooo worth it!
Your cake is just dripping with moistness and the icing and caramel. Whoa, you outdid yourself, Jocelyn! It’s gorgeous. I love adding coffee to my chocolate cakes, too. It brings out the flavor!
Thank you so much Averie!! The coffee is totally a must in most chocolate cakes, and definitely in this one!
Mmmmmm…this cake sounds wonderful! I love the chocolate and coffee combo!
Thanks Holly!!
Made this ladt weekend…omg! This cake is so decadent and delicious! I used bailys chocolate chips in place of the mini choc chips…mmmm mmmm mmmm! I also drizzled carmel sundae sauce because i couldnt find the bits. It worked great.
I, like Vanda C., would also like to know where that cooled cup of brewed coffee is added. Coffee and chocolate are a marriage made in heaven; gotta make this cake! Caramel topping = nice touch. Love the versatility of the Keurig and have wanted one for years. Perfect appliance for one living alone.
I already fixed the recipe and replied to Vanda. Thanks for letting me know the coffee was missing. Hope you enjoy the cake 🙂
Thanks for the rapid reply; sort of guessed that the coffee would go just where you said it does. So looking forward to trying this decadent cake.
You’re welcome!!
Not sure if you check this since it’s been so long but please tell me there’s some other liquid that can go in this cake besides coffee
There sure is. You can use water or milk instead of the coffee if you prefer that instead. I hope you enjoy the cake.
It looks amazing! I would love to have a Keurig!
I drink lots of coffee, but would love a Keurig so I could have a variety of coffees!
So I don’t want to “assume” but is the coffee added with the liquids into the cake?
I’m reading the instructions and it doesn’t say- Can’t wait to try this cake
Oh man, I missed that in the instructions. I went in and fixed it already. Thank you so much for catching that for me 🙂
Thank you for getting back to me soooo quickly – on my way to drinking morning coffee and setting aside a cup to cool – can’t wait to get back from work this evening to begin this coffee/chocolate/salted caramel trip of no return – have a great Monday
You’re welcome!!
I like anything made with coffee, and I drink so many cups a day!!
This cake is something I am going to have to make!!!!!
You really have to!! 😉
I would love to be able to quickly brew a cup of coffee every morning before work!
I would brew lots of tea over ice! I already have the perfect cup for it 🙂
I’d brew up a nice dark roast to start my day 🙂
I want to try every kind of cocoa they offer 🙂
I’m looking forward to making different types of delicious coffee!
I’d take this cake to a picnic or a fancy dinner! It looks great, Jocelyn! Pinned.
Thank you so much!!
My husband loves a mild coffee….black….. but my college-aged daughter and I love flavored coffees!!! My youngest really loves her hot chocolate, so this would be wonderful!
My family loves coffee, but I am a hot tea person, myself.
I look forward to brewing mainly coffee, but also hot chocolate and tea for the whole family! I love that you can make more than just coffee with the keurig!
Me too! Yay for Keurig and coffee! haha!
Woo hoo! No kidding, iced coffee sounds really great too! I’ve never tried making it myself at home though!
Iced coffee or hot tea.
This cake has everything I love in a cake!! Perfect!!
Thank you! 😉
Anything cool over the summer works for me so the iced coffee and tea sound amazing! And that cake is stunning!
Thanks!!
Hot coffee for sure!
What an awesome giveaway!! And the Salted Caramel Mocha cake looks DELICIOUS!!!! I love baking with coffee too!
Thank you so much!! 😉
I think I’m the only person who doesn’t like coffee…at all! I like adding coffee to chocolate cake though – it adds such an awesome intensity! 🙂
It really does add that lovely rich depth to cake! So at least you can enjoy coffee that way! 😉
I like coffee occasionally with flavored creams but I do not like coffee flavored cakes. What could I use instead of the coffee?
You can just use water in place of the coffee. I hope you enjoy the cake!!
I find coffee in cake like this doesn’t really TASTE like coffee or even mocha which I lOOVE….it just punches up the chocolate flavor like salt does to other savory recipes …
I would make a Cup of dark roasted first. Need that always as my first cup to get going
Coconut mocha
I look forward to brewing some Starbucks coffee
I’m sorry, but a “Poke cake” is only “perfect” for a picnic..this bundt cake is just perfect for those “Fancy” dinner parties.
That is so true! 😉
I would make a dark roast coffee.