🎂 A Sweet Treat: Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe with Butter Glaze
Hello, dessert lovers! Today, I’m sharing a recipe for a moist and delightful Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cake. This easy-to-follow recipe uses simple ingredients to create a dessert that’s perfect for any occasion. Topped with a sweet and luscious Vanilla Butter Glaze, it’s sure to become a favorite. Let’s get baking!
🛒 Ingredients For The Chocolate Chip Cake
For the Cake
- 1 box yellow cake mix (I recommend Duncan Hines)
- 1 packet (3.4 oz) vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup mini milk chocolate chips
For the Vanilla Butter Glaze
- 4 tbsp melted butter
- 2½ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
🍰 Instructions For A Perfect Chocolate Chip Cake
1. Preparing the Batter
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all the cake ingredients except the chocolate chips. Mix until the batter is smooth and well combined.
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips using a spatula or spoon.
2. Baking the Cake
- Grease a bundt or tube pan thoroughly with butter or cooking spray.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and bake the cake for 50 minutes.
- Once baked, allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting it onto a cooling rack. Let it cool completely.
3. Making the Glaze
- In a large bowl, mix the melted butter, powdered sugar, water, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Let the glaze sit for about 5 minutes, then spoon it over the cooled cake, letting it drip beautifully down the sides.
🍽 Finishing Touches & Tips For The Chocolate Chip Cake
- You can leave the cake as is, or sprinkle some powdered sugar over the top for a simple finish.
- For a thinner glaze, add a little more water until you reach your desired consistency.
- Freezing Tip: Store leftovers in an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature before serving.
😋 Serve and Enjoy!
This cake is the perfect combination of moist vanilla cake, sweet glaze, and chocolatey bites in every slice. It’s ideal for sharing with friends, family, or even keeping all to yourself (we won’t tell!).
If you try this recipe, share your photos and let me know how it turned out in the comments below. 💕
Happy baking! 🎉
Chocolate Chip Cake
This Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cake is a moist and flavorful dessert that’s incredibly easy to make. It starts with a yellow cake mix, enhanced with vanilla pudding, sour cream, and a touch of vanilla extract for extra richness. Mini chocolate chips are folded into the batter for bursts of sweetness in every bite. The cake is baked to golden perfection in a bundt pan and topped with a luscious Vanilla Butter Glaze, adding a silky finish. Perfect for any occasion, this cake is simple yet irresistibly delicious!
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl For combining the cake ingredients.
- Whisk or Hand Mixer To ensure the batter is smooth and well mixed.
- Spatula or Spoon For folding in the chocolate chips.
- Bundt or Tube Pan The recommended pan for baking this cake.
- measuring cups and spoons To measure out wet and dry ingredients accurately.
- Cooling Rack To cool the cake evenly after baking.
- small bowl For mixing the butter glaze.
- Spoon or Ladle To drizzle the glaze over the cake.
- Sifter For sifting powdered sugar if it's clumpy.
- Baking Spray or Pastry Brush To grease the Bundt pan thoroughly.
- Cake Stand or Serving Plate For presentation.
Ingredients
- 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix I like Duncan Hines
- 1 3.4 oz vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 Cup sour cream
- ½ Cup vegetable oil
- ½ Cup water
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
- 1 Cup mini milk chocolate chips
Vanilla Butter Glaze
- 4 tbsp melted butter
- 2½ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except chocolate chips. Mix until well combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips with a spatula or spoon.
- Pour into a greased bundt or tube pan. (see links above)
- Bake 50 minutes at 350°
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
- Invert cake onto cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
- You can leave this cake as is or sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with a glaze.
Vanilla Butter Glaze
- Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl until well blended and smooth.
- Let stand 5 minutes and spoon mixture over cooled cake.
Notes
- These nutritional values are approximations based on common ingredient data and may vary depending on the exact brands and quantities used.
- If you want a more precise analysis, you can input the exact ingredients into a nutrition calculator like MyFitnessPal or a similar tool.
Nutrition
Calories: 290kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 300mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 150IUCalcium: 80mgIron: 1.3mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Looks so great. I watched you make it and cut it. I love watching you , Michael , and family. From NY
I made this the same afternoon you posted your live. It was gone by the next afternoon. My family loved it!! Thanks so much for this easy, delicious recipe!!
I LOVE watching y’all & I can’t wait to try this recipe!! Keeping all of you in my prayers! We love in the mountains of N GA in Ellijay & I think you would LOVE it up here!!
Cake is yummy, but my chocolate chips sunk to the bottom, next time I’ll try the minis or maybe toss the chips in flour before adding. Love watching you
Made cake EVERYONE in the family LOVED it!!
Wonderful cake! Everyone should try it! I made it and EVERYONE in my family LOVED it!! 😋
Tried the cake so yummy and moist!