Mini bundt cakes

Name: Mini bundt cakes
Prep time: 9 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 26 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 150g Butter; 175g Plain Flour; 125g Caster Sugar; 3 Egg; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 2 tsp Cocoa Powder; 3 tablespoons Milk; 1 tablespoon Icing Sugar

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Dessert recipe with Polish flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 40 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Step-by-step instructions

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Melt 25g butter and generously brush into the holes of a mini bundt tins. Tip a little flour into each hole and shake to coat, then tip out the excess. Beat the butter, caster sugar and a pinch of salt together using an electric whisk. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl, then sift this into the wet ingredients and stir until smooth. Combine the cocoa powder and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
Spoon 1 tbsp of the plain batter into each hole of the bundt tin. Mix the remaining plain batter with the cocoa powder mixture, then divide this between the holes. Bake for 15-18 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the cakes comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
Pour 1 tablespoon of light batter into each mold. Mix the remaining batter with the stirred cocoa mixture and then fill the molds with a tablespoon.
Bake the mini Bundt cakes in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes , depending on the size of the molds. After 15 minutes of baking time, use a toothpick to test with a skewer and, if necessary, bake for another 3 minutes. Let the mini Bundt cakes cool down completely in the tin. Then carefully remove from the mold. Dust with some icing sugar and serve. Enjoy your meal!

Why this works on a weeknight

Mini bundt cakes genuinely fits a 30-minute weeknight window, which is why it earned a spot in our Sweet Finishes collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Mini bundt cakes actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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