75 hot chocolate cake recipes

Spicy bean cake made with mashed pinto beans, diced apples, raisins, and warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Add cocoa for a chocolate version.

Frozen Ho Ho dessert builds an ice cream cake from snack-aisle cakes lining the pan, two ice cream flavors, crushed Oreos, hot fudge, and Cool Whip. No bake, no mixer, all freezer.

This super moist cake is super chocolaty and delicious. The marshmallow cream is filled in between of the cake layers, then a layer of chocolate frosting on top. A decadent chocolate cake that wows everyone.

A scrumptious and decadent coffee cake that's perfect with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee!

Texas-style sheet cake brownies bake a thin chocolate cake-style brownie in a 9x13 pan, then crown with warm walnut chocolate buttermilk frosting poured over the hot pan. Yields 36 squares.

Moist chocolate cake made healthier with whole wheat pastry flour, canola oil, and buttermilk. Hot coffee deepens chocolate flavor for 12 servings.

Chocolate butter icing melts unsweetened chocolate with butter, then whisks in hot water, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Glossy, spreadable, and ready for cakes or brownies.

Poke hole cake made with a German chocolate cake mix drenched in sweetened condensed milk and hot fudge, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The ultimate church potluck dessert.

Cola sheet cake with cola and marshmallows in the batter for a moist chocolate crumb, topped with hot fudge cola icing and chopped nuts. The classic Southern church-supper sheet cake.

Vintage chocolate waffles made with melted semisweet chocolate and folded egg whites for a tender, cake-like texture. Serve hot with syrup, whipped cream, or a scoop of ice cream for brunch or dessert.

Homemade funnel cake just like the fair: a simple batter piped into hot oil in lacy swirls and fried until golden and crisp. Drizzle with chocolate or dust with sugar for a carnival treat at home.

Chocolate snowy cake with a fluffy whipped cream filling between a cocoa sheet cake and a poured chocolate frosting. An eggless cake base with vinegar for lift.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a hot fudge icing poured over the warm cake. A 30-minute one-bowl chocolate sheet cake that feeds a crowd at potlucks and church suppers.

Hot fudge sundae cake that bakes its own chocolate sauce underneath the cake layer. Pour hot water over the batter before baking, and the oven creates a fudgy pudding sauce beneath a light chocolate cake.

Chocolate brandy cake doctors a devil's food mix with brandy, eggs, and oil, then bakes into a tender bundt soaked twice with a hot brandy-chocolate glaze. Make a day ahead for full flavor.

Hot fudge pudding cake that creates its own chocolate sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with sugar and hot water, the oven transforms it into cake over fudge sauce.