12 chocolate pound cake recipes

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate and coconut, baked in a bundt pan and finished with a semi-sweet chocolate glaze. Dense, rich, and deeply chocolatey.

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate, butter, and a hint of almond extract. Dense, rich, and baked in a Bundt pan with no frosting needed.

This cake is so rich and moist and it keeps well for some time in a well covered cake tin or wrapped in plastic in the refrigerator.

Frozen chocolate peanut butter mousse cake shaped in a tilted loaf pan to form a dramatic triangular cross-section. A restaurant-style showstopper dessert.

Dense, buttery sour cream pound cake loaded with mini chocolate chips and baked in a fluted tube pan. Six eggs, a full cup of butter, and sour cream create a velvety, tight crumb. Dust with powdered sugar and slice thick.

Quick toffee chocolate cake assembled from store-bought pound cake split and filled with chocolate-sour cream frosting and crushed English toffee. Ready in 25 minutes.

A no-bake icebox cake layering sliced pound cake with a chocolate-fig mousse made from butter, cocoa, dried California figs, and fluffy egg whites, then crowned with fresh whipped cream.

Mocha swirl pound cake: a buttery, coffee-spiked pound cake batter marbled with melted chocolate and baked in a tube pan. Tight, tender crumb shot through with bittersweet ribbons.

Pound cake brownies blend buttery pound cake richness with melted chocolate and chopped nuts. Dense, fudgy bars with a tender crumb, dusted with powdered sugar.

Rich chocolate truffle cake made with a full pound of semi-sweet chocolate, barely any flour, and whipped egg whites for a dense, fudgy texture dusted with powdered sugar.

Flourless chocolate mousse cake with a baked base and raw mousse topping, using 16 eggs and a full pound of semi-sweet chocolate. Gluten-free, intensely rich, and meant to fall.

Intensely rich chocolate silk mousse cake baked in a water bath with a pound of semi-sweet chocolate and a glossy ganache glaze. Make up to 3 days ahead. Serves 8.