128 chocolaty cake recipes

Festive cupcakes decorated as a colorful caterpillar for kids' parties. Fluffy vanilla or chocolate cakes topped with tinted frosting, shredded coconut, and candy details arranged in a whimsical crawling pattern.

Crazy cake mixed right in the baking pan with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Cocoa, vinegar, and oil create a surprisingly moist chocolate cake from Depression-era ingenuity.

Elegant two-layer white chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache frosting, chopped macadamias between the layers, and fresh berries on top. A showpiece celebration cake that's rich, creamy, and unforgettable.

Tiny heart-shaped chocolate cakes for two, made without eggs or butter. Cut from a simple cocoa sheet cake using a cookie cutter, then stacked and frosted for Valentine's Day.

Low-fat cocoa spice cake made with applesauce instead of oil, egg whites only, and a hint of cinnamon. A lighter chocolate cake that still bakes up moist and satisfying.

Wellesley Fudge Cake is the classic two-layer chocolate cake from the Wellesley College era, topped with a deep fudge frosting and chopped walnuts around the edge. Old-school, properly rich.

Three-ingredient triple fudge brownies built on chocolate pudding mix, chocolate cake mix, and semi-sweet chips. Dense, fudgy, and fast. The semi-homemade trick that fooled every PTA bake sale.

Reduced fat chocolate snack cake made with chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, and semi-sweet chips, topped with chopped nuts and a vanilla powdered sugar drizzle. A lighter take on rich chocolate cake.

A light, soufflé-style chocolate cake loaded with crushed Girl Scout Thin Mints, topped with rich chocolate ganache and a second layer of cookie crumbs. Your sleeve of Thin Mints, leveled up.

Four-layer double-chocolate torte with unsweetened chocolate cake, chocolate filling, and whipped cream frosting in alternating layers. A tall, impressive celebration cake with intense chocolate flavor and a light cream finish.

Light fudge brownie sundae with a self-saucing chocolate cake baked over a built-in fudge layer, topped with frozen yogurt. A reduced-fat dessert that uses applesauce in place of butter.

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.

Wacky cake, a Depression-era chocolate cake made with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Vinegar and baking soda provide the rise, and cocoa powder delivers deep chocolate flavor from pantry staples.

Black bottom cupcakes drop a sweet cream cheese filling studded with chocolate chips into chocolate cake mix batter, baking into a self-frosting cupcake. Travel-friendly picnic dessert with no icing to melt.

Glazed raspberry fudge cake is a flourless-style chocolate cake brushed with raspberry preserves, then coated in a glossy rum-chocolate glaze. Dense, moist, and finished with fresh raspberries for the ultimate dinner-party showstopper.

Bacardi Chocolate Rum Cake starts with a chocolate cake mix spiked with dark rum and chocolate pudding mix, then gets split and frosted with a boozy chocolate whipped cream. Rich, moist, and dangerously easy to make.