75 hot chocolate cake recipes

Hot fudge pudding cake that bakes its own chocolate sauce underneath. A vintage one-pan dessert where cocoa batter and a sugar-cocoa sauce magically separate in the oven.

A rich, fudgy Southern chocolate sheet cake made with real Coca Cola, buttermilk, and miniature marshmallows baked right into the batter. Topped with a warm cocoa cola icing that soaks in while the cake is still hot.

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee, cocoa, and vegetable oil for an extra-tender crumb. Topped with the old-fashioned cooked-flour buttercream that tastes like whipped cream.

Cherry chocolate baked Alaska stacks devil's food cake with frozen cherry yogurt filling under a flash-baked cocoa meringue. Retro dessert drama with hot meringue and ice-cold center.

The full showpiece version of Bruno's flourless Italian chocolate cake: three layers filled with rum-spiked chocolate whipped cream, wrapped in alternating dark and white chocolate strips, and garnished with chocolate leaves.

Rich chocolate layer cake with cocoa, hot coffee, and a hint of almond extract. Colette's recipe bakes into two moist 9-inch layers that are begging for your favorite frosting.

Old-fashioned chocolate sheet cake with a boiled cocoa frosting that goes on while everything's still hot. Buttermilk keeps it moist, chopped nuts add crunch. Ready in under an hour.

A thin, fudgy chocolate sheet cake with sour cream for moisture, topped with a warm boiled cocoa icing poured on while still hot. Bakes in a jelly roll pan and feeds a big crowd fast.

Chocolate cake made with pureed green tomatoes, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest, finished with a glossy dark chocolate glaze. Unexpected end-of-garden dessert.

Self-saucing chocolate pudding cake that creates its own hot fudge layer as it bakes. Pour boiling water over cocoa-sugar topped batter and the oven does the rest. Flip it for a gooey, saucy revelation.

Vegan brownies with chocolate sauce bake into a self-saucing pudding cake with no eggs and no dairy. Soy milk and oil keep the crumb tender, while a layer of cocoa, brown sugar, and boiling water poured over the batter sinks down into a fudgy hot sauce as it bakes.