417 layer chocolate cake recipes

No-bake chocolate wafer icebox cake made with whipped topping and chocolate cookies. Just stack, chill, and slice for a creamy layered dessert kids and adults love.

Orange chocolate crunch cake with fresh orange segments baked into the batter, topped with a crunchy layer of brown sugar, chocolate chips, and walnuts. No butter needed.

New Year's Eve chocolate clock cake stacks three layers of egg-white sponge with stovetop chocolate cream filling and Hungarian chocolate frosting, then iced with a clock face for the midnight countdown.

Black Forest cherry dump cake layers cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, chocolate cake mix, and pecans into a no-mix dessert. Topped with whipped cream for an old-school potluck classic.

Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.

Judith Olney's chocolate buttermilk cake is a tender triple-layer cake built on tangy buttermilk, a generous hit of cocoa, a whisper of cinnamon, and a splash of coffee that sharpens the chocolate into something deep and grown-up.

Palm Beach pineapple squares: a chocolate walnut cake base topped with a lemon-scented pineapple layer, baked together into one tropical dessert bar.

Strawberry brownie cake layered with reduced-fat fudge brownies, almond-spiked whipped topping, fresh strawberry halves, and chocolate drizzle. A no-fuss layered dessert built from a brownie mix.

A 5-ingredient dump cake layered with crushed pineapple, cherry pie filling, chocolate cake mix, pecans, and butter. No mixing, no bowls, no excuses not to bake tonight.

Italian celebration cake with pound cake layers soaked in orange liqueur, filled with sieved ricotta, candied fruit, and chocolate chips, frosted with cocoa-mocha buttercream. No baking required.

Easy chocolate pudding cake bakes its own fudgy sauce underneath a tender cake layer. A no-egg, no-butter self-saucing dessert that magically separates in the oven.

Black and white cake: tender white egg-white layer cake with vanilla and almond extracts, finished with a split cream cheese frosting half vanilla and half chocolate-amaretto.

Peanut pudding cake with four layers: peanut shortbread crust, peanut butter cream cheese, chocolate-vanilla pudding, and whipped topping with crumbled chocolate bars. A crowd-pleasing potluck dessert.

Rich buttermilk chocolate layer cake with melted chocolate and chopped nuts folded right into the batter. A from-scratch classic that bakes up tender and moist every time.

Gypsy John is a layered chocolate cake with rum-spiked whipped chocolate filling and a glossy ganache frosting. A rich, elegant dessert cut into squares for easy serving.

Chocolate nut torte: a four-layer sponge cake filled with silky cooked chocolate-buttercream frosting and topped with chopped nuts. An old-world holiday torte for special occasions.