Dessert Recipes

Microwave chocolate mocha cake baked in a ring mold in under 20 minutes. Espresso deepens the cocoa flavor in this quick, from-scratch one-bowl dessert.

Chocolate peanut butter frosting made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. A no-cook, no-butter frosting with rich chocolate-peanut flavor.

Chocolatetown special cake is a rich cocoa buttermilk layer cake with tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor, frosted with buttercream. A Hershey's classic.

Rich chocolate cream pie with a hint of cinnamon, cooked slow in a double boiler and crowned with golden meringue. Old-fashioned diner-style pie from scratch.

Classic chocolate sheet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and a surprise touch of almond extract. Boiling butter and water poured over the dry mix creates an ultra-moist, fudgy crumb.

Coca-Cola Cake with Hot Fudge Icing and Nuts recipe

A moist tube cake where grated apples meet cocoa, cinnamon, allspice, and chocolate chips. Baked low and slow for a dense, spiced crumb that's part apple cake, part chocolate cake, and entirely irresistible.

Vegan cocoa cupcakes made without eggs, butter, or milk. Oil, vinegar, and baking soda create the lift in these simple, one-bowl chocolate cupcakes.

A self-saucing cocoa espresso pudding cake that creates its own hot fudge layer as it bakes. Boiling water poured over the batter before baking does all the work. Serve warm for 6 to 8.

A two-layer cocoa cake with a cooked fudge frosting made the old-fashioned way, heated to soft-ball stage and beaten until thick. Cake flour keeps the crumb feathery light against that dense, candy-like frosting.

Lighter cocoa oatmeal cookies made with egg whites and nonfat yogurt instead of whole eggs and butter. Studded with mini chocolate chips and chewy with 3 cups of quick oats. Makes a whopping 66 cookies.

No-bake chocolate haystacks with coconut, dried apricots, oats, and chopped nuts. A stovetop candy that boils for 30 seconds, drops onto wax paper, and sets as it cools.

Coffee-almond cake with an espresso-cocoa custard baked in caramel, inverted over an amaretti cookie cake layer. A showstopping Italian-inspired dessert with two baked components.

Southern Coke cake made with Coca-Cola in both the chocolate batter and the boiled cocoa-pecan frosting. Marshmallows in the batter melt into gooey pockets as it bakes.

Classic cocoa layer cake with a tender crumb from the creaming method, ready for your favorite frosting. Swap water for coffee to deepen the chocolate flavor. A reliable two-layer cake in under an hour.

Crazy chocolate cake made with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Vinegar and baking soda create the lift in this one-bowl Depression-era recipe that bakes up surprisingly moist and rich.