88 rich chocolate cake recipes

Turtle cake made with German chocolate cake mix, melted caramels, chocolate chips, and chopped nuts. Gooey caramel layers baked right into a rich chocolate base.

Homemade Jos Louis cakes (gateaux Jos Louis): French Canadian chocolate sandwich cakes with fluffy marshmallow-style vanilla filling and a rich chocolate icing coat. A Quebec childhood classic.

Martha Washington's devil's food cake made with unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour. A rich, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake baked in a single sheet pan.

Layers of delicate almond-chocolate cake soaked in amaretto and stacked with rich chocolate parfait create a stunning French dessert that's worth every minute of effort.

Rich chocolate cake made with a full cup of cocoa bloomed in boiling water, plus a strawberry shortcake variation with whipped cream and drizzled melted chocolate.

A European-style layered chocolate cake with rum-laced frosting, warm cinnamon, and a hint of lemon zest. Two thin cake strips sandwiched with rich chocolate buttercream.

Chocolate cake sweetened with fructose instead of granulated sugar, made with cocoa powder and skim milk. A lower-glycemic alternative to traditional chocolate cake with a rich, moist crumb.

A fat-free chocolate cake made with cocoa, instant coffee, and egg whites, topped with vanilla glaze and swirled raspberry jam. Rich chocolate flavor without the guilt, baked in a springform pan.

Chocolate tile cake with a flourless souffle cake layered with whipped truffle cream and covered in handmade chocolate tiles. A stunning, multi-component French-style showpiece dessert.

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-ingredient chocolate Bundt cake made with chocolate cake mix and softened chocolate ice cream. Incredibly moist with double chocolate richness in every slice.

German sour cherry chocolate cake: a dense, fudgy chocolate cake crowned with tart pitted cherries that sink into the batter as it bakes. The sharp cherries cut the rich dark chocolate beautifully.

Dark chocolate marshmallow cake with sour cream for moisture, topped with a fluffy cooked marshmallow frosting. Two layers of rich, fudgy cake under a cloud-like finish.

Showstopping seven-layer chocolate cake with tender sponge layers and rich butter-chocolate frosting. A classic European-style torte that's all about thin layers and fudgy filling between each one.

Rich devil's food layer cake: a deeply dark, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and buttermilk-style milk. The birthday cake blueprint.