352 rich chocolate cake recipes

Buttery sour cream coffee cake studded with bittersweet chocolate chunks and chopped walnuts, baked in a fluted bundt pan. Rich, moist crumb with no frosting needed. Serves 12.

Frosted chocolate pound cake with cocoa in both the batter and icing, baked in a tube pan. Dense, velvety, and loaded with butter and five eggs for richness.

Incredibly moist chocolate prune bundt cake with just 8 ingredients. Soaked prunes and cocoa create a rich, dark crumb that stays fresh for days. Dust with powdered sugar.

A rich, fudgy chocolate sheet cake made with whole wheat flour, cocoa, butter, and sour cream, then drenched in warm pourable cocoa frosting while still in the pan.

Chocolate cupcakes filled with creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting piped right into the center. Rich cocoa buttermilk cake with a surprise peanut butter filling in every bite.

Rich cocoa chocolate cake with buttermilk and boiling water, frosted with a fluffy marshmallow icing. Triple-sifted dry ingredients and a double boiler frosting make this a showstopper.

Refrigerator mocha torte layers graham crackers between rich chocolate-coffee buttercream in a loaf pan, chilled until firm. No-bake icebox cake with sliceable mocha layers. Serves 10.

Whisky fudge cake with melted chocolate, 16 eggs, and a generous pour of whisky baked into a dense, rich sponge. Served with clotted cream for a showstopping British-style dessert.

Moist coffee cake made with graham cracker crumbs instead of flour, layered with cinnamon-sugar streusel packed with chocolate chips and walnuts. Sour cream batter bakes rich and tender.

Rich chocolate bundt cake studded with nuts and crowned with a velvety mocha cream cheese frosting. Inspired by the legendary Waldorf Astoria, this showstopper is pure old-school elegance.

Rich, fudgy chocolate cake hiding a gooey caramel filling baked right inside. Sour cream keeps it impossibly moist while melted caramels and condensed milk create a buttery surprise layer.

Hefty chocolate pound cake with sweetened condensed milk for extra richness, baked in a tube pan and topped with a cooked cocoa frosting that sets with a glossy snap.

A chocolate cherry upside-down cake made without eggs or butter. Cherry pie filling bakes under a rich cocoa batter, then gets flipped for a stunning glossy cherry top.

Torta Divina is a rich Italian flourless chocolate cake laced with Cointreau, baked in a water bath, and finished with whipped cream and fresh raspberries. Gluten-free by nature.

Rich flourless chocolate cake laced with Grand Marnier orange liqueur, baked low and slow until dense, fudgy, and utterly silky. Just chocolate, butter, eggs, and a splash of citrus elegance. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with billowy whipped cream.

This egg-free, dairy-free chocolate cake mixes right in the pan. Cocoa, coffee, and vinegar create a rich, moist crumb topped with cinnamon sugar. No bowls to wash, no excuses not to bake.