Today I’m sharing a roundup of the BEST Chocolate Cake recipes! These have become our favorite chocolate cakes over the years.
Sharing the BEST Chocolate Cake Recipes!
We have several chocolate cake recipes (and white chocolate cake recipes) that we love, in addition to several cake recipes that combine our favorite frostings and fillings to use with them! If you love chocolate cake, you MUST put these cakes on your list to try!
In this roundup, you will find both scratch chocolate cake recipes as well as our favorite doctored chocolate cake mix recipes.
We’ve also included a few cake design ideas for your favorite chocolate cakes!
Have fun scrolling through, we hope that you’ll be inspired to hop in the kitchen and whip up a chocolate cake recipe or two!
The Best Chocolate Cake Recipes!
Today we are sharing a roundup of the BEST Chocolate Cake Recipes! If you love all things chocolate, you are going to love these super moist crowd-pleasing cakes!
Chocolate Velvet Cake
This Chocolate Velvet Cake has an amazingly moist, fluffy, and creamy texture thanks to the cream cheese in the recipe! This is such a delicious scratch chocolate cake recipe!
Rocky Road Cake (Cake Mix Recipe)
This delicious, moist Rocky Road Cake consists of chocolate cake layers (we used cake mix) filled with chocolate frosting, ganache, almonds, chocolate chips, and marshmallows!
Chocolate Cheesecake Cake
This decadent chocolate cheesecake cake is a chocolate lover's dream, with a rich chocolate cheesecake sandwiched between two homemade chocolate cake layers and frosted in a coat of chocolate cream cheese frosting (topped with chocolate ganache.)
Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This moist chocolate cream cheese pound cake has a tender, velvety, texture with a fine crumb. It is sure to satisfy your chocolate cravings but is not an overly rich chocolate cake. It is delicious! We love to dress it up with a simple chocolate glaze.
Peppermint Patty Cake-Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
This rich Peppermint Patty Cake is a delicious doctored cake mix recipe that consists of peppermint chocolate cake layers, peppermint buttercream, and a decadent ganache.
Chocolate Truffle Cake
This chocolate layer cake is so decadent, with homemade chocolate cake layers, truffle filling, and chocolate buttercream frosting!
Mint Oreo Cake {A Scratch Recipe}
This moist Mint Oreo Cake with ganache and mint buttercream is the best! If you love the delicious combination of mint and chocolate, you will love this amazing recipe!
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cake {A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe}
This moist and delicious Chocolate Pecan Chip Pecan Cake is so flavorful with chocolate chips, chocolate shavings, and pecans. Nobody would ever guess that it starts with a cake mix!
Chocolate Cannoli Cake
This moist, decadent Chocolate Cannoli Cake consists of homemade chocolate sour cream cake layers with a chocolate-chocolate chip mascarpone filling and chocolate whipped cream frosting.
Chocolate "Mock Mousse" Filling
This easy chocolate mousse filling can be whipped up in minutes! It is so light, creamy, and delicious!
Dark Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist homemade dark chocolate cake layers are sure to please the chocolate lovers in your life! This cake would taste amazing with so many frostings and fillings- today we've paired it with a delicious Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting.
Classic Chocolate Cake~Scratch Recipe
This moist, decadent classic chocolate cake from scratch is the BEST! This cake recipe uses the Reverse Creaming Method of mixing, creating an extra moist cake with a tight crumb and velvety texture.
Chocolate Tiramisu Cake
This ultra moist and light Chocolate Tiramisu Cake features delicate chocolate cake layers brushed with Kahlua & espresso and frosted in a luscious whipped chocolate espresso mascarpone frosting.
Milk Chocolate Cake
If you're looking for a moist, delicious cake with a light chocolate flavor, this Milk Chocolate Recipe is for you! We have fallen in love with this cake. Ultra moist milk chocolate cake layers are filled and frosted with a luscious milk chocolate buttercream and milk chocolate ganache! This recipe is not as rich as some of our other chocolate cakes- it has a milder chocolate flavor that is just heavenly!
Chocolate Kahlua Cake
This decadent Chocolate Kahlua cake is the perfect special occasion cake! Rich chocolate cake layers are brushed with Kahlua, and filled and frosted with a luscious chocolate Kahlua buttercream!
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
This easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting recipe is SO easy to make!
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
The most delicious and simple Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe! This chocolate frosting pipes great also.
Hot Chocolate Cake
Moist and delicious Hot Chocolate Cake with Hot Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and Whipped Cream! This decadent scratch cake recipe is perfect for the chocolate lovers in your life! We've topped it all off with a mountain of whipped cream!
Chocolate Buttermilk Cake
This Buttermilk Chocolate Cake is so moist ,fluffy, and perfectly chocolatey! We have several favorite scratch chocolate cake recipes on our site, and this is a great one! The addition of the buttermilk makes for even softer layers. Keep this homemade Chocolate Buttermilk Cake in mind the next time your chocolate cravings strike! YUM!
Chocolate Turtle Cake Recipe
This decadent Chocolate Turtle Cake with chocolate cake layers, ganache, caramel sauce, toasted pecans, and chocolate buttercream is sure to please!I This recipe is rich, super moist, and has so much flavor! I love the added crunch from the pecans as well as the combination of caramel, chocolate, and pecans. If you love chocolate turtles, you are going to fall in love with this cake recipe!
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake
This flavorful Chocolate Cherry Cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser! Moist, cherry flavored chocolate cake layers are filled and frosted with cherry cream cheese frosting!
Classic Chocolate Cupcake Recipe from Scratch
These decadent scratch chocolate cupcakes are so moist and taste fantastic with all sorts of frostings from vanilla buttercream to mint chocolate chip, coconut, or chocolate!
Chocolate Chip Cake (A Cake Mix Recipe)
This easy and delicious Chocolate Chip Cake starts with a simple cake mix and has wonderful flavor! If you're craving just a small dose of chocolate, a chocolate chip cake is the way to go! This moist layer cake has a hint of brown sugar and is frosted with chocolate buttercream!
Chocolate Shell Recipe for Hi-Hat Cupcakes!
Simple, delicious chocolate shell for hi hat cupcakes!
Fluffy Chocolate Frosting
A delicious, fluffy chocolate frosting, perfect for piping. The shortening in the recipe makes it a bit more heat resistant than an all-butter recipe.
Chocolate Nutella Cake
Calling all Nutella Lovers- this Nutella layer cake is the best! Decadent chocolate layers with Nutella and Nutella buttercream filling & frosting! So good! You will love this chocolate hazelnut cake!
Chocolate Sour Cream Cake- Doctored Mix
Nobody would believe that this decadent chocolate cake all starts with a simple mix! This chocolate sour cream cake recipe is always a crowd pleaser! We have a scratch version of this recipe as well!
Chocolate Pecan Pie Cake
This cake is a decadent, flavorful homemade chocolate cake recipe paired with a heavenly pecan pie filling! This recipe is sure to become an instant favorite!
Chocolate Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
This moist and delicious Chocolate Cake all starts with a simple cake mix and a secret ingredient or two! Nobody would guess that this amazing chocolate cake isn't from scratch! So good!
Chocolate Italian Cream Cake
This Chocolate Italian Cream Cake recipe is a delicious twist on a beloved classic!
Chocolate Candy Cane Cake with Striped Filling!- Free Video
This Candy Cane cake not only has amazing flavor, but the striped filling is so much fun!
Chocolate Sour Cream Cake- Scratch Recipe
These Chocolate Sour Cream Cake Layers are so ultra moist and chocolatey! We gave a doctored cake mix version of this recipe as well!
Mint Chocolate Chip Cake
Oh how I love Mint Chocolate Chip cake! The flavor combo is just perfect, and I loved decorating the cake with ombre mint buttercream and a dramatic chocolate drip!
German Chocolate Cake Recipe! {Scratch}
This German Chocolate Cake tastes amazing! Moist German chocolate cake layers with a flavorful coconut and pecan filling. This recipe is always a crowd pleaser!
Double Chocolate Pound Cake
This decadent double chocolate pound cake tastes amazing and is so simple to make!
White Chocolate Peppermint Cake
White Chocolate Peppermint Cake! This recipe is perfection-- keep it in mind for your holiday entertaining!
White Chocolate Raspberry Cake from Scratch
White Chocolate and Raspberry are the perfect match, not to mention that it makes for the most beautiful slices!
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake!~ Recipe!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter is a winning combination! I've made this cake SO many times for family birthdays and more.
Black Forest Cake Recipe
This Black Forest Cake From Scratch is the Best! Chocolate cake infused with Cherry Liqueur and filled with whipped cream and cherry filling!
Marble Cake from Scratch
This moist and delicious Marble Cake recipe is always a crowd pleaser! Frost with your favorite chocolate frosting (we love it with our Classic Chocolate Buttercream)!
Almond Joy Cake Recipe
This Almond Joy Cake is amazing! Decadent chocolate cake layers with a thick and flavorful coconut filling, frosted in rich ganache.
Devil's Food Cake with Raspberry Filling- Scratch Recipe
Rich homemade Devil's Food Cake layers go perfectly with our raspberry filling and frosting!
Oreo Cake- Delicious Scratch Cake Recipe
Everybody loves Oreo Cake! Decadent chocolate cake layers are filled with Oreo Buttercream and a delicious chocolate drip!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
This White Chocolate Cranberry Layer Cake has so much flavor. I love the tartness of the cranberries combined with the sweetness of white chocolate. This is the perfect cake any time of year, but we especially love it for Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Ganache Drip Recipe
This decadent and dramatic ganache drip recipe is SO easy to make! We love to add it to our cakes for an added wow factor (plus, it's delicious)!
Candy Bar Drip Cake- Free Video Tutorial
Learn how to make this fantastic, FUN, Candy Bar Drip Cake! Perfect for chocolate lovers!
Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe
This homemade Chocolate Chip Cake recipe has all of the flavors that you love in a chocolate chip cookie. You'll love the hint of brown sugar flavor!
Nutella Buttercream Frosting
This delicious Nutella Buttercream has amazing flavor from chocolate and hazelnuts. Makes a great filling and frosting, and pipes perfectly.
Kit Kat Checkerboard Cake Design- Free Cake Video
This Kit Kat Checkerboard Cake is such a FUN and easy way to decorate your chocolate cakes!
Mocha Toffee Crunch Cake Recipe
Mocha Toffee Crunch Cake is the perfect combination of chocolate, espresso, and toffee! As someone who loves everything chocolate and everything coffee, this is one of my favorite cakes! The toffee is a fantastically flavorful additional as well- these three flavors are perfect together. Enjoy!
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That’s a lot of Chocolate Cakes! :-) Yummy! :-)
Melissa, Are all these cakes dense enough to be stacked? Thanks, Vivian
@MsGF- Yes it is! I’m craving chocolate cake now ;0) —
@Vivian- Yes, these can all be stacked. The one titled “Chocolate Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix” is the softest, but stackable as long as you have good supports. It wouldn’t be my first choice for fondant though.
Yum! I love chocolate cake :)