Chocolate cake variations

Chocolate Nutella cake! With super soft, moist homemade chocolate cake layers, rich Nutella ganache filling, and lots of Nutella buttercream frosting, this cake is the ultimate decadent dessert. It's perfect cake recipe for birthdays and special occasions!

Nigella Chocolate Mousse Cake consists of a soft chocolate cake layered and covered with rich chocolate mousse. It serves 6 and takes about 2 hours to prepare and set, combining baking and chilling time a decadent treat for chocolate lovers!

Tuxedo cake is a chocolate mousse cake consisting of chocolate cake, dark chocolate mousse, white chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache.

Rich and moist chocolate and espresso cake layered with glossy espresso frosting.

There is nothing quite like a good chocolate cake recipe. The sweetness and richness of a chocolate cake can’t be beaten and with extra toppings like mint, coffee, and fruits there’s no wrong way to have chocolate cake. Plus there are so many yummy variations of chocolate cakes that there are hundreds to choose from.

This homemade Ding Dong is a 6-inch cake with moist chocolate cake layers, a cream center, and chocolate ganache on top. It is everything great about Ding Dongs, but even better!

A rich and decadent dark chocolate mousse cake makes the perfect showstopper for your next holiday party or dessert buffet. Ultra chocolatey and super moist, this seven layer cake is a chocolate lover's dream!

Find our best chocolate layer cake recipes including chocolate layer cakes with ganache, double layer chocolate cake, triple layer chocolate cakes, and more.

This is the best chocolate ganache cake! It's a rich, fudgy and moist dark chocolate cake frosted with silky smooth whipped chocolate ganache and finished with a chocolate ganache drip.

This chocolate cinnamon cake is so soft and moist with just the right hint of cinnamon. It's layered with a fudgy chocolate ganache filling, fluffy chocolate buttercream, as well as ground pecans (if desired).A 1x batch yields 1 6" three-layer cake, and a 2x batch yields 1 8" three-layer cake cut out with cake rings using the Cut and Stack Method. Or choose a different pan size by visiting my recommended cake pan chart.