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Our Best Chocolate Cakes

Whether you’re seeking a German chocolate cake, chocolate lava cake, flourless chocolate cake or simply how to make a chocolate cake from scratch, you’ll find your new favorite chocolate cake recipe here.

Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake — Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake
Yossy Arefi
31 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
31
About 2 hours
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,105
1 hour 15 minutes
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easy
Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
897 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
897
2 1/4 hours
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World’s Best Chocolate Cake
Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
6949 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
6,949
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
653 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
653
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
95 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
95
3 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
143 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
143
3 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Raspberry Swirl
Yossy Arefi
151 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
151
About 6 hours 40 minutes
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Nutella Tres Leches Cake
Rick A. Martínez
192 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
192
8 hours 50 minutes
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Chocolate Birthday Cake
Eric Kim
261 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
261
1 hour 20 minutes, plus cooling and chilling
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Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Samantha Seneviratne
132 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
132
1 hour 55 minutes
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Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,180
45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake
Dorie Greenspan
3325 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,325
Baking and cooling: About 3 hours
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Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Melissa Clark
2667 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,667
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate-Cherry Cake
Eric Kim
540 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
540
1 hour, plus cooling
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Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
3244 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,244
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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easy
Chocolate Whiskey Cake With Coffee Caramel
Natasha Pickowicz
141 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
141
2 hours 35 minutes
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Flourless Chocolate Cake With Halvah Honey Sauce
Melissa Clark
505 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
505
45 minutes
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,726
45 minutes, plus cooling
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The Silver Palate’s Chocolate Cake
Christine Muhlke, "The Silver Palate Cookbook"
3119 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,119
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6329 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,329
25 minutes
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easy
Chocolate Cupcakes
Suzanne Lenzer, Maida Heatter
2496 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,496
About 1 hour
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Ruth Reichl’s Giant Chocolate Cake
Kim Severson, Ruth Reichl
2206 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,206
1 1/2 hours
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German Chocolate Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1208 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,208
1 1/4 hours
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
7869 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,869
1 hour 45 minutes
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Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake
Alex Witchel, "The Junior League at Home"
2242 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,242
45 minutes
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
10973 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,973
1 hour 15 minutes
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
1937 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,937
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Streusel Poundcake
Melissa Clark
954 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
954
2 hours, plus cooling
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3065 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,065
1 hour 25 minutes
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Intense Chocolate Mousse Cake
Nigella Lawson
2567 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,567
1 hour 5 minutes
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Evelyn Sharpe's French Chocolate Cake
Amanda Hesser
1250 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,250
15 minutes
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All-in-One Chocolate Cake
Nigella Lawson
1308 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,308
1 hour 15 minutes
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Molten Chocolate Cake
Mark Bittman
1564 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,564
30 minutes
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Tahini Chocolate Cakes
Florence Fabricant, Maria Elia
500 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
500
40 minutes, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Azo Family Chocolate Cake
Kim Severson
467 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
467
40 minutes
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Chocolate Cupcakes With Cream Filling
Jennifer Steinhauer, Food & Wine magazine
685 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
685
1 hour
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Nana José’s Chocolate Pecan Cake
Joan Nathan, Patricia Jinich
307 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
307
50 minutes
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Lisbon Chocolate Cake
Dorie Greenspan
4503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,503
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Chocolate Cake With Peppermint Frosting
Yossy Arefi
894 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
894
1 hour, plus cooling
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Devil’s Food Cake With Hazelnut Praline
Yotam Ottolenghi
670 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
670
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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