If you’re looking for the best chocolate cake recipe, you’ve certainly stumbled upon the right place. Gathered here are not one, not a few but a treasure trove of ten chocolate cake recipes that set a high bar, each distinctly different in its delicious outcome. Think anything and everything from a fudgey chocolate loaf cake to molten lava cakes and fondants.
You can also choose between Italian Torta Caprese (a traditional chocolate & almond cake), Swedish Kladdakaka (a sticky chocolate cake), a gooey French-style chocolate cake and a quintessentially British chocolate fridge cake. If your dietary restrictions prevent you from baking with eggs, don’t worry – this round-up has you covered too with plenty of options and alternatives so delicious, you just won’t believe they’re eggless!
Liquid Chocolate Cake
This is not just a chocolate cake. This is a liquid chocolate cake with a brownie-like shiny and crinkled top, giving way to a centre that is quite literally oozing gooey melted chocolate.
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The Ultimate Dark Chocolate Loaf Cake
The only chocolate loaf cake recipe you'll ever need! Decadently-dark yet hopelessly moist, a slice of this intensely-rich cake is the perfect pick-me-up when you need one.
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Mini Eggless Chocolate Cakes
These single serve mini eggless chocolate cakes can be enjoyed individually. Or on the days you’re feeling a tad more decadent, stack them in two’s, layered with clouds of chocolate buttercream frosting for a modest double-tiered treat!
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Gooey Swedish Chocolate Cake (Kladdkaka)
Taking its cue from “Kladdkaka” – the popular gooey Swedish chocolate cake, this densely-decadent dessert sets itself apart with its soft and sticky interior that’s sort of like a cross between a fudgy brownie and a chocolate molten cake.
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Five-Ingredient French Chocolate Cake
Stirred together with just five pantry staples, this French Chocolate Cake also goes by the name “Suzy’s Cake” in a nod to the driving inspiration behind the original recipe – Suzy Palatin, a cookbook author and good friend of the renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé. To quote Hermé himself, this revelatory cake is “extraordinarily good and very simple to make”!
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Easy Paleo Chocolate Cake Recipe
Don’t tell anyone that this chocolate cake is gluten-free, dairy-free and even grain-free because they won’t believe you. It simply tastes too good to be classified as healthy!
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Eggless Chocolate & Caramel Poke Cake
A fluffy eggless chocolate sheet cake elevated by pockets of melted chocolate and salted caramel running through each slice!
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Torta Caprese
A traditional recipe from the Isle of Capri, this classic Italian Chocolate and Almond Cake was legendarily created by mistake, as it had been made without flour! Today, it’s an excellent gluten-free alternative, featuring grounded almonds.
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No-Bake Fridge Cake
Sweet, salty and crumbly bars layered with crushed biscuits coated with melted chocolate and golden syrup – this no-bake fridge cake is as quintessentially British as it gets.
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Healthy Low-Carb Dark Chocolate Fondant
A deliciously-decadent fondant which is cakey on the outside but breaks apart to reveal a glorious gush of melted dark chocolate. This recipe is low-carb, gluten-free, dairy-free and free of refined sugar too!
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