Dark chocolate cake recipes
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This sinfully dark chocolate Devil's Food Cake is so obscenely rich & fudgy it elevates chocolate cake to a whole new level of decadence.

Michele saved to Bars Brownies Cookies
This extra dark chocolate bundt cake is rich and decadent and topped with a shiny chocolate ganache. It is very simple to make, so delicious & always a crowd pleaser. It has a moist crumb and fluffy texture and one slice of it will simple not suffice.
17 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 3 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar, light or dark
- 1/2 cups Cocoa powder, unsweetened dutch-process
- 1/4 cups Cocoa powder, black
- 8 oz Dark chocolate
- 1 1/4 cups Granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract, pure
Oils & Vinegars
- 2 tbsp Vegetable or canola oil
Drinks
- 1/3 cup Espresso
Dairy
- 1 cup Butter, unsalted
- 1/2 cup Buttermilk
- 1/2 cup Heavy cream
- 2/3 cup Yogurt, plain

That Bake Blog saved to Cakes & Cupcakes
A moist Dark Chocolate Cake recipe that is perfect for pretty much any occasion. Rich, and decadent, it will satisfy all chocolate lovers.

Kelli Anderson saved to Cakes
50 · Adapted from: Gourmet via Epicurious Notes: The original recipe calls for making a chocolate ganache, which sounds heavenly, but I have always adored my grandmother’s chocolate glaze recipe — it’s called black velvet icing and it contains eggs, which is odd, but it’s so good — so that is the one I use. If you want to use Gourmet’s chocolate ganache, find it here. Some commenters have found the amount not to be enough for a full cake, so I've updated the quantities below to be a double…
50 · Adapted from: Gourmet via Epicurious Notes: The original recipe calls for making a chocolate ganache, which sounds heavenly, but I have always adored my grandmother’s chocolate glaze recipe — it’s called black velvet icing and it contains eggs, which is odd, but it’s so good — so that is the one I use. If you want to use Gourmet’s chocolate ganache, find it here. Some commenters have found the amount not to be enough for a full cake, so I've updated the quantities below to be a double…
16 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 3 Eggs, large
- 6 Eggs
Baking & Spices
- 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 3 oz Chocolate, fine quality semisweet
- 1 1/2 cups Cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 Heaping 1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp Salt
- 8 oz Semi-sweet chocolate
- 3 cups Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- 3/4 cup Vegetable oil
Drinks
- 1 1/2 cups Coffee, hot
Dairy
- 8 tbsp Butter
- 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
Black Magic Chocolate Cake – This is my go-to chocolate cake recipe. Moist, rich, and delicious dark chocolate cake that’s perfect for any and all occasions! Black Magic Chocolate Cake Recipe ! Ingredients 2 cups of sugar 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 […]
11 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 2 Eggs
Baking & Spices
- 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Oils & Vinegars
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Drinks
- 1 cup Coffee, strong black
Dairy
- 1 cup Buttermilk or sour milk

Teena June saved to Cakes
52 · 55 minutes · If you are a fan of dark chocolate, you'll love this dark chocolate cake. The ultimate moist chocolate cake with a dark chocolate infused buttercream.
52 · 55 minutes · If you are a fan of dark chocolate, you'll love this dark chocolate cake. The ultimate moist chocolate cake with a dark chocolate infused buttercream.
12 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 3/4 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 3/4 cups Granulated sugar
- 2 Recipes dark chocolate buttercream
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- 1/2 cup Canola oil
Drinks
- 1 cup Coffee, strong hot
Dairy
- 1 cup Buttermilk

Melba Jones saved to Layer Cakes
A sweet twist on a Florida summer favorite, these mini key lime bites are made with shortbread and Fritos® Original Corn Chips—the go anywhere, dip into anything, down for everything chip. #ad
8 ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Fritos® Original Corn Chips, finely ground
- 1 cup Shortbread Cookies, crushed
- 6 tablespoons Butter (3/4 sticks), melted
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 6 egg yolks
- 4 teaspoons Lime Zest
- 2 (14-ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 ⅓ cup freshly squeezed Key Lime Juice

Tastemade saved to Fruity Summer Desserts
1 · 55 minutes · Black Magic Cake is a classic American cake recipe from Hershey's cocoa.
17 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- 3/4 cup Baking cocoa, dark unsweetened Dutch processed
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 4 1/2 cups Confectioners' sugar
- 1 3/4 cups Flour
- 2 cups Granulated sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 1/8 cup Style cocoa powder, natural
- 3 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Drinks
- 1 cup Coffee, hot
Dairy
- 12 tbsp Butter, unsalted
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 2 tbsp Buttermilk or sour cream
- 6 tbsp Half and half or a mixture of cream and whole milk

Becky Bischoff saved to cakes and frosting
30 · 50 minutes · The ultimate in dark chocolate, this black cocoa powder cake is easy, yet makes a gorgeously dark presentation.
30 · 50 minutes · The ultimate in dark chocolate, this black cocoa powder cake is easy, yet makes a gorgeously dark presentation.
15 ingredients
Refrigerated
- 2 Eggs at room temperature (95 grams), large
Baking & Spices
- 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 3/4 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened black
- 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cups Granulated sugar
- 3 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- 1/2 cup Canola oil
Drinks
- 1 cup Coffee, strong hot
Dairy
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 8 tbsp Heavy cream

Crystal Tintinger saved to Cakes