Our 12 Best Chocolate Cake Recipes

Make this Old Fashioned Southern Chocolate Cake recipe, and you'll think you've been transported to a breezy southern porch!

Ooey gooey Caramel Pecan Poke Cake starts with a packaged cake mix but still has that old fashioned “from-scratch” taste that everyone craves.

This rich and decadent Chocolate Mousse Cake really looks like it came from a bakery, so you might just have a time of it convincing everyone you made this yourself. But when you tell them how easy it was, they’ll surely want the recipe for this chocolate cake!

When you see the word "marbled," you think of something extra fancy, right? Well, don't worry — this easy chocolate cake recipe only sounds difficult to make. Take a peek and see just how simple it is!

No need to preheat your oven. Our No-Bake Chocolate Cake only requires a freezer. With a hint of hazelnut in every bite, this chocolate dessert recipe is a perfect way to welcome the warmer weather.

Who would dream that it could take just 5 easy ingredients and absolutely no baking to make this luscious, homemade Chocolate Eclair Cake? If you don't try this easy chocolate dessert, you're truly missing out.

The coffee gives our Tall, Dark, and Handsome Chocolate Cake the right amount of kick that separates this from just an ordinary chocolate cake recipe. This rich and creamy dessert will have everyone fighting over who gets the last piece.

Are you ready for a cake recipe that will trump any other cake you ever make again? The Ultimate German Chocolate Cake has that heavenly, chocolate-y goodness you love with a melt-in-your-mouth sweetness you won't be able to resist.

If you like chocolate and peanut butter — and who doesn't? — this rich and decadent chocolate cake will surely fulfill your fantasy for the ultimate, moist chocolate dessert!

Yup, it's true! You'll think you're in heaven when you try this delicious cake. And you've got to watch people's faces when you slice it... they'll be trying to figure out how you stuffed it!