10 outrageously delicious chocolate cake recipes

Double-chocolate espresso cake

How do you get that smooth finish? Use a wide spackling knife! This tool (found at local hardware stores) will help you get that even coat. Beautiful flowers complete the elegant look. Get the recipe.

Guinness chocolate fudge cake with cloud icing

This cake might just have you making up reasons to celebrate. (The guinness gives it a super-fudgy decadence.) Get the recipe.

Mocha ice cream cake

It takes just five ingredients and 25 minutes to whip up this unforgettable no-bake ice cream cake. Laced with espresso and topped with candy-shop chocolates, it’s the ultimate treat. Get the recipe.

Mocha biscuit cake

Short of time (or baking know-how)? This cake — rumoured to be a favourite of Prince William's — is the perfect, eye-pleasing Christmas dessert. Get the recipe.

Triple chocolate cheesecake

With layers of lusciousness, from the easy cookie crust to scrumptious chocolate curls, this cheesecake spells nirvana for the devoted chocoholic. Get the recipe.

Gluten-free chocolate fudge cake

And for our gluten-free friends, we have a dark and fudgy bundt cake that rivals any of these cakes. Get the recipe.

Chocolate cake with mocha frosting

Prefer your coffee on the side? Just substitute more milk into your icing for a classic chocolate on chocolate variation. Get the recipe.

Chocolate cake with pink vanilla frosting

This traditional three-layer cake gets a pop of colour with a minimalist, but eye-catching frosting. Get the recipe.

Nigella Lawson's chocolate olive oil cake

Olive oil cake? That's we thought at first, too. But really, it's one of the most moist and decadent slices you've ever tasted. Get the recipe.

Lidia Bastianich's chocolate hazelnut torte

Brandy, hazelnuts and chocolate make this rich cake a dessert to remember. Get the recipe.

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