A Collection of Heavenly Chocolate Cake Recipes for Every Occasion
Whether you’re celebrating a milestone or simply craving something out of the ordinary with your cup of tea, there’s no denying the joy that a chocolate cake brings. Adding cacao powder or melted chocolate, olive oil or butter to your batter — they’re all winning combinations in our eyes.
We have a plethora of exquisite chocolate cake recipes for every baker, from easy-to-assemble chocolate cakes to tiered masterpieces. Whatever your abilities, one thing is clear: when it comes to chocolate cakes, one slice is never enough.
Discover a host of indulgent variations, like our easy chocolate cake with fudge icing, our chilli chocolate lava cake, Aaron Turner’s Mum’s chocolate ripple cake and our irresistible salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache — for those who want to take their chocolate cake recipes to the next level.
Our guide to how to make a chocolate mousse cake will have you baking every week, while our torta caprese is a simple chocolate cake recipe that’s low effort, maximum flavour. And although we always gush over the cake itself, a silky dark chocolate buttercream frosting, fudgy ganache or sweet icing can take a cake into another realm of decadence. Just be sure to let the cakes cool completely before icing for the best results!
Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache
This is the chocolate cake to save for a special occasion.
How to make a chocolate mousse cake
Chocolate fiends will love the triple-hit in this irresistible chocolate mousse cake. Catherine Adams shows how it’s done.
Chocolate and salted honey cake with honeycomb
Layers and layers of heavenly honey cream and chocolate sponge.
Chilli chocolate lava cake
Chocoholics delight, because this chocolate lava cake is all things spiced, gooey and delicious.
Flourless chocolate cake with hazelnut and buttermilk
Every great baker needs a great flourless chocolate cake recipe. Here’s the one we swear by.
Chocolate cake with fudge icing
This simple recipe is everything you want a chocolate cake to be: rich, dense and generously iced.
Flour and Stone’s chocolate Manjari cake
The famous signature chocolate Manjari cake by Nadine Ingram from Sydney bakery Flour & Stone.
Gâteau Opéra
A buttercream and coffee-soaked layered sponge cake as dramatic as Madama Butterfly.
Chocolate ricotta cake
This perfect match of rich chocolate and airy ricotta makes for an irresistible cake.
Dark chocolate mousse cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for dark chocolate mousse cake.
Aaron Turner’s Mum’s chocolate ripple cake
Recreate the Igni chef’s favourite childhood cake for your next celebration.
Chocolate and coffee fudge cakes with Bourbon chocolate sauce
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate and coffee fudge cakes with Bourbon chocolate sauce.
Chocolate, prune and walnut cake with sherry and chocolate ganache
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate, prune and walnut cake with sherry and chocolate ganache.
Chocolate truffle layer cake
A buttermilk cake is layered with a chocolate truffle mousse for a wonderfully decadent cake, perfect for parties and celebrations.
Chocolate lamington cake
Chocolate sponge cake soaked in chocolate panna cotta and spread with a dark chocolate glaze: this is one serious chocolate cake.
Chocolate cherry fudge and coconut ice-cream cake
Recipe for chocolate cherry fudge and coconut ice-cream cake.
Fudgy chocolate-cherry cake
Think of this as a very glamorous and very modern version of a Black Forest cake.
Chocolate-hazelnut meringue cake
Dense and fudgy chocolate cake contrasts beautifully with feather-light chocolate meringue in this moreish cake.
Chocolate and buttermilk slab cake
Buttermilk is the bakers’ secret weapon here, adding a subtle tang to the sweet frosting and contributing to an ultra-tender crumb in the cake itself. Try it for yourself and see.
Dark chocolate, pear and pistachio cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for dark chocolate, pear and pistachio cake from Tartine in Armadale, Victoria
Chocolate raspberry layer cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate raspberry layer cake.
Chocolate and beetroot cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller dessert recipe for chocolate and beetroot cake.
Chocolate and hazelnut cake with espresso ganache
This fudgy, meringue-based cake is the perfect finale to a sophisticated dinner party.
Beetroot chocolate mud cakes
Pete Evans recipe for beetroot chocolate mud cakes.
Chocolate-coffee crêpe cake
Fluffy crêpe and whipped truffle cream alternate with crunchy praline in this stunner of a dessert.
Chocolate raspberry meringue cake
A layered meringue cake that will impress as soon as it hits the table for dessert.
Chocolate mousse cakes
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Christine Manfield’s chocolate mousse cakes.
Rich chocolate mousse cake
A rich chocolate cake that makes a glittering impression on guests.
Chocolate, apricot and rum pound cake
It’s not what you’d call a traditional pound cake. It calls for different quantities of flour, sugar, eggs and butter, but know this – it is delicious.
Hazelnut-chocolate cake
Hazelnut-chocolate cake recipe- For mocha meringue, preheat oven to 100C, and lineand ½ tsp sea salt in an electric mixer until glossy soft peaks form (3-4 minutes).
Chocolate coconnetta parfait cake
Inspired by the nostalgic Viennetta ice-cream cake, this fun dessert is sure to delight at any party.
Crowd-pleasing chocolate cake with roast rhubarb
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crowd-pleasing chocolate cake with roast rhubarb.
Venetian chocolate cake with star anise gelato
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Venetian chocolate cake with star anise gelato by Assaggio Ristorante in Adelaide.
Rich chocolate cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller dessert recipe for rich chocolate cake.
