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67 indulgent chocolate cake recipes

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The recipe for this chocolate hazelnut cake was developed as part of The Weekly's 90th birthday celebrations (recipe below).

When you’re craving something decadent for dessert, it’s hard to go past a rich chocolate cake. Here, we’ve gathered our favourite chocolate cake recipes, with everything from our family -style chocolate slab cake, perfect for a birthday party, to indulgent chocolate mousse cakes and cheesecakes, plus the chocolate hazelnut cake we developed in celebration of The Weekly’s 90th birthday in 2023.

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There are also recipes for chocolate brownies, as well as cupcakes and roulades.

Indulge your sweet tooth and enjoy a slice, or three, of one of these gorgeous desserts.

Recipe tips for chocolate cake success

Why is my chocolate cake dry?

Most chocolate cakes are butter cakes with chocolate of some sort added. Melted chocolate alone in a recipe often won’t give a strong colour and flavour, but it does add fat and sugar, which is good when it comes to making a moist chocolate cake. When cocoa alone is used, it will give colour, some fat, sugar and flavour, but not as much as chocolate, and too much cocoa can result in a dry cake. Recipes that contain both cocoa and melted chocolate will give you the best results in terms of colour and flavour, as well as texture.

The secret to fudgy brownies

If your brownies tend to be too dry, drop the baking time back by 5 minutes each time you bake brownies until you get the consistency that suits your taste, and don’t forget to make notes about what you’ve done.

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If your recipe uses white sugar, try using coarse granulated table sugar instead, as this will help with fudginess.

The secret to moist (but not too moist) mud cake

Mud cakes are high in fat and sugar, and they can develop a sugary crust during baking. If the crust is a problem for you, try baking the cake at a slightly lower temperature. Drop the temperature by 10 degrees to start with, and keep a note of the results. The cake might take a little longer to cook, but probably not much – up to 15 minutes or so.

If your mud cake isn’t cooking in the middle, it needs longer baking. Often lower oven temperatures aren’t too accurate; the longer slower baking won’t hurt the cake.

For more Test Kitchen chocolate cake baking tips, see this article.

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Indulgent chocolate cake recipes

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Nutella chocolate cake
Baking
November 24, 2022

Nutella chocolate cake

The unbeatable chocolate hazelnut flavour of this simple chocolate cake are thanks to a batter and frosting loaded with rich, sweet Nutella. There’s no secret why Nutella is the world’s most popular spread. The perfect combination of silky smooth milk chocolate and roasted hazelnuts creates a flavour combination worthy of the gods. Looking for more […]
By Women's Weekly Food
flourless chocolate cake with mint toffee ice-cream
Quick & Easy
November 30, 2009

Flourless chocolate cake with mint toffee ice-cream

A closed 25cm (10-inch) springform pan can be used to make this cake. Once the toffee is processed with the mint leaves, it will become sticky and must be used immediately. Note
By Women's Weekly Food

After more recipes?

See this collection of dark chocolate recipes, which includes several cakes, or these decadent chocolate mousse recipes.

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