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15+ Devilishly Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipes

January 27 By Renée 18 Comments

Did you know that January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day? (Yes! It’s a real thing!) Pick one of these decadent chocolate cake recipes and Celebrate!
January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day! (Yes! It's a real thing!) Pick a cake from our deliciously decadent chocolate cake roundup and Celebrate! | The Good Hearted Woman

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Oh. My. Goodness. I just spent a couple of hours drooling over these chocolate cake recipes as I was putting this post together. Even after all that contemplation, I can’t pick a favorite. Can you?

Devilishly Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipes

Did you know that January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day! 

Yes! It’s a real thing! In celebration of this momentous annual celebration, I asked some of my favorite foodies to share their best chocolate cake recipes. Many thanks for all who generously shared. 

Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me. ~ Audrey Hepburn
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Chocolate Wacky Cake

Chocolate Wacky Cake is the easiest scratch cake you will ever make! (No eggs, no milk, no butter, no clean-up.) Made exclusively with pantry staples, this surprisingly moist, delicious snack cake mixes up in a jiffy, right in the pan! (Kid-friendly recipe!)

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Double Chocolate Bundt Cake

Photo Credit: www.itsyummi.com

Double chocolate bundt cake is the star of any dessert table. Moist, decadent, and not overly sweet, this bundt cake is infused with coffee and topped with delicious dark chocolate ganache.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.

~ Charles M. Schulz

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Chocolate Caramel & Pecan Bundt Cake

Photo Credit: balancingmotherhood.com

Busy families: Keep a box of chocolate cake mix, a box of instant chocolate pudding, a jar of your favorite caramel sauce, and pecans in your pantry. Then you’ll be ready the next time you need to make a quick dessert — and no one will know the difference!

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Single Serving No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Desserts

Photo Credit: motherwouldknow.com

These no-bake single serving desserts take the wonderful combination of peanut butter and chocolate to new heights with a creamy middle and a crunchy top. With no baking required, they are a snap to put together on a hot, summer day.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

~ Mariska Hargitay

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Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Cake

Photo Credit: chocolateandmarrow.com

Chewy, dark chocolate brownie, smeared with fluffy peanut butter frosting and stacked, then topped with Reese’s peanut butter cups. 

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Champagne Brownie Cake

Photo Credit: recipeforperfection.com

A moist and delicious cake-like brownie with the subtle flavor of champagne.

He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.”

~ Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake

Photo Credit: norecipes.com

An ultra-moist gluten-free chocolate cake that's as simple as throwing sweet potatoes and a handful of other ingredients in the blender.

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Chocolate Coca Cola Cake Recipe

Photo Credit: www.bakingbeauty.net

A moist pillowy chocolate cake topped with a fudgy chocolate Coca Cola Frosting.

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Cold Chocolate Snacking Cake

Photo Credit: theviewfromgreatisland.com

Cold Chocolate Snacking Cake is cool, dark, moist, and decadent — keep a batch in the fridge at all times!  It’s a copy cat version of the famous Sara Lee chocolate cake, and it’s utterly irresistible.

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Chocolate Mega Muffins

Photo Credit: motherwouldknow.com

Jumbo chocolate muffins are perfect when you want to make cake but can't carry a big one to a picnic or potluck.

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

~ Katharine Hepburn

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The Best Chocolate Mud Cake

Photo Credit: bakeplaysmile.com

You only need one chocolate mud cake recipe… and this is it! It really is the best chocolate mud cake recipe ever! Dense, rich and oh-so-delicious!

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Strawberry Chocolate Cake

Photo Credit: www.karenskitchenstories.com

Light and seasonal, this chocolate cake is layered with a lightly sweetened whipped cream and a fresh strawberry reduction.

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Supreme Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse Filling

Photo Credit: www.sweetandsavorybyshinee.com

For serious chocolate lovers! This decadent chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling is just the thing to satisfy your chocolate cravings!

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M’s and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.

~ Dave Barry

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Chocolate Almond Pound Cake

Photo Credit: www.thelunacafe.com

This chocolate cake has a moist, tender, dense, and almost chewy texture, with a full chocolate flavor balanced by an equally assertive almond flavor.

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Almost Flourless Chocolate Cake 

Photo Credit: foodiegoeshealthy.com

Perfect for any holiday or dinner party, this fudgy chocolate cake is chocolatey and rich, but not too rich and not too sweet.

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Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake

Photo Credit: bigflavorstinykitchen.com

This boozy bundt cake was rich, dense and chocolatey. You can easily serve smaller slices of it than most cakes, because it really packs a punch. 

“Can I come back and see you sometime?”

“Long as you bring me some chocolate,” Gramma said, and smiled. “I’m partial to chocolate.”

“Gramma, you’re diabetic.”

“I’m old, girl. Gonna die of something. Might as well be chocolate.”

~ Rachel Caine, The Dead Girls’ Dance

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Filed Under: Recipe Round-ups Tagged With: bundt, cake, chocolate

Holiday Eggnog Cake {with Rum-Bourbon Glaze}

December 9 By Renée 4 Comments

Want to be the hit of your next holiday party? Serve up this amazing, uber-moist Holiday Eggnog Cake {with Brandy-Rum glaze}! This bundt is a crowd-pleaser for any occasion!

Eggnog Cake - Sliced 1

Let me introduce you to one of the most delicious bundts you will ever sink your teeth into – my amazing holiday Eggnog Cake.

{She said “Bundt!”}

OK, I know that at least a few of you just giggled, or at least smiled inside your head. If you didn’t, then watch the short clip below, because you have obviously missed out. 

“There’s a hole in this cake!”


(I think I’ve watched the Bundt Cake scene from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” at least a dozen times and it still cracks me up. (If you’ve never seen the movie, I highly recommend it.)  Now, on to the cake-making.)

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Holiday Eggnog {Bundt} Cake

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Ingredients

Cake

  • 1/2 lb unsalted butter 2 sticks, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 large eggs separated and at room temperature
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 Tbs baking powder
  • 2 tsp fresh nutmeg
  • 1 cup egg nog

Glaze

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 lb unsalted butter 1 stick
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 tsp fresh nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup dark rum Non-Alch.option: 1 T. rum flavoring
  • 1/4 cup brandy Non-Alch. option: 7 T. apple cider

Instructions

For Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 375°. Grease a bundt pan with butter or Crisco and dust with flour.
  • Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolks.
  • Sift together dry ingredients. Add to creamed mixture alternately with egg nog.
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  • Note: If you typically make your cakes from a mix, be aware that this batter is much thicker. This is what it looks like before the egg whites are folded in - almost like a very soft cookie dough.
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  • In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until they form soft peaks, and fold into batter. Once the whipped egg whites are folded in, spread the batter into your prepared bundt pan. Give the pan a couple of good taps on the counter to make sure all those little ridges are filled in.
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  • Bake 50-55 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Top of cake will crack. Remove from oven and cool in pan 10 minutes before turning out.
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For Glaze:

  • Combine sugar, butter, water and nutmeg in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
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  • Remove from heat and stir in rum and brandy, or flavoring and apple juice. Glaze will be very thin.
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  • Invert cake onto rack. Prick top of cake with a long fork or skewer at 1-inch intervals.
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  • To glaze, start with very warm glaze and a very warm cake. The glaze will be very thin when you start, but will thicken slightly as you go. Use a pastry brush and take your time, or all the glaze will run off. I usually glaze a layer and then wait a minute and glaze again, repeating until all the glaze is gone.
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  • Let cake sit at room temperature for 2-4 hours before serving.
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  • Freezes well.

Notes

If you are concerned about the alcohol being in your finished cake, don't be. It will all boil off immediately when you add it to the boiling hot glaze mixture. In fact, when you do this, stand back a little or the alcohol cloud from the burn-off may sting your eyes. (Voice of experience.)
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Eggnog Cake - Sliced

Eggnog Cake makes a simple, elegant presentation, and is delicious served alone or with the festive beverage of your choice.

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: baking, bundt, cake, Christmas, Holidays

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