The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe {Ever}

Amazing - my favorite chocolate cake recipe

2026 made for Ann Marie. Very moist and yummy

Excellent chocolate cake! I upped by half to get 3 layers, but didn't need to, original would have made 3 adequate layers for cake, 1.5 of recipe made 3 deep layers high enough to tort if you wanted to.

Followed the recipe to a T. So incredibly moist! Buttercream icing was also delicious. Lots of compliments on this cake.

Delicious! Initially I thought I had overcooked it and that it would be dry, but I was wrong. Moist and delicious. Used a cream cheese frosting and everyone had compliments.

I generally use this recipe for chocolate cake. I usually use hot coffee instead of hot water and espresso powder. I also tend to use sour cream and milk mixed together instead of milk. I tried brown butter instead of oil and added a tablespoon of milk. Adds a little something interesting. Have to remember to mix well after adding hot liquid as if you don't, the cakes fall in.

Made for birthday party- rich, moist, not too sweet

My first from scratch cake. So easy and turned out to be the best cake my kids have had.

This cake is INCREDIBLE!!!! I halved the recipe, used gluten free flour and I baked it in an 8 x8 brownie tin because I didn't have a round cake pan. I left it in an extra 10 minutes for a total of 45 min because the toothpick was not coming out clean in the middle. Not sure if that was due to the GF flour or the size of the tin. But anyways, it was SOOOO FREAKING GOOD, mom and husband both confirmed! I used store bought frosting because I'm lazy but I'm sure it would be even more incredible with homemade frosting. 100% you need to make this - so so so much better than box cake with all those nasty ingredients they sneak in there. This is the real deal!

Perfect. Same time for 9x13 pan

Everyone loved this cake. It was very rich, moist and flouncy. It had a great texture. I used coconut oil and coconut milk.

kind of time consuming but turned out great with chocolate ganache glaze and filling! also added homemade whipped cream for decoration.

Made this cake with a frosted ganache and ganache drip.

I used avocado oil and made a different frosting. It turned out okay. Not as moist or as sweet as I thought.

Very good. Takes a few days for the flavour to really come out (as is typical).

Left out the espresso powder since it was a kid's birthday cake. Still delicious! A bit sticky to handle after cooling down. I froze it for a few days and after defrosting it was easier to handle.