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Best chocolate cake recipes

From easy, gluten-free and vegan to extravagant, fudgey and rich, there's a chocolate cake here for every occasion.

Chocolate birthday traybake

by Mary Berry

Sometimes it can be difficult to know what cake to make for a special birthday – one which is not complicated, will feed many people and can be made ahead. This is the one!

A grown-up cake which is two chocolate traybakes that are filled and iced. If serving as a dessert, offer fresh strawberries or raspberries alongside.

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by Benjamina Ebuehi

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Black Forest gâteau

by Giorgio Locatelli

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Cut ‘n’ come again espresso cake

by Nadiya Hussain

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Chocolate roulade

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Dark and sumptuous chocolate cake

by Nigella Lawson

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Chocolate biscuit cake

by Jennifer Joyce

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Salted chocolate cake

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Cherry and chocolate mug cake

by Lesley Waters

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Mary Berry's simple chocolate cake

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Gluten-free chocolate cake

by Angela Hartnett

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Chocolate drip cake

by Chris Murphy

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Chocolate hazelnut cake

by The Hairy Bikers

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Rich chocolate almond cake

by Rachel Allen

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Sunken chocolate amaretto cake

by Nigella Lawson

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Mary Berry's chocolate birthday cake

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Chocolate lava cake

by Donal Skehan

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Easy chocolate loaf cake

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Chocolate cake

by The Hairy Bikers

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Chocolate olive oil cake

by Nigella Lawson

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Flourless chocolate cake

by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich

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Italian strawberry and chocolate chunk cake

by Jordan Bourke

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Chocolate peanut butter cake

by Nigella Lawson

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Celebration chocolate cake

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Chocolate sponge cake

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Hidden heart loaf cake

by Becky Excell

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Eggless chocolate cake

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Chocolate reflection cake

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Chocolate traybake

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Chocolate orange cake

by Justine Pattison

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Dairy-free chocolate cake

Vegan chocolate cake

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Beetroot chocolate cake

by Nigel Slater

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Chocolate cola cake

by James Martin

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Chocolate chip traybake

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Microwave chocolate cake

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Marble cake

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Easy chocolate buttercream icing

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5 ingredient chocolate cake

by Silvana Franco

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Nigella's devil’s food cake

by Nigella Lawson

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