Chocolate Cakes

One of the most popular Swedish desserts is a rich chocolate cake known as kladdkaka. This classic Swedish creation combines eggs, cocoa (or chocolate), butter, sugar, and flour into a dense and luscious dessert. During baking, the cake should alw... READ MORE

Torta Caprese is a dark chocolate cake made without any flour. This specialty of the Italian island of Capri consists of dark chocolate, eggs, sugar, almonds, and butter. It is characterized by its dense chocolate texture and a layer of powdered s... READ MORE

Ferrara's pastry chefs created torta tenerina in the early 1900s to honor Elena Petrovich, the queen of Montenegro and the wife of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III. The name of this Italian classic translates to tender cake, and wit... READ MORE

When chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten mistakenly pulled out his chocolate sponge cake out of the oven ahead of time, little did he know it was a blessing in disguise. Once he cracked the spongy outside, he was met with an explosion of liquid chocola... READ MORE

Torta Savoia is a layered chocolate cake that hails from Sicily. It consists of several sponge layers coated in a rich chocolate hazelnut cream. The entire combination is covered with a glossy chocolate glaze, and in some variations, sponges are l... READ MORE

The original Sacher-Torte is the most famous Austrian cake. It is a classic, layered chocolate sponge cake that is thinly coated with high-quality apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing. Sacher-Torte is said to taste the best when accompanied... READ MORE

Bolo de brigadeiro is a traditional cake that's a staple at birthday parties. The cake consists of three layers of tender and moist crumb, chocolate cake, and the fudgy brigadeiro filling and frosting that's made with a combination of condensed mi... READ MORE

Texas sheet cake is an American dessert made with a combination of buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, sugar, flour, butter, and cocoa. Once baked, the hot chocolate cake is topped with a crunchy icing featuring pecan pieces. In Texas, it is a... READ MORE

Translated as chocolate cake, this no-bake Argentinian dessert was influenced by Italian cuisine and modeled on the famous Italian tiramisu. It is made with three Argentinian staple ingredients: chocolate biscuits, dulce de leche... READ MORE

Mississippi mud pie is a flavorful American dessert consisting of a cookie crust filled with numerous variable ingredients such as biscuits, ice cream, pudding, whipped cream, liqueur, and marshmallows. The pie is usually prepared in layers and of... READ MORE

This decadent cake is one of the most popular Bulgarian desserts. It consists of five delicate walnut sponges layered with dark chocolate. The whole cake is then covered in a glistening chocolate icing or creamy ganache, decorated with walnuts, de... READ MORE

Named after Salome's dance to make Herod crazy with lust, torta setteveli (cake of the seven veils) unsurprisingly achieves more or less the same results. This traditional Sicilian birthday cake consists of an alternating combination of chocolate ... READ MORE

Black Forest cherry cake is a popular German dessert consisting of chocolate sponges that are coated in whipped cream and dotted with kirschwasser-infused cherries. Some varieties use the kirschwasser brandy to soak the chocolate layers or to ligh... READ MORE

Blackout cake is a traditional chocolate cake originating from Brooklyn's Ebinger's Bakery, where it was first made in 1942. This rich, dark sponge cake is filled with thick pudding-like chocolate custard and topped with crumbs of chocolate cake. ... READ MORE

Reform torta is a rich Serbian multi-layered cake. It consists of walnut sponge cake and a creamy chocolate filling. The sponge is made with egg whites, sugar, and walnuts, while the filling is prepared with a combination of chocolate, egg yolks, ... READ MORE

This flavorful Italian cake has a rich almond and cocoa flavor characterized by an intense aftertaste of rum and coffee. It was invented in 1907 by Eugenio Gollini who dedicated it to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, a famous 16th-century architect. The... READ MORE

Arretje nof is a traditional chocolate cake originating from the Netherlands. Interestingly, this chocolate cake needs no baking – all it needs is a few hours in the fridge. The cake is usually made with a combination of butter, cookies, dar... READ MORE

Mađarica, meaning Hungarian girl, is a traditional layered cake that is usually associated with festive occasions. The layers are coated in a velvety, chocolate-infused cream, and the whole cake is finished with a dark chocolate glaze. Al... READ MORE

Amandine is a traditional chocolate cake that's filled either with chocolate or almond cream. The cake has four components – the sponge cake, the syrup, the filling, and the glaze. The sponge cake is made with eggs, sugar, water, flour, oil,... READ MORE

Royal is a classic French dessert that is also known as trianon. The base of the cake is made from dacquoise—the crispy almond meringue that's topped with crunchy praline cream, usually consisting of melted chocola... READ MORE

Dios torta is a traditional chocolate sponge cake originating from Hungary. It consists of a walnut sponge and layers of chocolate buttercream. The walnut sponge cake is made with a mixture of eggs, sugar, ground walnuts, baking powder, flour, and... READ MORE

As decadently dark, sinful, and tempting as its name implies, devil's food cake was invented in the early 1900s as an antipode to the already famed angel food cake. It emerged at a time when baking chocolate and unsweetened cocoa powder b... READ MORE

The decadent, chocolate-laden Torta Novecento (cake nine hundred), was created by a renowned Canavese master pastry chef Ottavio Bertinotti to celebrate the turn of the 20th century – hence the name. This seemingly simple cake, consisting of... READ MORE

This classic Hungarian dessert consists of two layers of chocolate sponge held together by a luscious, mousse-like cocoa cream filling which is sometimes flavored with a splash of dark rum, while the cake itself is typically covered in a rich dark... READ MORE

A Bavarian specialty dessert called prinzregententorte is a smooth, chocolate-covered layer cake with a chocolate buttercream filling. The cake is comprised of thin cake layers that are smeared with chocolate buttercream and then finished off with... READ MORE

Wuzetka is a traditional cake originating from Warsaw. The cake consists of chocolate sponge cake that's filled with whipped cream and covered with chocolate icing. It's usually made with a combination of flour, eggs, sugar, butter, cocoa powder, ... READ MORE

Bolo formigueiro is a traditional cake originating from Brazil. Essentially, it's a sponge cake with chocolate shavings running throughout the dough, hence the name, which means anthill cake. The cake is usually made with a combination of flour, b... READ MORE

Despite its name, German chocolate cake is an American invention, a decadent dessert consisting of three interspersed layers of buttermilk sponge and chocolate, combined with desiccated coconut and peanuts. The cake is often garnished with even mo... READ MORE

Zoumero is a rich and decadent Greek chocolate cake originating from Chania. The cake is made with flour, baking powder, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa powder. Once baked, the surface of the cake is topped with a cold syrup consisting of milk, sugar, bu... READ MORE

Joffre cake is a rich, layered chocolate and buttermilk cake that was invented in 1920 in Bucharest. Built in 1852, a restaurant, hotel, and cafe called Casa Capsa was thought to be a symbol of Romanian high society, a place where the mos... READ MORE

Torta Pistocchi is a rich Italian chocolate cake with a velvety, fondant-like texture. The original recipe was created in 1990 by Claudio Pistocchi, and the original ingredients only include dark chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, and heavy crea... READ MORE

Panama torte is a traditional chocolate-almond cake originating from Austria. It was invented to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, and usually consists of breadcrumbs, almonds, dark chocolate, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, butte... READ MORE

Pampepato or panpepato di Terni, also known as diamante delle terre di San Valentino is a traditional cake originating from the province of Terni and the neighboring municipalities in the province of Perugia. The cake is made with a combi... READ MORE

Lamingtons are simple sponge cakes coated in chocolate icing and sprinkled with desiccated coconut. This is a version of lamingtons made with the addition of chocolate cream. The cake is usually made with flour, dark cocoa, eggs, sugar, butter, an... READ MORE

Torta Osimhen is a decadent chocolate cake created in honor of Napoli (football club) striker Viktor Osimhen. In a city that lives and dies for good food and its football team, pastry chefs Salvatore and Giuseppe Mellone of the Neapolitan pasticce... READ MORE

Kek chokulåti is a Chamorro chocolate cake that is quite popular at weddings and birthdays. In its most basic form, it is made with eggs, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, sugar, butter, and salt, although additional ingredients can be added... READ MORE

Crescionda is a traditional cake originating from Spoleto in Central Italy. This chocolate cake is enriched with amaretti biscuits and aniseed liqueur. It's usually made with a combination of eggs, sugar, flour, lemon zest, milk, Sambuca, dark cho... READ MORE

Kaštelanska torta is a traditional chocolate cake originating from the Kaštela area in Dalmatia. The cake is usually made with a combination of sugar, eggs, almonds, chocolate, breadcrumbs, and a bit of prošek. The egg yolks a... READ MORE