Chocolate is one of life's joys – combine it with the celebratory delight of cake, and you have a winning combination. From a fluffy chocolate ricotta cake to a dense Torta Caprese, and a hybrid chocolate lamington number in between – when it comes to these chocolate cakes, one piece is never enough.
26 chocolate cakes you'll want to bake straight away
Chocolate is one of life's joys. Combine it with the celebratory delight of cake, and you have a winning combination.
![**[Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/salted-chocolate-layer-cake-with-whipped-ganache-15940|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2018/05/23/15940/GT1805_Take_the_cake_Salted_chocolate_layer_cake_with_whipped_ganacheA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache
Photo: William Meppem![[**Chocolate Manjari cake**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/chocolate-manjari-cake-8226|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/04/01/8226/web_manjaricake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: William Meppem
![**[Chocolate and buttermilk slab cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-and-buttermilk-slab-cake-15934|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2018/06/19/15934/hero-chocolate-buttermilk-slab-cake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate and buttermilk slab cake
Photo: William Meppem![**[Chocolate and hazelnut Kugelhopf](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-kugelhopf-17156|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/03/21/17156/Kugelhof02.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate and hazelnut Kugelhopf
Photo: Adele Brynne![**[Aaron Turner's Mum's chocolate ripple cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/aaron-turners-mums-chocolate-ripple-cake-16075|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2018/06/22/16075/GT1806_Mum-s_the_word_Aaron_Turner-s_Mum-s_chocolate_ripple_cakeA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Aaron Turner's Mum's chocolate ripple cake
Photo: Ben Dearnley![**[Chocolate ricotta cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-ricotta-cake-12753|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2017/03/21/48658/last-bite.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Ben Dearnley
![**[Torta Caprese](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/torta-caprese-12177|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/02/05/12177/web_torta.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: William Meppem
![**[Chocolate lamington cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-lamington-cake-12758|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/02/05/12758/web_lamingtoncake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Mikkel Vang
![**[Chocolate mousse cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-mousse-cake-14231|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2021/02/15/14231/web_Chocolate-mousse-cake03-628.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Ben Dearnley
![**[Chocolate cake with fudge icing](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-cake-with-fudge-icing-12755|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/gt/2020/02/05/1580884783759_ebchocolatefudgecake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate cake with fudge icing
Photo: Mikkel Vang![**[Flourless chocolate, hazelnut and buttermilk cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/flourless-chocolate-hazelnut-and-buttermilk-cake-12475|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2016/02/26/39814/choc-hazelnut-buttermilk-cake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Flourless chocolate, hazelnut and buttermilk cake
Photo: William Meppem![**[Hazelnut-chocolate cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/hazelnut-chocolate-cake-12600|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2016/10/20/45547/hazelnut-choc-cake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: William Meppem
![**[Fudgy chocolate-cherry cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/fudgy-chocolate-cherry-cake-12607|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2018/03/01/45711/GT-Cakes-09_6401.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: William Meppem
![**[Burnt cocoa sponge cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/burnt-cocoa-sponge-cake-8640|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/06/15/8640/web_Burnt_cocoa_sponge_cake_03A.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Ben Dearnley
![**[Chocolate-hazelnut meringue cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-hazelnut-meringue-cake-15932|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2018/05/23/15932/GT1805_Take_the_cake_Chocolate_hazelnut_meringue_cakeA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate-hazelnut meringue cake
Photo: William Meppem![**[Rocky-road cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/rocky-road-cake-16839|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/01/14/16839/GT1910_Grand_Finale_Rocky_Road_CakeA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Ben Dearnley
![**[Choc-orange cake with Jaffa buttercream](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-orange-cake-jaffa-buttercream-16836|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/01/14/16836/GT1910_Grand_Finale_Choc_Orange_Cake_With_Jaffa_ButterCreamA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Choc-orange cake with Jaffa buttercream
Photo: Ben Dearnley![**[Chocolate, apricot and rum pound cake](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-pound-cake-17160|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/03/21/17160/Pound-Cake01.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate, apricot and rum pound cake
Photo: Adele Brynne![**[Flour & Stone's blackberry and chocolate meringue roulade](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/blackberry-chocolate-meringue-roulade-16889|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/01/18/16889/GT1901_Final_flourish_Blackberry_and_chocolate_meringue_rouladeA.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Flour & Stone's blackberry and chocolate meringue roulade
Photo: Ben Dearnley![[**Gâteau Opéra**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/gateau-opera-12355|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2021/02/23/12355/web-french-cakes-gateau-opera.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: William Meppem
![[**Chocolate raspberry layer cake**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-raspberry-layer-cake-10656|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2015/12/14/38306/CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY-LAYER-CAKE.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate raspberry layer cake
Photo: William Meppem![[**Chocolate and almond simnel cake**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-and-almond-simnel-cake-10823|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2015/12/14/38311/CHOCOLATE-AND-ALMOND-SIMNEL-CAKE.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate and almond simnel cake
Photo: William Meppem![[**Chocolate cherry fudge and coconut ice-cream cake**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-cherry-fudge-and-coconut-ice-cream-cake-11191|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2019/11/13/11191/web_fudgecake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate cherry fudge and coconut ice-cream cake
Photo: Prue Ruscoe![[**Chocolate, prune and walnut cake with chocolate and sherry ganache**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-prune-and-walnut-cake-with-chocolate-and-sherry-ganache-12105|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/06/12/12105/web_chocolateprunecake.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate, prune and walnut cake with chocolate and sherry ganache
Photo: William Meppem![[**Chocolate and hazelnut cake with espresso ganache**](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/chocolate-and-hazelnut-cake-with-espresso-ganache-13918|target="_blank")](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/GourmetTraveller/2015/12/14/38316/CHOCOLATE-AND-HAZELNUT-CAKE-WITH-ESPRESSO-GANACHE.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Chocolate and hazelnut cake with espresso ganache
Photo: William Meppem![**[Spiced orange Sacher torte](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/browse-all/sacher-torte-18742|target="_blank")**](https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/Gt/2020/09/11/18742/web_sachertorte.jpg?width=690&height=&mode=crop&scale=both&anchor=topcenter&quality=70)
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Photo: Louise Lister
