Our Editor's All-Time Favorite Chocolate Cakes

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Chocolate Plum Cake
Somehow, Epi's Katherine Sacks created a chocolate cake that is both extra-light and supremely rich. The secret? The sneaky addition of ripe plums.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone2/7
One-Bowl Milk Chocolate Cake With Chocolate-Caramel Frosting
Dreamy. Just dreamy. The milk chocolate in the batter lends the finished cake a creaminess—yes, I said creaminess—and the fact that it's made in one bowl means I can make it whenever I want without worrying about dishes.
- Peter Frank Edwards3/7
Malted Chocolate Cake
I'm obsessed with Tandem Coffee + Bakery in Portland, ME. I am also obsessed with the combination of chocolate and malt. Therefore, I am obsessed with Tandem's recipe for this malty chocolate cake.
- Peden & Munk4/7
Would you believe that this chocolate cake is healthy-ish? Me neither. But the fact that it has a crumble topping in lieu of frosting convinced me that it's okay to eat a slice for breakfast.
- Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Stephanie De Luca, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova5/7
Flourless Chocolate Cake
A classic. And a powerhouse. This is the cake to turn to on those nights when you want to be knocked unconscious by chocolate.
- Brian Finke6/7
Mile-High Chocolate Cake With Vanilla Buttercream
Another recipe from a great American bakery, this time New York City's Baked. You might—might—want to save this monster for a party.
- Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich7/7
Texas Sheet Cake
Aside from Rhoda's milk chocolate sheet-pan cake (see slide 1), this cake, with its glaze-like frosting that melts into every slice, is my favorite chocolate cake of all time. Is it a coincidence that both this recipe and Rhoda come from Texas?
