4 Easy Chocolate Cake Recipes

Whether it's dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate, dulcey chocolate, Nutella, or Kit Kat, their common point is the indulgence of chocolate. A delight for enthusiasts and lovers of this exceptional product. Chocolate cake brings joy to children as much as to adults. Here are four easy recipes to reproduce at home.

Quick Fondant

When we talk about chocolate cake, the first thing that comes to mind is the fondant of the cake. It's what is comforting in this pastry. If making a fondant cake is difficult by following the techniques of professional pastry chefs, there is nevertheless a simpler foolproof way. Here it is.

The cooking and preparation will take 40 minutes and the ingredients are for 6 people. You will need 100 g of butter, 100 g of powdered sugar, 50 g of flour, 3 eggs, and 200 g of chocolate. Before starting the first step, preheat the oven to 180°C.

• Melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, in a bain-marie or in a microwave. For the latter, set 20 s each time and stir.
• In another bowl, mix the sugar, eggs, and flour and gradually add the chocolate.
• Butter and flour a cake tin and pour in the mixture
• Bake for 20 minutes

Be careful, the peculiarity of the chocolate fondant cake is that you cannot test the cooking with a knife as with a cake. Moreover, after 20 minutes of cooking, it does not seem well cooked and that's normal. Wait for it to cool before unmolding.

Nutella Cake

This recipe for 6 people is very easy. You can make it with your children. It takes 15 minutes for preparation and 25 minutes for baking. Moreover, the ingredients are those in your kitchen cupboards: 4 to 6 heaped tablespoons of Nutella, 200 g of flour, 200 g of sugar, 10 cl of milk, and 3 eggs. The packet of baking powder is not mandatory.

• Preheat the oven to 180°C
• Mix the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, and baking powder if needed
• Add the eggs and milk to obtain a smooth batter without lumps
• Soften the Nutella in a bain-marie
• Pour everything into a cake tin
• Bake in the oven for 25 minutes

To check the cooking, insert a knife in the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, it's done. Once cooled and unmolded, spread with Nutella for even more indulgence.

Little tip: to make your cake even more moist, at step 3, incorporate only the egg yolks. Beat the egg whites until stiff and mix with the softened Nutella before mixing with the rest.

Kit Kat Birthday Cake

This is the Kit Kat birthday cake that everyone dreams of having. Its strong point? White chocolate and milk chocolate and of course Kit Kats. You need for the cake: 5 eggs, 130 g of flour, 150 g of sugar, 30 g of dark cocoa. For the cream: 20 cl of liquid cream, 250 g of mascarpone, 200 g of white chocolate.

• Separate the whites from the yolks and beat the whites until they double in volume and whiten
• Add the egg yolks to the whites
• Add the cocoa, flour, and sugar and mix
• Butter and flour a cake tin and pour in the mixture
• Bake for 30 min at 180°C
• Let cool and unmold

This cake is already delicious even without the chocolates. But the best is yet to come.

• Cut the cake into three horizontally to get layers
• Melt the white chocolate
• Make whipped cream with the mascarpone and liquid cream
• Pour the white chocolate into the whipped cream and mix

For assembly:

• Take one cake, put a good layer of cream
• Crush one or two packets of Kit Kat and sprinkle over the cream
• Place the second cake on the first and repeat a layer of cream and Kit Kat
• Place the last layer of cake and a layer of cream on top and on the sides
• Place Kit Kats around the cake
• Decorate the top of the cake with milk chocolate shavings, a few squares, and anything you like

All Chocolate

This all chocolate cake is easy to make, but takes a bit more time than the others because it requires the biscuit, a ganache, and a glaze. By carefully following the steps, you will have a beautiful chocolate cake on the dining table the next day.

Here are the ingredients for 6 people for the biscuit: 5 eggs, 15g of cocoa powder, 135 g of flour, 150 g of sugar. For the ganache: 200 g of dark chocolate and 20 cl of full cream. And finally for the icing: 150 g of dark or milk chocolate and 8 cl of peanut or grapeseed oil. Before starting the preparation, preheat the oven to 200°C.

For the cake:

• Whiten the eggs and sugar and triple their volume
• Incorporate the flour and cocoa and pour the sponge cake into the tin
• Bake for 20 min, let cool and divide into 3 discs

For the ganache:

• Boil the cream and pour half over the chocolate pieces
• Once the chocolate has melted, pour the rest of the cream and let it cool down

For the glaze: melt the chocolate and oil in a bain-marie

To assemble the all-chocolate cake, put a layer of ganache between each biscuit and on top. While the glaze is hot, pour it over the assembled cake so that it is completely covered. Chill overnight or for an hour if you want to eat it during the day.