Use this recipe to bake an 8-inch two-layer round cake, a 9x13-inch sheet cake, or 24 cupcakes. This chocolate spice cake is ...

Unmold onto a wire rack and cool. Level the surface of each cake; spread a layer of chocolate icing between each layer of cake and frost the outside of the cake with the remaining icing.

Pipe a 1/2-inch-tall border of icing around edge of first cake layer. Spoon half of chocolate mousse (about 2 cups) onto center of cake, and spread evenly within border using a small offset spatula.

Melt the butter, chocolate ... a scraper until you can see the “nude” cake below. Place into the fridge to firm up the icing. Pour a thin layer of the cooled ganache over the top and gentle ...

Coarsely chop some bittersweet chocolate and place in a medium bowl. Bittersweet is my go-to because it makes for a rich, not ...

Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. This classic chocolate layer cake is big enough for a celebration but can be easily made with pantry staples and a hand ...

Texas sheet cake — a large format, thin, one layer chocolate cake that is topped when warm with a hot, pourable fudgy chocolate frosting — is everyone’s idea of a good time. But when the ...

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line the bottom of a 9 by 13-inch (23 by 33 cm) baking pan with parchment paper and grease ...