Use this recipe to make a two layer round cake, a one layer sheet cake (the kind of cake I like to call a snack cake), or ...

Melt the butter, chocolate ... surface and a sharper edge. Spread a layer of icing on the top of each disc. You can place supports into the cake to make sure it stands up well.

Put the chocolate ... layer on a plate. Top with 1 cup of the frosting, spreading it to the edge. Top with the second layer and spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides. Let the cake ...

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.

A cake tester should come up mainly clean but with a few sticky chocolate crumbs clinging to ... wrapped in a double layer of clingfilm, followed by a layer of foil. Unwrap and defrost at room ...

This classic chocolate layer cake is big enough ... Julia Gartland for The New York Times The cake layers are deeply chocolatey, fluffy and even tastier if you make them the day before you plan ...

To make the icing ... consistency of thick mayonnaise. Slice each cake in half horizonatally. Put one cake half on a wire rack and smooth a layer of whipped cream on top. Continue this process ...

This buttermilk layer cake features a cloud-soft crumb and brown-butter-caramel frosting. Our best gluten-free chocolate cake recipe combines ... and quick raspberry curd make this impressive ...