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These chocolate cake recipes come into their own around the Easter bank holiday 🪺

These are our favourite chocolate cake recipes, perfect for Easter 2025.

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With Easter around the corner (it's on Sunday 20th April this year), now is the perfect time to start planning a tasty menu if you're having friends and family over.

It wouldn't be Easter without a delicious lamb centrepiece, plenty of mini eggs, some fizzy wine and a dessert worthy enough of displaying in the centre of your table, to round things off with. For us, that dessert has got to be a decadent chocolate cake.

You really can't go wrong with chocolate for dessert, especially over the long bank holiday weekend, and we've rounded up our favourite chocolate Easter cakes from our cookery team.

Our experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute have tasted their way through 96 Easter eggs to find you the best tasting options for 2025.

1

Vegan Chocolate Courgette Cake

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You’d never know this cake contains courgettes – they can’t be seen at all when baked, but their presence helps add moisture and binds the cake (in place of egg).

Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Courgette Cake

2

Whipped Caramel Chocolate Cake

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The whipped caramel ganache icing takes it to the next level.

Recipe: Whipped Caramel Chocolate Cake

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3

No-bake Chocolate Cake

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You'll be shocked at how delicious this 10-minute no-bake cake, topped with mini eggs, is!

Recipe: No-bake Chocolate Cake

4

Crème Egg Traybake

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Crème Egg Traybake: Celebrate Easter in all its glory with this colourful traybake. If you’re not a fan of Crème Eggs then top with your favourite chocolate instead.

Recipe: Crème Egg Traybake

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5

The Best Chocolate Cake in the World

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This chocolate cake recipe has no flour in it, so this ‘cake’ appears more like a light, fudgy mousse covered with a rich ganache - just try to resist!

Recipe: The Best Chocolate Cake in the World

6

Creme Egg Cheesecake

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This all-out Easter pud makes no apologies for being decadent!

Recipe: Creme egg cheesecake

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7

Giant Chocolate Cornflake Nest Recipe

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This tasty chocolate nest makes a wonderful Easter centrepiece. Kids will love helping you make it too.

Recipe: Giant chocolate cornflake nest

8

Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

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This foolproof chocolate cake looks great with Easter decorations but it also makes a great cake for a birthday or other celebration.

Recipe: Easy chocolate cake

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9

Creme Egg Chocolate Fondants

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You don’t have to be nervous about getting the timings for these melt-in-the-middle puddings spot on, as the Creme Eggs give them their gooey interior.

Recipe: Creme Egg chocolate fondants

10

Malteser Brownies

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With the perfect level of squidge, these moreish malteser brownie squares are guaranteed to satisfy even the most intense chocolate craving.

Recipe: Malteser Brownies

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11

Chocolate Marble Cake

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This showstopper chocolate marble cake is well worth the time and effort!

Recipe: Chocolate Marble Cake

12

Easter no bake cake recipe

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It only takes 10 minutes to get this tasty cake ready to chill in the fridge, while you focus on getting your Easter lunch ready.

Recipe: Easter no bake cake

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13

The Ultimate Chocolate Cake Recipe

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An impressive cake with an easy recipe, serve after lunch to wow your guests.

Recipe: The ultimate chocolate cake

14

Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe

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This easy fudge cake is decorated in Spring colours and is sure to
be an Easter hit.

Recipe: Chocolate fudge cake

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15

Cheat's Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Using only four ingredients, this chocolate cake is so easy it's almost cheating. Decorate with mini chocolate eggs for a stylish Easter theme.

Recipe: Cheat's chocolate cake

16

Bunny Malteser Piñata Cake

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This Easter showstopper takes time to assemble, but is well worth the effort. You can use as many of the Malteser bunnys around outside of the cake as you like, or leave them off all together.

Recipe: Malteser bunny cake

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17

Hidden Bunny Nutella Loaf Cake

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Slice into this decadent chocolate cake with Nutella icing to find a little surprise inside…

Recipe: Hidden bunny loaf cake

18

Chocolate Celebration Cake

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This rich chocolate cake, sandwiched together with white chocolate buttercream, is a definite crowd-pleaser.

Recipe: Chocolate celebration cake

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19

Chocolate and Raspberry Torte

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After an expert tasting session of this cake, not a morsel was left - now that’s a successful recipe!

Recipe: Chocolate and raspberry torte

20

Vegan Chocolate Cake

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A rich and moist vegan chocolate cake recipe layered with an avocado frosting. Add more or less maple syrup depending on the ripeness of the avocados and bananas.

Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Cake

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