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5 Best Chocolate Cake Recipes for National Chocolate Cake Day

By Cynthia Dea
January 26, 2015
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January 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day which means there's a good chance that you're looking for an appropriate chocolate cake recipe to mark the occasion. Whether it's mousse-filled, spongy, or red -- we have a chocolate concoction that will please your palate. Here we give you our favorite chocolate cake recipes from KCET Food.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Red Velvet Cake

shadowCake

Chocolate Shadow Cake

Mint Chocolate Cake

Coffee Mug Chocolate Cake

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