Definition

Noun: A cake that contains chocolate as a primary ingredient. This can refer to the entire cake flavored with chocolate or a cake that includes chocolate components, such as chocolate chips or frosting.

Examples of Usage

Advanced Usage

• "a piece/slice of chocolate cake": The standard way to refer to a single serving.
  • Would you like a slice of chocolate cake for dessert?
• Used as a benchmark for deliciousness or indulgence in comparative phrases.
  • Winning the championship was better than chocolate cake.

Variants and Related Words

• Chocolate fudge cake: A denser, richer type of chocolate cake.
• Chocolate lava cake: A dessert with a liquid chocolate center.
• German chocolate cake: A specific layered cake with a coconut-pecan frosting.
• Chocolate cupcake: A single-serving portion of cake baked in a cup-shaped container.

Synonyms

• Devil's food cake: A specific type of moist, rich chocolate cake.
• Fudge cake: Emphasizes a dense, fudge-like texture.

Related Phrases

• "Easy as chocolate cake": An idiom (less common than "easy as pie") implying something is very simple to do.
  • Assembling this furniture is easy as chocolate cake.
• "Have your cake and eat it too": (Idiom) While not specific to chocolate cake, it is often used in the context of dessert to mean wanting to enjoy two desirable but mutually exclusive options.
  • You can't go out every night and save money—you can't have your chocolate cake and eat it too.

Noun

1. cake containing chocolate