Ultra rich and chocolatey, this dark chocolate pumpkin cake recipe is the perfect Fall dessert for chocolate lovers!

Easy chocolate pumpkin cake recipe

With just eight ingredients, this simple pumpkin dessert can be all yours.

One taste will make you completely forget about pumpkin pie.

After all, who needs pie when you can enjoy a velvety chocolate layer cake, spread with homemade thick chocolate or pumpkin cream cheese frosting"

Prep work takes about five minutes total. And it can be made in one bowl, meaning very little cleanup required.

The recipe is almost too easy!

Try serving it with a Pumpkin Spice Latte

The best pumpkin chocolate dessert

Have you ever seen those recipes where you take a box of cake mix, add a can of pumpkin, and it magically turns into a fluffy chocolate cake"
This one bowl chocolate cake will remind you of that idea.

However the results of making your own cake instead of going with the box are markedly better.

The decadent homemade pumpkin cake will be much richer, with both a better texture and much more depth of flavor.

You will never go back to boxed cake mix again!

Step by step recipe video

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Pumpkin chocolate cake ingredients

To make the pumpkin layer cake, you will need the following ingredients.

Cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, pure vanilla extract, water, granulated sweetener, oil o...