This ultra dark chocolate cake is made with sour cream for extra moisture, plus a combination of Dutch process and black cocoa powder for a deep chocolate color and hauntingly rich flavor. The glossy chocolate frosting is a revelation: deep and rich without being overly sweet. It's the perfect finish for this stunningly simple, single

Matilda’s Chocolate Cake is a decadent and fudgy chocolate cake layered with the most incredibly delicious chocolate frosting. Despite it’s truly impressive, bakery worthy appearance, this moist chocolate cake is super simple to make with just two bowls and a whisk. This Matilda cake is the perfect birthday cake or holiday dessert.

This decadent chocolate cake involves six layers of chocolate cake, homemade caramel, and a seriously stunning frosting. Here's my honest review — and some tips for making it at home.

A delicious double chocolate cake made just like how Miss Trunchbull likes it!

The cake from "Matilda" that we all swooned over! Like The Trunchbull, I'm sure you'll agree that this is "the most scrumptious cake in the entire world."

Our easy chocolate cake recipe is topped with a delicious chocolate frosting and is made with pantry staples.

The cake from "Matilda" that we all swooned over! Like The Trunchbull, I'm sure you'll agree that this is "the most scrumptious cake in the entire world."

Adapted from: Gourmet via Epicurious Notes: The original recipe calls for making a chocolate ganache, which sounds heavenly, but I have always adored my grandmother’s chocolate glaze recipe — it’s called black velvet icing and it contains eggs, which is odd, but it’s so good — so that is the one I use. If you want to use Gourmet’s chocolate ganache, find it here. Some commenters have found the amount not to be enough for a full cake, so I've updated the quantities below to be a double…