The Best Filling Ideas For Chocolate Cake

If you're looking for the best chocolate cake filling ideas, we've got your covered!  From rich chocolate ganache to a thick strawberry cake filling, these recipes are utterly irresistible!

When it comes to chocolate cake, the first thing that comes to mind is the comfort of its rich, cocoa-infused layers. But what truly makes each chocolate cake unique is the delicious fillings you'll find in between each chocolate cake layer.

It doesn't matter if you're looking to fill a chocolate layer cake, chocolate sponge cake, or chocolate Swiss roll cake, or even chocolate cupcakes, we've got a comprehensive list of the best whipped cream fillings, ganaches, fruit filling, buttercream frostings, and more to fill your favorite chocolate cake recipe! 

Chocolate Fillings

One of the most common ways to fill a chocolate cake is with more chocolate! Chocolate with chocolate is so decadent and delicious, you really can't go wrong. Here are some chocolate filling option for your chocolate cake:

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

This light and fluffy chocolate buttercream frosting recipe is a simple, classic frosting for cakes, cupcakes, and filling cookies. Plus, with only four main ingredients, this easy recipe can be made in less than 10 minutes! 

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Chocolate Ganache

This easy chocolate ganache recipe is a perfect cake frosting or filling, or use slightly melted as a delicious glaze on top of chocolate bundt cakes!

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

This easy chocolate cream cheese frosting uses only 6 ingredients and has 10 minute prep time, so whip up a batch of this delicious pipeable frosting for your cakes and cupcakes today!

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Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

This bakery style chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream a perfectly pipeable silky smooth frosting with a light touch of sweetness.

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Chocolate Whipped Cream

Chocolate whipped cream is the perfect filling for chocolate cupcakes of a chocolate Swiss roll cake. Light, chocolaty, and delicious!

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Peanut Butter Fillings

Peanut butter and chocolate is such a classic combination. And these peanut butter fillings pair perfectly with chocolate cake:

Peanut Butter Frosting

Using one bowl and just five ingredients, you can whip up a batch of this quick and easy peanut butter butter frosting in just 10 minutes! It's firm and stable, perfect for chocolate layer cakes!

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Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Similar to Peanut Butter Buttercream, this has the delicious tanginess of the added cream cheese. It's a fun and delicious variation to pair with chocolate cake!

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Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

This Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough is a fun and unique way to fill a chocolate cake!

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Buttercream Frosting

Buttercream frostings are one of the most common fillings for chocolate cake! You really can't go wrong with your favorite buttercream. Here are some of my favorite options:

Vanilla American Buttercream Frosting

Using only one bowl and four ingredients, you can whip up a batch of this easy and classic vanilla American buttercream frosting in just 10 minutes so try it today!

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Mint Frosting

This mint frosting recipe is a simple buttercream frosting that is perfect for cupcakes and cakes! Using only 4 ingredients and one bowl, you can whip up a batch in 10 minutes so try this easy and delicious frosting today! Plus, you can easily add chocolate chips for mint chocolate chip frosting!

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Oreo Buttercream Frosting

Oreo Buttercream Frosting, also knows as Cookies and Cream Frosting, is an American buttercream frosting made with Oreos or other sandwich cream cookies!

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Cookie Dough Frosting

This delicious buttercream frosting tastes just like chocolate chip cookie dough! It's a delicious filling for cakes, cookies and topping cupcakes and brownies. Plus you can make a batch in less than 15 minutes so try it on your favorite dessert today! 

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Coffee Buttercream Frosting

This easy coffee buttercream frosting uses only 5 ingredients and can be made in less than 15 minutes!  

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Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting is a silky smooth frosting with just a touch of sweetness. Using egg whites, sugar, and butter it's a stable frosting perfect for piping on cakes and cupcakes. 

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Italian Meringue Buttercream Frosting

Italian Meringue Buttercream is a silky smooth frosting using egg whites and hot sugar syrup for a light and stable frosting, perfect for decorating cakes and cupcakes.

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Ermine Frosting

Also knowns as boiled milk frosting, this tastes very similar to whipped cream but is stable enough for piping and filling layer cakes!

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Fruit Fillings

Fruits like strawberries, oranges, cherries, and blackberries pair really well with chocolate cakes! You can use your favorite jams or jellies, or try some of these fun fruit options: 

Strawberry Cake Filling

This easy strawberry cake filling is a thick and delicious a strawberry filling, perfect for filling cakes, cupcakes, and macarons!

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Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

With just 5 ingredients, you can whip up a batch of this deliciously easy strawberry buttercream frosting in just 15 minutes!

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More fun filling ideas

Here are some more fun filling ideas:

Pastry Cream

This vanilla bean pastry cream recipe is a perfect filling for cream puffs, tarts, pastries, cakes, and other delicious desserts!

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Easy Caramel Sauce

Caramel sauce is such a delicious sauce and surprisingly easy! With only 5 ingredients you can whip up a batch in 15 minutes. 

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Marshmallow Frosting

This easy homemade marshmallow frosting tastes just like marshmallow fluff! This recipe is a fun and simple alternative to buttercream, and this step-by-step tutorial will show you how to make perfectly fluffy frosting.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Using only 4 ingredients, one bowl, and 10 minutes, this cream cheese frosting is the perfect icing for red velvet cake, carrot cake and other cupcakes and desserts!

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Mascarpone Whipped Cream Recipe

This delicious mascarpone whipped cream recipe uses 5 ingredients and only takes 10 minutes to make! It's the perfect  whipped cream frosting for fruit, cakes, cupcakes, and your favorite desserts!

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Best chocolate cake filling combinations:

• S'mores Cake: Fill the cake with marshmallow frosting, chocolate ganache, and a sprinkle of crushed graham crackers. Cover with chocolate frosting and you have a delicious S'mores cake.
• Caramel Marshmallow: Caramel and marshmallow is a great combo, it reminds me of Scotchmallow candies! 
• Pastry Cream and Fruit: Try filling a chocolate cake with pastry cream paired with fresh strawberries or raspberries. Delicious! 
• Double Strawberry Chocolate: I love filling chocolate cake with both strawberry frosting and strawberry cake filling. It's so good!

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The Best Filling Ideas For Chocolate Cake

If you're looking for the best chocolate cake filling ideas, we've got your covered!  From rich chocolate ganache to a thick strawberry cake filling, these recipes are utterly irresistible!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 1

Author: Sophia Assunta

Cost: varied

Equipment

• Mixer

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate Fillings

• ▢ Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
• ▢ Chocolate Ganache
• ▢ Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
• ▢ Chocolate Whipped Cream
• ▢ Nutella or Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

Peanut Butter Fillings

• ▢ Peanut butter cream cheese frosting
• ▢ Peanut butter frosting
• ▢ Edible peanut butter cookie dough

Buttercream Fillings

• ▢ Vanilla Buttercream
• ▢ Mint Frosting
• ▢ Oreo Buttercream
• ▢ Cookie Dough Frosting
• ▢ Coffee Frosting
• ▢ Swiss Meringue Buttercream
• ▢ Italian Buttercream
• ▢ Sweetened Condensed Milk Frosting
• ▢ Ermine Frosting

Fruit Fillings

• ▢ Strawberry Cake Fillings
• ▢ Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
• ▢ Cherry Pie Filling
• ▢ Berry Jams or Jelly
• ▢ Orange Marmalade

More Fun Fillings

• ▢ Pastry Cream
• ▢ Caramel
• ▢ Marshmallow Frosting
• ▢ Cream Cheese Frosting
• ▢ Mascarpone Whipped Cream

Instructions

• Make your favorite chocolate cake and let cool completely before filling.
• Frost and fill cake with your desired filling.
• Enjoy!

Notes

• If making a layer cake check out this post about frosting and filling a perfect layer cake. 
• For softer fillings such as jams, strawberry fillings, caramel, pipe a boarder of a firmer frosting such as buttercream around the edge of the cake layer. Then add the filing.
• These also make great chocolate cupcake fillings! 

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