The Complete Guide to Celebrating National Chocolate Cake Day on January 27, 2024

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Kids of all ages (and adults too, of course) will enjoy celebrating National Chocolate Cake Day on January 27, 2024, with these fun & tasty ideas. National Chocolate Cake Day is one of the best holidays ever, especially because it’s the perfect time to bake and try many different chocolate cakes we are sharing, such as hot chocolate mug cake, chocolate lava cake, hot chocolate cupcakes (aren’t cupcakes smaller versions of cake, anyway?), and many other super-tasty chocolate cake recipes.

National Chocolate Cake Day 2024

If you ever needed an excuse to enjoy a piece of chocolate cake, here’s the best excuse ever {not like anyone needs an excuse to have cake, of course}. Every year we celebrate Chocolate Cake Day! This year Chocolate Cake Day is on January 27, 2024. If you were looking for easy recipes to celebrate this tasty holiday, we’ve got you covered celebrating our favorite dessert.

And that’s not all! We have also included a free Chocolate Cake Day printout to add to the jolly fun. Keep scrolling to find the printable pdf file below!

Chocolate Cake Day History

Chocolate Cake Day exists for a good reason: to celebrate the existence of the best cake ever. So grab a slice of chocolate cake and a beverage and we will start our celebration.

Here are some facts that you probably didn’t know about chocolate cake day

We don’t know who created Chocolate Cake Day… but aren’t we glad it exists?!
Chocolate cake was invented in 1765 by a doctor and a chocolate maker.
Did you know that the word “chocolate” comes from the Aztec word “xocotal”, which means “bitter water”?
History of chocolate cake: The earliest chocolate cake recipe was written by Eliza Leslie in 1847.
Hey Betty Crocker: The first boxed cake mix was created in the late 1920s by a company called O. Duff and Sons.

To celebrate Chocolate Cake Day, you can:

Have some cake and share it with someone else.
Try baking your own chocolate cake.
Watch this adorable video of a baby eating cake.
Visit your favorite bakery.
Print these cake coloring pages and color them with chocolaty colors.
Read the history about chocolate.
Create your own chocolate cake recipe.
Make a chocolate play dough birthday cake

Chocolate Cake Day Food Recipes

What? A single mug hot chocolate cake that can be done in two minutes?!
Want to learn how to make gooey chocolate cupcakes? Here’s how.
This chocolate lava mug cake is the best thing ever.
Is there a better combination than chocolate and peanut butter? Try this chocolate peanut butter crunch cake recipe today!
Follow these tips to learn how to make box cake better – you won’t regret it!
Try April’s famous chocolate cake recipe.
Or the cutest chocolate cake ever…chocolate cake bites.
Or the popular one bowl chocolate cake you will never forget.
We also love these chocolate cake cookies.
This chocolate dump cake is life changing.
Try this traditional German chocolate cake or German chocolate cake cookies.

Printable Chocolate Cake Day Fun Facts Sheet

When you download our pdf file, you will get the following coloring pages.

National Chocolate Cake Day Coloring Pages — These fun facts about Chocolate Cake Day are so much fun.

Our first coloring page includes other cool chocolate cake fun facts that you probably didn’t know about. Use your favorite crayons and coloring pencils to color it!

National Chocolate Cake Day Coloring Pages Screenshot 2 — Tasty chocolate cake coloring page to celebrate the holiday!

Our second coloring page features a chocolate cake with sprinkles, chocolate icing, and possibly dark chocolate too! This coloring page is a great and easy way to celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day.

Download & Print pdf File Here

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