Adorable DIY Chocolate Flowerpot Cakes

Emma Whitley
Emma fearlessly explores bold flavors and perfects her baking craft, sharing her delicious experiments with joy.
Updated: 8/19/2020

Cakes in actual flowerpots—a dessert and a cute conversation piece!

You can make these in smaller or larger flowerpots; adjust the baking time accordingly.

50 min Prep: 15 min Cook: 35 min
Serves: 8 Save

Ingredients (12)

  • 8 clean unglazed (very important) terra-cotta pots, 3 inches high and 3½ inches across at the top (6-ounce capacity)
  • Cooking spray
  • 2 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • Chocolate Frosting, optional

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray pots with cooking spray. Put a small piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole.
  2. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Stir together boiling water and cocoa in a small bowl.
  4. Combine butter and sugar and beat with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 5 to 6 minutes, scraping the bowl once. Add eggs one at a time; beat well after each addition.
  5. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture alternating with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scrape bowl occasionally. Batter will be thin.
  6. Divide batter evenly among pots to about three-quarters full. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place pots on baking sheet and bake 35 to 40 minutes, until cakes are springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and dry. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely in the flowerpots. Frost the top of each with Chocolate Frosting, if desired.