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Happy National Chocolate Cake Day! Surely, we should all stop what we are doing and find a slice? Just how much do we like chocolate cake? 🥹🤎

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Our hands are all the way up for this glorious foodstuff, and we are not alone. Let’s go to the (not at all hand-selected) polls.

The Great British Cake Survey commissioned One Poll – on behalf of AGA – to survey 2,000 UK adults about their favourite cakes. Winner, winner…

Favourite Cake. The Great British Cake Survey
i.  Chocolate cake
ii. Carrot cake
iii. Victoria sponge

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Press and Journal surveyed their UK readers re: their favourite cakes. Winner, winner …

Top 8 Favourite Cakes. Press and Journal. 2020
i.   Chocolate – 28%
ii.  Cheesecake – 24%
iii. Carrot cake – 10%
iv.  Victoria sponge – 10%
v.   Pavlova – 7%
vi.  Red velvet – 7%
vii. Coffee cake – 4%
viii. Lemon drizzle – 4%

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Over to the US, where YouGov polled 3,851 US adults. The winner was …

Top 5 Favourite Cakes. YouGov. 2019
i.  Chocolate cake – 29%
ii. Carrot cake – 13%
iii. Ice cream cake – 9%
iii. Vanilla cake – 9%
v.  Red velvet cake – 8%

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Where does chocolate cake fall in your favourites list? And what makes cake ‘chocolate cake?’ Perhaps you were part of the TikTok debate: is a cake considered ‘chocolate cake’ if it has chocolate icing, or does the cake itself need to be chocolate?

In honour of National Chocolate Cake day, some particularly delicious looking chocolate cake offerings from Unsplash …

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Photo: Jennifer Pallian

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Photo: Margaret Jaszowska

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Photos: Curated Lifestyle

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Photo: Kobby Mendez

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Photo: Douglas Lopez

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Photo: Deva Williamson

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Photo: Taylor Kiser

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Photo: Nicola Pavan

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Photo: Pure Julia

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What do you think: is this a chocolate cake?
Photo: Getty Images

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Now, excuse me. Cake to procure …

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Header Photo: David Holyfield