How to Draw a Chocolate Cake (Easy Step by Step)
You'll learn how to easily draw a delicious chocolate cake with a cherry on top using simple shapes like a dome, cup, and wavy line. This step-by-step guide makes drawing fun and accessible for you.
- Learn to draw a chocolate cake topped with a cherry.
- Use simple shapes like a round dome, short cup, and wavy line.
- Add a small round cherry with a stem and two dots for detail.
- Follow easy step-by-step instructions to create your drawing.
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A chocolate cake with a cherry on top is a sweet one to draw. It is built from just a few simple shapes: a round dome, a short cup, a wavy line, a small round cherry with a stem, and two dots.
- Easy
- 10 minutes
- 7 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
Start drawing
In this article (7 sections)
How to draw a chocolate cake step by step
How to Draw a Chocolate Cake · tinyhandscreate.com
Step 1: Guide shapes
Lightly sketch this oval. It only shows where the big parts go, so press softly. You will erase it at the end.
Step 2: Dome and cup outline
Draw a wide, rounded dome for the top of the cake, but leave a small gap in the middle of the top. Then draw a line down from each end of the dome, slightly slanting inward, and join them with a gently curved line along the bottom.
Step 3: Wavy frosting line
Draw a bumpy wave line across the cake where the dome meets the sides. Start at the left edge and go up and down like small hills until you reach the right edge.
Step 4: Bottom of the cherry
In the gap at the top of the dome, draw a small U shape, like a little bowl. Its two ends connect to the dome on each side of the gap.
Step 5: Top of the cherry
Start at the top of the left side of your U shape. Curve up and over to the right, stopping about halfway across the top of the cherry.
Step 6: Cherry stem
Finish the cherry by curving the line down the right side until it meets the dome. Then draw a bendy line going up from the top of the cherry for the stem.
Step 7: Two dots
Draw two small round dots on the lower part of the cake, side by side with a gap between them. Make them the same size.
All done!
Erase the guide shapes, go over your lines, then color it in.
Finished your chocolate cake? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw boba tea or how to draw a cupcake next.
Tips for drawing a chocolate cake
- Draw the dome wider than it is tall so the cake looks nice and round.
- The wavy frosting line is the trickiest part. Make three or four gentle hills of about the same size, and go slowly.
- Leave a small gap at the top of the dome in the first step. The cherry sits right in that spot.
- Keep the two dots the same size so the cake looks tidy.
Free chocolate cake coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this chocolate cake coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your chocolate cake drawing
Try dark brown for the cake, pink or light brown for the frosting, and bright red for the cherry with a green stem. For a fun twist, add rainbow sprinkles on the frosting.
Chocolate cake fun fact for kids
Cherries grow on trees, and each cherry hangs from a long, thin stem.
Questions about drawing a chocolate cake
What shapes do I need to draw a chocolate cake?
You need a wide dome for the top, a short cup shape for the bottom, a wavy line between them, and a small round cherry with a stem on top. Two dots finish the cake.
Why is there a gap at the top of the dome?
The gap is where the cherry goes. When you draw the cherry in the later steps, it fills the gap and sits on top of the cake.
How do I draw the wavy frosting line?
Think of drawing small hills in a row. Move your pencil up and down in smooth curves, and try to keep each hill about the same size.
