Cake Roll Recipes

Elegant yet surprisingly easy to make, a cake roll makes an impressive dessert. Try these cake roll recipes in flavors like pumpkin, cherry, lemon, chocolate and more.

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Our Best Cake Roll Recipes

Make a show-stopping dessert that’s as fun to slice as it is to eat with our best cake roll recipes! Try the iconic cake in flavors ranging from decadent chocolate to refreshing citrus.

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How to Make a Vertical Cake Roll

You've made sheet cakes and cupcakes and layer cakes before. Now it's time to level up and learn how to...


Raspberry Matcha Cake Roll

1 review

This tender cake roll with whipped cream has a very light texture and is perfect for spring. The raspberries give...


Pumpkin Cannoli Cake Roll

My family has been serving this pumpkin roll every Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember. This last...


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How to Make a Yule Log Cake—the Most Impressive Holiday Dessert

Yule log cake, sometimes called buche de Noel, is a showstopping centerpiece for the holidays. We'll show you how to...

Peppermint Cake Rolls

6 reviews

With angel food cake, fudge sauce and peppermints, this cake roll is easy and pretty. —Suellen Calhoun, Des Moines, Iowa


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Budapest Roll

3 reviews

If you’re a fan of Yule logs and pumpkin rolls, taste my Swedish specialty made from hazelnut meringue. People are...

Chocolate Cake Roll with Praline Filling

6 reviews

This show-stopping cake roll was one of the first “complicated” recipes I ever attempted to prepare. I discovered it was...


Apple Butter Cake Roll

4 reviews

This is a new take on a pumpkin roll. Her spicy gingerbread cake might make you think back fondly to...


Sweet Potato Pie Cake Roll

Smooth cream cheese filling is all rolled up in the cinnamony sweet potato flavor of this cake. This change-of-pace dessert...


Orange Sponge Cake Roll

4 reviews

This recipe looks hard, but it isn't. People will think you spent hours working on this pretty melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake....

Ice Cream Party Roll

4 reviews

This tempting take on the much-loved cake roll features a from-scratch chocolate cake, vanilla ice cream and a layer of...


Chocolate Mint Cake Roll

6 reviews

Folks will "ooh" and "aah" when you set this fancy dessert on the table! It looks like an old-time yule...


Caramel Banana Cake Roll

7 reviews

Our Test Kitchen came up with this sunny cake roll that's bursting with fresh banana goodness. The light creamy caramel...


Gingerbread Yule Log

3 reviews

Nicely seasoned gingerbread holds a sweet creamy filling. This dessert is surprisingly light, so it's easy to indulge in a...


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Chocolate Yule Log

13 reviews
A Yule log cake, also called a Buche de Noel, is a rolled sponge cake shaped and decorated to resemble...

Luscious Lemon Cake Roll

8 reviews

A co-worker shared the recipe for this elegant cake roll. It's perfect for rounding out a special meal.—Darlene Brenden, Salem,...


Lemon Angel Cake Roll

7 reviews

"Every time I make this sunny cake roll, people comment on its fresh flavor and festive look," observes Diana Hardwick...


Rocket Cake

7 reviews

Not your ordinary birthday cake, this dessert requires almost no countdown-just start with a purchased ice cream cake roll, then...


Prize-Winning Jelly Roll

10 reviews

Twice I've won first place at our county fair with this recipe. I enjoy trying new recipes and cooking for...


Lincoln Log Cake

1 review

To celebrate Presidents' Day, try this treat from Mary Thomas of Hartford, Wisconsin. "My mother always made this cake roll...


Chocolate Zucchini Roll

9 reviews

"I created this moist cake roll to use my garden zucchini," says Victoria Zmarzley-Hahn from Northampton, Pennsylvania.


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Chocolate Gingerbread Yule Log

3 reviews

If you’ve tasted a yule log sponge cake, you’ll love this version with fresh ginger and spices. The holiday stunner...


Sugared Red Velvet Cake Roll

7 reviews

Moist and tender, this classic cake wrapped around luxurious cream cheese frosting is a sweet feast for the eyes. You’ll...


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Pumpkin Cake Roll

17 reviews

This dessert is delicious, especially if you love cream cheese and pumpkin the way I do. —Elizabeth Montgomery, Allston, Massachusetts

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Peachy Gingerbread Cake Roll

5 reviews

My father loved gingerbread so I combined two or three recipes to create this one for him. This fruity, spiced...


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Pumpkin Roll

108 reviews

This pumpkin roll recipe is great to keep in the freezer for a quick dessert for my family or unexpected...


Angel Food Cake Roll

24 reviews

There's always room for dessert—especially when it's this eye-catching angel food cake roll. We like strawberry yogurt in the filling,...


Orange-Angel Jelly Roll

14 reviews

I came up with this dessert just in time for Easter. Everyone agreed the flavor reminded them of orange creamsicles....


Moist Lemon Angel Cake Roll

10 reviews

Tart and delicious, this pretty cake roll will tickle any lemon lover's fancy. Its feathery, angel food texture enhances its...


Chocolate & Peppermint Ice Cream Roll

Here's an extra-special treat from the freezer. Peppermint ice cream rolled into a homemade chocolate cake gives dinner a refreshing...