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...

Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cake Rolls

1 review

Who knew something this impressive could start with a cake mix! The mini chocolate chips add a tasty crunch to...


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...

Orange Ricotta Cake Roll

2 reviews

I come from a big Italian family. When I was growing up, my mom cooked and baked many delicious meals...


Lemon Cake Roll

13 reviews

This recipe dates back quite a few years. My mother made it for me when I was a child, and...


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....


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...

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...


Pumpkin Ice Cream Roll

5 reviews

This wonderfully light dessert is our standby at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The hint of pumpkin and the refreshing ice cream...


Mocha Yule Log

15 reviews

This eye-catching dessert is guaranteed to delight holiday dinner guests. Chocolate lovers will lick their lips over the yummy cocoa...


Cranberry Cake Roll

2 reviews

This low-fat angel food cake roll is a guilt-free indulgence, which is much-appreciated during the Christmas season. —Paige Kowolewski, Topton,...


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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

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...


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...


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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...

Chocolate Peppermint Log

3 reviews

What a great make-ahead treat! This cake log is perfect for the holidays because you can make it when you...


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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...


Raspberry Cake Roll

2 reviews

This is a really tasty dessert, and it doesn't have as many calories as some other sweets. It's also a...


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


Cinnamon Twirl Roly-Poly

6 reviews

My whole house smells incredible when this cake is in the oven. Change it up with other extracts—maple is heavenly....


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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...

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Chocolate Cherry Cream-Filled Log

3 reviews

When you present this eye-catching dessert on your table, you'll be thanked with many "ooohs" and "aaahs".
It may...


Eggnog Cake Roll

2 reviews

This festive dessert is on the menu for lots of special occasions at our house— especially Christmas. The eggnog flavor...


Chocolate Cake Roll

4 reviews

This delectable dessert features sweet whipped cream and moist chocolate cake rolled up and dusted with powdered sugar. A family...


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...


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...


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...