Cake Recipes

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    Lemon Rhubarb Tube Cake

    2 reviews

    For a taste of summer, try this dessert. The cake's fresh lemon flavor and tart rhubarb topping are so refreshing....


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    45+ Creative Birthday Cakes

    From cute critter cupcakes to candy-topped cakes, surprise the guest of honor with one of these fun birthday cake recipes.


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    49 Contest-Winning Cakes You’ll Want on Your Dessert Table

    When your sweet tooth is calling, answer with one of these gorgeous contest-winning cakes!


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    How to Frost a Cake the Easy and Elegant Way

    Learn how to frost a cake that your friends and family will ooh and ahh over—no special tools required.


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    Easter Lamb Cake

    11 reviews

    My grandmother started the tradition of making this molded Easter lamb cake when I was little. We continue to make...


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    Football Cake Pops

    My son loves football! For his eighth birthday, I made cake pops with a rich chocolate cake center and a...


    How to Make Olive Oil Cake

    Grab your favorite bottle of EVOO and break out the mixer. We'll show you how to make olive oil cake...


    How to Make a Bundt Cake

    Learn how to make a Bundt cake perfectly every time with tips from our Test Kitchen. Just remember to save...

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    Top 10 Cupcake Recipes

    These top-rated cupcakes are perfect for special occasions, parties—or even the average Tuesday.


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    50 of Our Most Gorgeous Bundt Cake Recipes

    Get out your Bundt pan for one of these beautiful cakes, perfect for any get-together from church coffee hour to...


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    How to Make the Milk Bar Birthday Cake Recipe (with Tips from Christina Tosi!)

    We got tips from Christina herself on how to make the best-ever confetti sheet cake. Spoiler alert: It tastes even...


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    Our Most Elegant Torte Recipes

    These stunning tortes taste as good as they look!


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    14 Pretty Upside-Down Cakes Baked in Your Cast-Iron Skillet

    Combine two of grandma's favorite things: upside-down cake and a trusty cast-iron skillet. These vintage desserts are beautiful AND delicious....


    10 Common Mistakes People Make When Baking a Layer Cake

    You don't want that layer cake to be crumbling, tumbling or leaning to one side. Here's what to fix!


    Chocolate-Peanut Butter Dump Cake

    6 reviews

    I am a huge fan of the chocolate-peanut butter combination. I'm also a fan of easy recipes, including dump cakes....


    Cardamom Pumpkin Pudding Cake

    8 reviews

    This no-egg cake is quick, easy and bursting with flavor. I like to serve it with ice cream or whipped...


    Apple-Sweet Potato Pecan Dump Cake

    1 review

    This quick cake has lots of delicious apples, sweet potatoes, spices, pecans and caramel. My surprise ingredient of white cheddar...

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    Blueberry, Apple and Pineapple Dump Cake

    6 reviews

    I call this B.A.P. dump cake. I usually take it to our church potluck and it is the first dessert...


    11 Marzipan Cake Recipes We Love

    The only thing sweeter than these marzipan cakes are the people you'll share them with.


    52 Healthy-ish Cake Recipes

    Have your cake and eat it, too! These decadent sweets may be lower in calories and/or fat, but they're so...


    How to Prevent the Most Common Cake Mistakes

    Sometimes our favorite cake recipes fall flat. Learn how you can fix flat (and dry and uneven and sticky) bakes...


    Rustic Honey Cake

    6 reviews

    When my boys were young, they couldn’t drink milk but they could have yogurt. This was a cake they could...


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    How to Make Champagne Cake

    What better way to celebrate holidays and special occasions than with a bubbly champagne cake?

    I Baked a Vintage Prune Cake Recipe—Here’s What I Thought

    I found this retro prune cake recipe and just had to give it a try. How'd it taste? You may...


    Our Best-Ever Gingerbread Recipes

    For Christmas baking, you can't go wrong with a dash of ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. The gingerbread flavor brings holiday...


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    20 Recipes That Will Change Your Opinion on Fruitcake

    It's fruity, nutty and sweet as can be—and nothing says Merry Christmas quite like our best fruitcake recipes.


    15 of Our Deepest, Darkest Gingerbread Cake Recipes

    Gingerbread cutout cookies are all well and good, but to be honest, the aromas and flavors come through so much...


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    46 Holly Jolly Christmas Cake Ideas

    Christmas cake ideas come in all shapes and sizes—from yule logs to towering layer cakes to antlered reindeer treats. Find...


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    40 Amazing Layer Cake Recipes

    These top-rated, piled-high layer cakes will be the star of the show. Choose your next dessert dazzler right here!