Cake Recipes

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    Our Best Vanilla Birthday Cake Recipe

    This vanilla birthday cake recipe is simple but delicious. It's perfect for a sweet celebration!


    Air-Fryer Mocha Cupcakes

    These luscious air-fryer cupcakes smell wonderful while they cook. If you have the drawer-type air fryer, you'll need to use...


    Hippity Hop Bunny Cake

    2 reviews

    This cute, festive cake will have your guests 'hopping' with happiness! Make the cake ahead and add the decorations close...


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    35 Vintage Cakes from Mom’s Recipe Box

    Moms are one of our biggest sources of inspiration in the kitchen. Celebrate her skills with these incredible vintage cake...


    How to Make an Old-Fashioned Strawberry Cake from Scratch

    Capture the flavor of juicy, fresh strawberries with this old-fashioned strawberry cake recipe. Here's how to make it.


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    How to Make Strawberry Dump Cake with Only 3 Ingredients

    This is the ultimate no-fuss sweet treat. It comes together in less than an hour!


    How to Make Strawberry Sheet Cake

    This Texas-style sheet cake is made with a box of cake mix and strawberry gelatin. It's moist, tender and bursting...


    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...

    I Made the 1926 Recipe for Dole Pineapple Upside-Down Cake—and I’m Head Over Heels

    This is the contest-winning recipe that kicked off America's obsession with pineapple upside-down cake. It's as good today as it...


    How to Make a Battenberg Cake Recipe

    This classic British dessert is stunning to look at and full of delicious, almond marzipan sweetness. Our Battenberg Cake...


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    4-Ingredient Cake Recipes That Are Simple and Delicious

    You don't need a lot to make a delicious dessert. These 4-ingredient cake recipes prove that you can have a...


    Lazy Cake

    1 review

    This lazy cake will fix that sweet tooth craving. The no-bake treat is made with cookie pieces stirred with hazelnut...


    How to Make Vintage Poor Man’s Cake

    No money? No problem! Try this vintage cake recipe, appropriately named poor man's cake.


    Strawberries and Cream Scones

    I took a leap and veered from Mom's original shortcake recipe to create this scone recipe with cream and strawberries....



    Here’s What Happened When We Made This 1950 Recipe for “Magic Tomato Soup C...

    This tomato soup cake has to be one of the more unusual recipes we've come across!


    Turkey Cake

    1 review

    Create a simple centerpiece for your Thanksgiving dessert table. This turkey cake comes together fast with the help of a...

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    Banana Pudding Cake

    5 reviews

    I love to make cakes, and my family loves banana pudding. One day while brainstorming in the kitchen, I came...


    10 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Costco Cakes

    It's hard to resist the appeal of Costco cakes. Just read this before you place an order!


    We Made the Iconic Duncan Hines Double-Layer Pineapple Upside-Down Cake and It’s ...

    The classic pineapple upside-down cake has been a go-to dessert for decades. But the Duncan Hines double-layer pineapple upside down-cake...


    We Tried Betty Crocker’s Original Recipe for Apple Cinnamon Cake

    With just a few ingredients, you'll have Betty Crocker's Apple Cinnamon Cake on the table in no time.


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    We Tried Joanna Gaines’ Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake Recipe (and You Should, Too)

    An ooey-gooey Bundt cake with plenty of chocolate flavor? Yes, please! Joanna Gaines' chocolate chip Bundt cake is a recipe...


    How to Make Easy Wacky Cake

    What makes this treat "wacky" is also what makes it super easy to whip up if you're craving chocolate! Here's...

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    How to Make the Famous Nana’s Devil’s Food Cake

    Learn to make Nana's Devil's Food Cake, an iconic 1960s recipe for rich, fudgy chocolate cake.


    Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake

    1 review

    I have been making this delicious gingerbread cake for years and it's won several blue ribbons. Serve it with whipped...


    Pumpkin Cannoli Cake Roll

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


    Pecan Banana Bundt Cake

    5 reviews

    My daughter, Liz, often made this banana bundt cake for us. It was delicious and different. She discovered five-spice powder...


    Lingonberry-Cardamom Cake

    1 review

    Our family is Scandinavian, and we love the flavors of almonds, cardamom and lingonberries in desserts. If lingonberry jam is...


    Italian Cream-Filled Cake

    1 review

    This Italian cream dessert is very simple but fancy enough to serve as a birthday cake. It’s low on sugar...