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    Cake Recipes

    Whether you want to make an easy chocolate chip bundt cake to serve a crowd or a festive chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting to celebrate a birthday, here are the best cake recipes for you to bake.

    If you are a new baker, please read about the mixing methods used in baking to ensure you understand how to combine your ingredients and make a beautiful cake.

    Find the best recipes to make simple single-layer cakes, bundt cakes, and loaf cakes, as well as more elaborate layer cakes.

    Note that most of the cakes on this site are baked in a 6-inch round cake pan, a large bundt pan, or square 8x8 or 9x9 pans. Browse through my favourite baking pans on my Amazon storefront.

    Bundt Cakes

    • Slices of orange cranberry cake served on pink glass plates with forks.
      Orange Cranberry Bundt Cake
    • Apple bundt cake with salted caramel sauce.
      Apple Bundt Cake with Caramel Sauce
    • Easy chocolate chocolate chip bundt cake sliced
      Best Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache
    • Eggnog bundt cake served on black plates.
      Eggnog Bundt cake with Rum Glaze
    More Bundt Cake Recipes

    Cheesecakes

    • A gorgeous chocolate cheesecake decorated with swirls of whipped cream and shards of dark chocolate.
      Dark Chocolate Cheesecake
    • Serving a slice of a coffee-flavoured cheesecake with whipped cream piped around the border and chocolate-covered coffee beans.
      Coffee Cheesecake With Cardamom
    • Serving a slice of pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream.
      Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake
    • Slicing and serving a perfect baked vanilla cheesecake.
      Baked Cheesecake
    More Cheesecake Recipes

    Cupcakes & Mug Cakes

    • Oreo mug cake topped with whipped cream and crushed Oreo cookies.
      OREO mug cake
    • Chocolate chip mug cake cooked directly in a mug and served with ice cream and chocolate sprinkles.
      Chocolate chip mug cake
    • Apple cupcakes with cream cheese frosting on top and graham cracker crumbs.
      Spiced Apple Cupcakes With Thick Cream Cheese Frosting
    • Chocolate mug cake topped with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
      Chocolate mug cake
    More Cupcake Recipes

    Eggless Cakes

    • Chocolate birthday cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Without Eggs)
    • A slice of carrot cake layer cake with cream cheese frosting on a pale blue plate with a fork and striped linen napkin.
      Eggless Carrot Cake
    • Sliced pumpkin bread on a wood cutting board
      Healthier pumpkin bread (eggless, dairy-free, vegan, less sugar)
    • Sliced vegan banana bread
      Eggless banana bread (dairy-free, vegan, less sugar)
    More Eggless Cake Recipes

    Financiers

    • A plate of chocolate financiers ready to be eaten.
      Chocolate Financiers
    • Sesame kumquat financiers
      Sesame kumquat financiers
    • Dust cranberry chestnut financiers with powdered sugar
      Cranberry chestnut financiers (gluten-free)
    • Serving coconut cakes topped with golden kiwi fruit slices
      Coconut Financiers With Sungold Kiwis
    More Financiers Recipes

    Layer Cakes

    • Raspberry layer cake on a terrazzo board.
      Framboisier Cake (Fraisier With Raspberries)
    • Hot milk sponge cake cooling on a copper wire rack.
      Hot Milk Cake (Easy Sponge Cake Recipe)
    • Banana split layer cake with layers of chocolate fudge filling and banana, and maraschino cherries on a white cake stand.
      Banana split cake
    • Sweet sesame layer cake with raspberries - this is a layer cake recipe flavoured with sesame butter (tahini), raspberries, and a little honey. Makes a beautiful birthday cake for adults.
      Tahini cake with raspberries
    More Layer Cake Recipes

    Loaf Cakes

    • Slicing an orange cake with poppy seeds to serve it.
      Orange Poppy Seed Cake
    • A slice of double chocolate banana bread on a plate.
      Chocolate Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
    • Lemon loaf cake topped with lemon icing and fresh raspberries being sliced to serve it
      Lemon Loaf Cake
    • Slice of chocolate loaf cake with a scoop of ice cream and fresh raspberries on a plate with a fork, with a striped linen tucked underneath.
      Chocolate Loaf Cake With Sour Cream
    More Loaf Cake Recipes

    One-Layer Cakes

    • A piece of gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd served on a dessert plate.
      Moist Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lemon Curd
    • Slicing a blueberry crumb cake.
      Easy Blueberry Crumb Cake
    • Pavlova cake filled with whipped cream, lemon curd, and raspberries being served.
      Pavlova
    • A slice of plum cake on a pink glass plate.
      Plain Plum Cake
    • Sliced black currant cake on parchment paper with a wood-handled knife to serve
      Black Currant Cake
    • Rhubarb upside down cake sliced to serve it.
      Rhubarb Raspberry Upside-Down Cake
    • Square chocolate cake topped with peanut butter frosting piped with a star tip, decorated with sprinkles and chocolate curls
      Chocolate Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting
    • Apple crumb coffee cake ready to be served with cups of tea, plates and a serrated knife
      Apple Crumble Cake
    More One-Layer Cake Recipes

    Pudding Cakes & Trifles

    • marmalade pudding cakes
      Marmalade puddings
    • banana's foster pouding chômeur
      Bananas foster pouding chômeur
    • A dish of Christmas trifle with layers of cake, cranberries, pastry cream, and whipped cream.
      Christmas Trifle
    • Coffee-raspberry bread pudding
      Raspberry bread pudding with coffee crème anglaise
    More Pudding Cake Recipes

    Other Delicious Cakes

    • Slices of moist rhubarb cake served on plates.
      Moist Rhubarb Cake
    • Removing orange rhubarb cakes from mini loaf cake pans with a mini offset spatula.
      Orange Rhubarb Cakes
    • A dark chocolate cupcake with pink frosting swirl.
      Chocolate Cupcakes With Raspberry Frosting
    • Whole wheat pumpkin loaf cake topped with a thick layer of cream cheese frosting on a cutting board.
      Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A pile of fresh berries on top of a layer cake set on a cake stand.
      Berry Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Eggless)
    • Slicing and serving a honey cake with whipped cream and lavender on top.
      Lavender Honey Cake
    • Squares of maple cake topped with whipped cream on dessert plates with forks.
      Maple Cake With Cinnamon
    • Slicing and serving a glazed orange cake
      Orange Almond Cake (Gluten-Free + Grain-Free)
    • Chocolate pound cake sliced and served on dessert plates.
      Chocolate Coffee Pound Cake
    • Fallen chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and berries being sliced and served.
      Gluten-Free Buckwheat Chocolate Cake
    • A layer of chocolate cake that has been levelled with a serrated knife to create a flat top.
      Eggless Chocolate Cake
    • Slicing a chocolate and vanilla marble cake on a cutting board.
      Marble Cake With Sour Cream
    • Slicing and serving a pumpkin bread with cranberries.
      Best Pumpkin Bread with Cranberries
    • Slices of pumpkin bread served on dessert plates with a cup of coffee.
      Perfect Pumpkin Loaf Cake
    • A slice of maple pumpkin bread on a dessert plate.
      Maple Pumpkin Bread
    • One layer banana cake topped with chocolate frosting with one piece cut.
      Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting
    • trifle
      A taste of spring: Strawberry and apricot trifle
    • Banana and cardamom buttermilk cake sliced
      Banana Buttermilk Loaf Cake
    • An apple cake baked in a square baking pan.
      Apple Butter Cake with Brandy
    • whoopie pie
      Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies With Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
    • sliced spice cake with cream cheese frosting
      Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A pink plate with pistachio financiers, one of them broken open to show the crumb.
      Pistachio Financiers
    • Mini matcha cakes on dessert plates.
      Easy Matcha Cake
    • A plate of raspberry financiers.
      Raspberry Financiers
    • A white chocolate cranberry cake topped with sugared cranberries on a cake stand.
      White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
    • Slices of light fruitcake served on dessert plates.
      Light Fruitcake with Marzipan
    • Apple crumb cake served on a dessert plate.
      Apple Crumb Cake
    • Christina Tosi's compost pound cake rectangular loaf cake with potato chips, pretzels, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, oats, and coffee, on a small cooling rack on parchment paper
      Christina Tosi's compost pound cake
    • Banana bread sliced on a cutting board.
      Banana Bread Without Baking Soda
    • A square of carrot cake on a plate with a yellow fork.
      Glazed Carrot Cake Bars
    • Cake slices of classic birthday cake: vanilla cake with chocolate frosting
      Vanilla cake and milk chocolate frosting
    • Rum raisin tea cake
      Frosted rum raisin tea cake
    • This Earl grey tea cake is a layer cake infused with Earl Grey tea. Earl Grey tea is used in the cake layers, in the Earl Grey frosting, and in the garnish.
      Earl Grey cake
    • gluten-free-lemon-cake-with-lemon-curd-and-berries
      Gluten-free lemon cake with raspberries
    • black forest
      Black forest cake
    • Making raspberry lamingtons
      Raspberry lamingtons
    • Chocolate caramel cake with chocolate frosting and caramel filling between the layers
      Chocolate cake with caramel
    • chocolate cake
      Chocolate cake with coffee buttercream
    • Momofuku Milk Bar birthday cake
      Homemade Momofuku Milk Bar birthday cake for my 30th
    • Milk crumbs on a Momofuku Milk Bar style cake-layers of blackberry curd, almond cake, and almond frosting
      Blackberry almond cake — Milk Bar style
    • Rhubarb pudding cakes freshly baked
      Rhubarb pudding cake
    • Matcha green tea and raspberry mousse cake

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