50 of the BEST Cake Recipes

Cakes are a favorite dessert or ours and there are so many fun and different ways to make them. We gathered up 50 of the Best Cake Recipes to share with you and all of them are a 5 star rating! All of our homemade frosting recipes can be found here.

50 of the BEST Cake Recipes

This is an amazing list of some of the BEST, absolutely delicious cakes based on popularity and reviews. This list covers the classics that we grew up on like chocolate cakes, pudding cakes, cheesecakes and also unique flavored cakes! We included easy cake recipes and several cakes from scratch. We’ve got you covered with this list of the best cake recipes!

Italian Lemon Pound Cake from My Recipe Confessions

Italian Lemon Pound Cake is the only lemon cake recipe you will ever need!  You are going to love the super moist texture and the rich citrus flavor.

Chocolate Depression Cake

Depression cake that dates back to the Great Depression, it is easy to make, a moist and inexpensive cake that has an amazing flavor.

Coconut Cream Poke Cake

Coconut Cream Cake is a coconut lovers dream come true.

The Best Chocolate Cake

The Best Chocolate Cake recipe combines cocoa and coffee to create a chocolate lover’s dream. Add your amazing chocolate frosting to make it perfect!

Cherry Garcia Cake

Cherry Garcia Cake is stacked with layers of vanilla cherry cake and homemade cherry icing. This cake looks like it came straight from a bakery!

Death By Chocolate Poke Cake

This Death By Chocolate Poke Cake is for the serious chocolate lover!

Southern Upside-Down Pecan Cake

Y’all, this Southern Upside-Down Pecan Cake is absolutely Delicious! It is decadent enough to make it ideal for any holiday. This homemade cake is very easy to make and always comes out moist and perfect.

Lemon Velvet Cake

Lemon Velvet Cake is the perfect dessert to serve at your next party. It’s moist, sweet, and tangy with just the right amount of lemon zest. The cream cheese frosting is light and fluffy, making it an excellent complement to this decadent cake.

Peach Dump Cake

Dump cakes are such a quick and simple way to make a delicious dessert, and this Easy Peach Dump Cake is one of the best! With ingredients like yellow cake mix, peaches, and butter that you can keep in your pantry, you can make this wonderful peach cobbler inspired dessert any time.

Christmas Cheesecake from Will Cook for Smiles

Amazing Christmas Cheesecake to make your holiday season as delicious and magical as you imagine! This heavenly dessert is a vanilla bean cheesecake layered with an easy cranberry jam and smooth white chocolate mousse. Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

No-Bake Eclair Cake

No Bake Eclair Cake is the perfect dessert to whip up in a snap and serve for any occasion.

Apple Cider Donut Cake

Are you looking for the perfect fall treat? This Apple Cider Donut Cake is a light, crumbly, and delectable dessert. This recipe is topped with a cinnamon-sugar mixture for a sweet and cozy treat.

Mississippi Mud Cake

This Mississippi Mud Cake is a moist chocolate sheet cake that is covered in melted marshmallows and is topped with a creamy chocolate fudge frosting.

Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake from Honey Too

This looks amazing!

Sweet Potato Cake

This delicious Sweet Potato Cake with maple pecan glaze is the perfect dessert for any occasion. Simple ingredients like flour, sugar, nutmeg, eggs, and of course, sweet potatoes, all come together to create a warm cake then topped with a sweet glaze.

Chocolate Baileys Poke Cake

Bring together your friends and family for a St. Patrick’s celebration with this Baileys Poke Cake. This chocolate cake has a delicious surprise soaked into the cake that takes this cake over the top. With St. Patrick’s Day flavors, this cake is perfect for any party.

White Chocolate Almond Raspberry Cake from Baked By Nature

Lemon Blueberry Cake

Lemon Blueberry Cake is a delicious layered cake with a blueberry filling and lemon cream cheese frosting. Incredibly easy to make and turns out beautiful!

No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake from Cincy Shopper

If you are a fan of Creamsicles, you are going to want to make this No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake this summer. You will find a delicious Nilla Cookie crust with layers of orange creamy cheesecake filling. Perfect for summer picnics and BBQ’s.

Carrot Cake Cheesecake Cake from Shugary Sweets

This Carrot Cake Cheesecake Cake is a showstopper! Layers of homemade carrot cake, a cheesecake center and it’s all topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting!

Lemon Raspberry Cake

If you like lemons and raspberries you’re going to LOVE this Lemon Raspberry Cake! This raspberry cake is exploding with fresh lemon flavor and covered in tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect lemon raspberry dessert for any occasion.

Take 5 Cake

This Take 5 Cake is one of the most amazingly delicious cakes! Chocolate cake with a peanut butter filling, chopped Take 5 candy bars, caramel, and chocolate! This is a fantastic recipe!

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Chocolate Raspberry Cake is a soft, moist, and delicious layered chocolate cake from scratch. In between each layer is a smooth and creamy chocolate buttercream frosting along with a thin layer of raspberry jam that ties it all together.

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Cake the perfect blueberry dessert for spring and summer! Made with a moist lemon cake dotted with juicy blueberries, blueberry cheesecake and sweet and tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. It’s two delicious desserts – lemon blueberry cake and delicious blueberry cheesecake – packed in one amazing treat!

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Thick and moist, this Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache is a rich, decadent dessert that’s guaranteed to satisfy every chocolate craving. Since it’s easy to make, it’s a great cake for everyday as well as special occasions!

No-Bake Rice Krispie Treat Cheesecake from The Domestic Rebel

Rice Krispie Treats and cheesecake create the best dessert ever!

Dark Chocolate Strawberry Cake

This is the easiest chocolate strawberry cake ever. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or for anyone who just loves the flavor of chocolate covered strawberries. Rich, moist and delicious, if you want the perfect valentine’s Day dessert, this is the cake to make.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts

Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a triple dose of old-fashioned buttery, melt-in your-mouth pineapple upside-down cake layered with homemade cinnamon vanilla whipped cream. Bonus: no mixer required for the cake recipe!

No-Bake-Cherry Cheesecake from Jen Around the World

Baileys Irish Cream Cake

This easy to make Baileys Irish Cream Cake recipe has an amazing flavor as a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and a double burst of Irish Cream.

Granny Cake

This Granny Cake Recipe is the perfect sweet ending to any meal. Pineapple cake topped with pecans and brown sugar then baked until golden brown and soaked with a sweet milk and butter glaze–this cake is completely crave-worthy!

Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Cake

Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake is quite honestly the best dessert ever made. It’s got layers of fresh strawberry cake, no-bake white chocolate cheesecake with fresh strawberries and a wafer cookie crumble topping the homemade vanilla frosting.

No-Bake Woolworth Cheesecake from Sugar Apron

No Bake Woolworth Cheesecake is a classic, light and lemony dessert and will be the perfect addition to your Easter or Mother’s Day menu! Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

Hummingbird Cake

Loaded with fresh fruit, this four-layer Hummingbird Cake is stacked with a smooth and tangy cream cheese frosting that pairs perfectly with the fruity flavors of the cake. The moist and tender crumb features crunchy toasted pecans and a sweetly tart flavor from the banana and pineapple baked into the batter.

Banana Pudding Cake from Little Bit Sweet

The cake for their party combined two family favorites.  Banana pudding and cake.  Awesome combo!!!

Strawberry Upside-Down Cake

Strawberry Upside Down Cake is so perfect for Summer and only 4-ingredients! Starts with a fresh strawberry mixture on the bottom, topped with a white cake mix, baked and then flipped over.

Blueberry Muffin Breakfast Cake

If you love Blueberry Muffins, wait until you try this incredible Blueberry Coffee Cake. With all the flavors of a tradition blueberry muffin in a delicious cake form, this is going to be a cake that everyone will love. This coffee cake is light and airy and packed with fresh blueberries, making it perfect for a delicious breakfast or snack.

Ding Dong Cake

If you have been craving the classic Ding Dong cupcakes, you are going to love this Copycat Ding Dong Cake recipe.

Lemonade Sheet Cake

This Lemonade Sheet Cake has the most delicious lemon flavor and is infused with actual lemonade. Anyone that is a fan of lemonade desserts will love this.

Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake from Domestic Gothess

Salted caramel chocolate fudge cake – four layers of moist chocolate fudge cake filled with salted caramel Swiss meringue buttercream, topped with whipped chocolate ganache and a liberal dose of salted caramel.

No-Bake Strawberry Ice Box Cake from Cakes Cottage

Looking for a quick and easy Spring/Summer dessert recipe? Try out delicious No Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake !

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake

Who could beat this Chocolate Bundt Cake with its rich yet tender chocolate cake, surprise peanut butter cheesecake filling, and peanut butter glaze? YUM.

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

This ice cream sandwich cake is layers of ice cream sandwiches, whipped topping and candy, all stacked up to form an easy yet super impressive dessert. An ice cream sandwich cake is perfect for summer gatherings, birthday parties and school events!

Caramel Apple Crisp Cheesecake From Cakes Cottage

All of the sweet and caramely goodness of a traditional apple crisp, baked on graham cracker crust cheesecake and topped off with a dollop of softly whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

Creamsicle Orange Poke Cake

Creamsicle Orange Poke Cake is an orange jello-infused fluffy white cake with a whipped orange topping. This poke cake recipe is the perfect dessert for summer picnics and a crowd favorite.

Strawberry Chocolate Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts

Strawberry Chocolate Cake is like the best chocolate covered strawberries you’ve ever eaten!!! Moist chocolate cake topped with fresh strawberries, rich chocolate mousse, chocolate ganache and chocolate curls on top. This is serious chocolate fix, plus the cake looks pretty darn impressive!

Strawberry Cream Cake

This easy to make Strawberry Cream Cake Recipe and has an amazing taste. Each layer has fresh strawberry and a delicious cream cheese frosting.

Banana Bread Bottom Cheesecake

Two of my favorites combined into one cake! Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Carrot Cake from Carslbad Cravings

Super moist, spiced Carrot Bundt Cake stuffed with sweet cream cheese filling and drizzled with sweet and tangy Orange Cream Cheese Glaze that will have you drinking it straight from the bowl.

Starbucks Lemon Loaf Cake

If you have ever ordered the Lemon Loaf at Starbucks and fell in love with the delicious lemon-y flavor, you are going to love this. I have a recipe for you to make it right at home! You won’t have to order just one slice, you’ll be able to have a whole loaf.

Inside Out Reese’s Peanut Butter Cake from Oh Bite It

You will totally feel like you’re sinking your lips into a warm, sweet, heavenly cloud of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in cake form!

No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake from Yummiest Food

Creamy, smooth, rich cheesecake worthy of any occasion! Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

Kentucky Butter Cake

Get a taste of Kentucky with this Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe. This recipe is so fluffy and delicious, it will be the best cake to make for friends and family. It is great for any occasion and may become a favorite.

Strawberry Margarita Cake

This Strawberry Margarita Cake is absolutely amazing. Tasting like a sweet combination of strawberries and lime, with a burst of tequila, this delicious layer cake is going to make you happy. Moist and tender, this lime and strawberry cake is absolutely amazing.

Death By Chocolate Cheesecake

This Chocolate Lover’s Cheesecake recipe is full of chocolate flavor for the ultimate chocolate lover!

Carrot Cake Poke Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts

If you are looking for a fun new Easter dessert to try this spring, this easy Carrot Cake Poke Cake recipe is the best treat that you can make for your family. Filled with white chocolate pudding and topped with cream cheese frosting, this super moist carrot cake is over the top delicious!

New York Cheesecake from Food for a Hungry Soul

To me, this is the single best cheesecake I have ever had.  It is creamy smooth, lightly sweet, with a touch of lemon.  This cheesecake has become the favorite of family and friends who’ve had the good fortune to be served this slice of heavenly goodness.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cake Roll from Crazy for Crust

Peanut butter cup cake roll is the perfect cake for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. This easy cake roll recipe is rich chocolate cake filled with creamy peanut butter filling. It’s topped with chocolate ganache and covered in peanut butter cups!

Brown Sugar Pound Cake from Lady Behind the Curtain

This deliciously dense flavorful Brown Sugar Pound Cake is just what your dessert table needs! A very moist delicious Bundt cake filled with toffee bits, brown sugar and pecans, with tons of caramel flavor. 

Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake

Our delicious Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake is packed with freshly baked cinnamon roll flavor but can be whipped up in minutes! Your mouth will be watering for this classic white cake soaked with sweet cinnamon glaze and topped with homemade cream cheese frosting for the perfect dessert or even served as a coffee cake with breakfast.

Blueberry Cheesecake from Love and Olive Oil

Banana Upside Down Cake

Banana Upside Down Cake is an incredibly moist and flavorful dessert. You can’t go wrong if you serve this cake with toasted pecans and caramel sauce!

Orange Julius Cake

With this layered orange cake, you are getting a moist cake that is bursting with orange flavor and topped with a vanilla buttercream frosting. This cake made from scratch is so moist. You are going to love the bright flavors of this cake.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake from Elizabeth’s Edible Experience

Old-Fashioned Cajun Cake

When I tell you that this Old Fashion Cajun Cake recipe is like no other, I mean it. It is so moist with a hit of pineapple flavor. It is warm and gooey and the icing glaze that is poured over top soaks into the cake to create the most decadent flavor.

Blue Velvet Cake

When you want a cake that is a little different than the norm but still has a mild taste that everyone will love, this Layered Blue Velvet Cake is exactly what you want to make. Rich and creamy, this blue cake is a 3 layer cake that is incredibly easy to make. Inspired by Blue Suede Shoes, if you have an Elvis fan in your life, this is a fun cake to make them.

Hot Chocolate Cake Roll from Will Cook for Smiles

This amazing chocolate cake roll is a perfect dessert for winter holidays. Soft chocolate cake roll filled with light and fluffy frosting with folded mini marshmallows, drizzled with chocolate syrup and topped with more marshmallows. Perfect cake to have with a mug of hot cocoa.

Strawberry Crunch Cake

You will fall in love with this delicious Strawberry Crunch Cake! Soft, crunchy, fluffy, and more will make the first bite of this dessert incredible. Just like the beloved Strawberry Crunch Ice Cream Bar in the form of a cake.

Chocolate Craving Cake from I Am Baker

Easy Chocolate Cake with a delicious Frosting!

7-Up Pound Cake

This is the Best 7Up Pound Cake recipe! You’ll love how easy this moist pound cake is to make using 5-ingredients including a cake mix.

BEST Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This Pineapple upside down cake is seriously the BEST! Topped with a delicious caramelized pineapples and cherries. This classic dessert is super soft and moist, filled with the perfect amount of pineapple flavor!

Oreo Chocolate Cheesecake Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts

Oreo Cheesecake Chocolate Cake is such a decadent chocolate cake recipe. Cheesecake sandwiched between two layers of soft, rich and  fudgy chocolate cake.

Red Velvet Cheesecake

Red Velvet Cheesecake is one of the most delicious cheesecakes that you will ever make. The combination of red velvet cake and cheesecake is pure perfection! Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Earthquake Cake

Reese’s Peanut Butter Earthquake Cake is a delicious and wacky cake made of rich chocolate cake, a sweet peanut butter layer, chocolate chips, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Cake from Notes from a Messy Kitchen

No-Bake Summer Berry Ice Box from Cakes Cottage

Looking for a quick and easy Summer dessert recipe? Try out delicious No Bake Summer Berry Icebox Cake !

Turtle Poke Cake

This Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake is the best and easiest dessert you’ll ever make. Seriously. You will only need 6-ingredients for this out-of-this-world delicious cake!

Texas Tornado Cake from Kitchen Nostalgia

Do Nothing Cake, aka Texas Tornado Cake – pineapple dump/poke cake with coconut walnut frosting; super moist and ridiculously easy to make! Definitely worth of being featured in our Best Cake Recipes.

These seriously are the BEST Cake Recipes and you will love them!