125 cake filling recipes

Pina colada layer cake with a rum-soaked chiffon base, crushed pineapple filling, coconut buttercream frosting, and toasted coconut. The cocktail, in cake form.

Three-layer chocolate almond cake with cocoa buttermilk layers, almond cream filling, and rich chocolate frosting. A showstopper from-scratch layer cake.

German chocolate upside-down surprise cake: a German chocolate cake with a cream cheese filling that bakes into the middle and a pecan-coconut top when flipped.

Pumpkin cake with a buttery yellow cake mix crust, spiced pumpkin custard filling, and crumbly streusel topping. Freezer-friendly and perfect for fall gatherings.

Pumpkin pie cake layers a creamy pumpkin pie filling under a buttery yellow cake mix streusel topping with chopped nuts. Easier than pie, deeper than cake. Thanksgiving dessert that feeds a crowd.

Four-layer Black Forest torte with thin unsweetened chocolate cake layers alternating between chocolate filling and cream filling. Unfrosted sides show off the elegant layers.

Layered coffee cake with a cream cheese and condensed milk filling, canned peaches, chopped nuts, and a cinnamon-brown sugar crumb topping.

Delicious dirt cake made sugar-free with devil's food cake, chocolate pudding, cream cheese filling, and crushed cookie crumbs on top. A lighter dirt dessert.

Budapest tea bread bundt cake with a swirled cinnamon, cocoa, raisin, and walnut filling. A Hungarian-inspired sour cream coffee cake for tea time or brunch.

Three-layer banana cake with bourbon, pecans, and a buttermilk-tender crumb. A Southern-style celebration cake that fills three 9-inch rounds with deep banana flavor.

European mocha fudge cake with a dense cocoa-pecan base and creamy coffee whipped cream filling. A flourless-style chocolate cake that's rich, fudgy, and made without leavening.

Sour cream pumpkin coffee cake with a tender vanilla batter, spiced pumpkin filling layer, and a brown sugar-cinnamon streusel sandwiched and topped. Fall brunch favorite.

Four-layer coconut cake with coconut cream pudding filling, chopped macadamia nuts, whipped cream frosting, and shredded coconut pressed all over. A showstopper from a cake mix.

Pumpkin pie tunnel cake with a hidden ribbon of pumpkin pie filling baked inside a buttermilk-bran bundt cake. Striking fall dessert with a creamy surprise center.

This recipe will make two 9 inch cakes or one stacked layer cake. If making the stacked layer cake, the Peanut Butter Filling should be put between the layers and on top of the cake before topping it with the Chocolate Glaze.

Chocolate cupcakes filled with creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting piped right into the center. Rich cocoa buttermilk cake with a surprise peanut butter filling in every bite.