538 fruit cake recipes

Frozen angel food cake layered with frozen yogurt and frosted in whipped topping, then garnished with fresh fruit. A light, easy ice-cream-style cake you can customize to any yogurt flavor.

Buche de Noel: the iconic French Christmas yule log cake. Light sponge rolled around fruit jam, frosted with chocolate buttercream, and decorated to look like a snowy birch log. The classic holiday showstopper.

Italian celebration cake with pound cake layers soaked in orange liqueur, filled with sieved ricotta, candied fruit, and chocolate chips, frosted with cocoa-mocha buttercream. No baking required.

Trifle shaped into a boomerang and made with lemon ironwood syrup, and served with a side of fruit spice cream.

A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.

Cassata Napoletana layers thin sponge cake with cherry preserves, rich Neapolitan custard, chopped walnuts, and candied fruit. A no-bake Italian celebration cake that chills to set.

Festive yeast coffee cake shaped like Christmas trees, studded with candied fruit and rolled oats. Pull apart the golden buttery balls for a stunning holiday brunch centerpiece.

Light, airy sponge cake made with sugar substitute and orange juice. Fluffy texture without the sugar spike, topped with sugar-free jam and whipped cream.

Friendship cake using yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, brandied starter fruit, raisins, and pecans baked in a Bundt pan. The shortcut version of the gifted-starter holiday cake.

All Bran bread soaked overnight in strong tea with mixed dried fruit and golden syrup. A dense, malty British tea bread that improves with age, served sliced and buttered.

An exotic and decadent cake that is made with the wonderful fruit taste of passionfruit.

Chocolate torte sweetened with fruit-based concentrates instead of refined sugar, layered with cream cheese filling and whipped cream, topped with sliced strawberries.

Angel food cake hollowed out and stuffed with whipped cream, pineapple, strawberries, coconut, and blueberries, then frosted and topped with kiwi. A stunning no-bake dessert that feeds a crowd.

Hawaiian wedding cake with a pudding-cream cheese layer, fruit cocktail, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and whipped cream on a sheet cake base.

Vegan key lime torte with a silken tofu filling, carob cake base, kiwi slices, and a mint-brown rice syrup glaze. Dairy-free, egg-free, and set with agar-agar.

Old fashioned shortcake with tender buttermilk biscuits split, buttered, and layered with sweetened fruit and whipped cream. A classic summer dessert that beats any sponge cake bakery version.