454 fruity cake recipes

Friendship cake made with brandied fruit starter, cake mix, and instant pudding for a moist, boozy tube cake with nuts. Endlessly customizable with different mix and flavor combos.

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.

No-bake summer cake with angel food cake suspended in strawberry gelatin and fruit cocktail, chilled in a fluted mold. A retro dessert that's refreshing and light.

Friendship cake made with brandied fruit starter, butter pecan cake mix, and instant pudding for a dense, moist Bundt cake loaded with pecans and boozy fruit.

Pumpkin-shaped Halloween cake made from two chocolate bundt cakes stacked together, frosted orange with a banana stem and fruit roll-up jack-o-lantern face.

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

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.

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.

Southern jam cake with blackberry jam, buttermilk, raisins, and pecans baked low and slow in three spiced layers. Topped with a boiled cream frosting that drips down the sides just like it should.

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.

Favorite breakfast bars built on Cheerios, applesauce, mixed dried fruit, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A low-fat lunchbox bar that bakes in 15 minutes and travels well.

Jam and oatmeal squares with raspberry jam between a buttery oat-walnut base and a crumbly golden topping. A simple bake-sale bar cookie with just eight ingredients.

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.

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.

Quick loaf bread made with Bisquick, candied fruit, walnuts, and a hint of anise. Mix, pour, bake. A retro holiday bread that couldn't be simpler.