281 top cake recipes

Apple cake with a cinnamon-nut streusel topping, chopped apples folded into a brown sugar batter with sour milk. A tender, spiced sheet cake for fall baking.

Penuche topped cake with a brown sugar, butter, and nut streusel baked right on a vanilla sheet cake. Served warm with whipped cream for a caramelized, crunchy finish.

Chocolate top apple cake with chopped apples folded into a cinnamon batter, baked under a crunchy layer of brown sugar, nuts, and mini chocolate chips. A 9x13 crowd-pleaser.

Tall honey cake (lekach) baked with 1¼ cups honey and a full cup of strong coffee for moisture and depth. Walnut-studded with warm spices, traditional for Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year.

Filled Poppy Seed Cake with Butter Cream Topping recipe

Sour cream coffee cake is a tender, moist brunch cake with a cinnamon-walnut sugar topping layered both through the middle and on top. Sour cream keeps the crumb soft and fine, with a gentle tang.

Mud and Snow Tire Cake: a German chocolate poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The famous five-ingredient potluck winner.

Mississippi mud poke cake with German chocolate cake mix, sweetened condensed milk, caramel sauce, Cool Whip, and crushed Heath bars. Easy make-ahead dessert that chills overnight.

Better than sex cake: German chocolate poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The Midwestern potluck classic.

Four-layer chocolate torte with whipped cream filling, milk chocolate frosting, roasted pistachios, and handmade chocolate hearts on top. A stunning centerpiece from a simple cake mix.

Four-layer coconut sour cream cake with a fluffy whipped topping filling and shredded coconut all around. Make-ahead Southern dessert that gets better as it sits.

Gold medal caramel bars layer a chocolate cake mix base with caramel topping and chocolate chips, then crumbled cake mix streusel. Four-ingredient potluck bars for the cookie swap.

Devil's food bundt cake soaked twice in a light rum and corn syrup glaze for a deeply boozy, ultra-moist chocolate rum cake. Caribbean-French inspired.

Pumpkin Kahlua cake made with spice cake mix and real pumpkin puree, topped with a buttery Kahlua glaze. A boozy fall dessert with warm spice and rich coffee flavor.

Grilled dessert kabobs with pound cake cubes coated in peanut butter and chopped peanuts, skewered with banana and nectarine, and basted with warm caramel sauce. A fun cookout finish.

Pumpkin cake made with spice cake mix and canned pumpkin, topped with a cooked flour buttercream frosting. A moist, warmly spiced fall cake with a light, fluffy homemade frosting.