Classic Cakes When You Are Craving a Slice

Get ready to indulge your sweet tooth with timeless delight! Delve into the world of classic cakes, those enduring treats that have been satisfying cravings for generations. Whether you’re a seasoned baker or just stepping into the kitchen, baking a traditional cake evokes a sense of warmth and familiarity. With our curated collection of simple, foolproof recipes in this article, you’ll soon be channeling your inner pastry chef.

Banana Pudding Cake

This Banana Pudding Cake combines vanilla cake, banana pudding, and vanilla wafers with vanilla buttercream and fresh whipped cream.
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Gingerbread Apple Cake

A gluten free vegan gingerbread apple cake that tastes so good you’ll want to go back for seconds or thirds? It exists, and I am sharing!
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Chocolate Cake

Satisfy your chocolate cravings with this decadent Gluten Free Chocolate Cake. Fudgy yet light, this cake is easily made in one bowl. Chocolate cake layers are covered in a velvety buttercream frosting for the best gluten-free chocolate cake recipe.
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Lemon Blueberry Cake

Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake is a deliciously light and subtly sweet treat with juicy blueberries in every bite. Coated with sumptuous cream cheese frosting, this cake is moist, soft, and perfect for holidays, weekends, or just because.
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The Best Sticky Toffee Pudding Tray Bake Recipe

This sticky toffee christmas pudding recipe is moist, decadent, and full of nutty, toasty, caramel flavor, with hints of sea salt.
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Raspberry Ricotta Cake With Almonds

Raspberry Ricotta Cake with Almonds is moist, fluffy and easy to make! It’s perfect for dessert in the evening or with coffee in the morning!
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Apple Cider Coffee Cake Recipe

A moist cinnamon-spiced coffee cake studded with apples, a crunchy streusel topping, and a tart apple cider glaze.
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Granny Cake With Coconut

This old-fashioned Granny Cake recipe is a delicious pineapple cake with a sprinkling of brown sugar and a creamy, buttery sauce with chopped nuts and coconut poured over the top.
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Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

One of the easiest cakes you’ll ever bake, this old-fashioned one bowl chocolate mayonnaise cake needs only 7 ingredients and no butter or eggs!
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Cherry Coffee Cake Recipe

Made with fresh cherries and a sugary butter streusel topping, this easy and beautiful Cherry Coffee Cake Recipe is a delicious summertime treat that can be enjoyed for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.
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Victoria Sponge Cake With Balsamic Strawberries

Victoria Sponge Cake is a light strawberries & cream cake. My version uses a homemade balsamic strawberry reduction. Why? Because it’s delicious.
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Easy One Bowl Apple Cake

Apple cake is made in one bowl and is mixed by hand. Apple slices create a beautiful presentation on this delicious apple cinnamon cake!
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Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake With Fudge Frosting

This easy chocolate sheet cake is moist, delicious, and perfect for a crowd! Ready start to finish in under an hour.
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Apple Butter Spice Cake

What to do with extra apple butter? Make this easy apple butter spice cake with maple fudge frosting! With plenty of fall spices.
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ned Carrot Cake With Pineapple

Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

Moist Red Velvet Cake topped with cream cheese frosting that is a delightfully indulgent dessert for any occasion!
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Old-Fashioned Raisin Cake

This old-fashioned raisin cake is super moist and stores incredibly well. It only requires a few staple ingredients and is easy to make.
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Triple-layer Strawberry Cake (From Scratch)

Perfect for any occasion, this Triple-layer Strawberry Cake (made from scratch!) is a moist, delicious cake with a fresh strawberry buttercream frosting.
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The Best Vanilla Cake Recipe

This Classic Vanilla Cake recipe pairs fluffy vanilla cake layers with a silky vanilla buttercream. The perfect cake for any occasion!
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Ultimate Vanilla Cake Recipe

The is the best vanilla cake recipe ever! It’s made from scratch, light, fluffy, and super moist with a really strong vanilla flavor.
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Easy Lemon Ricotta Cake

This particular Lemon Ricotta Cake recipe isn’t super sweet, so you can enjoy it with your morning cup of coffee or as a dessert. It has a subtle lovely lemon flavor.
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Lemon Ricotta Cake

This lemon ricotta cake has moist, fluffy texture and a light, creamy flavor from ricotta and lemon. It’s super easy to make for dessert!
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Blood Orange Upside Down Cake

Quite possibly the easiest cake you will ever make, this Blood Orange Upside Down Cake takes only 10 minutes to prepare, giving you the perfect excuse to make a cake (and eat it too!) whenever whereever!
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Black Forest Ice Cream Cake

This Black Forest ice cream cake has a rich, fudgy brownie layer topped with kirsch infused cherry sauce, then a layer of vanilla ice cream.
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Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe With Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Sheet Cake with a rich and creamy Cream Cheese Frosting is so unbelievably moist and perfectly spiced. Perfect for entertaining, learn how to make this easy Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe and enjoy all the flavors of traditional layered carrot cake, in a fraction of the time.
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Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Cake

This lemon poppy seed loaf cake is sweet, buttery, and has just the right amount of tang from the bright lemon icing.
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Healthy Pumpkin Cake

The best Healthy Pumpkin Cake packed with warm pumpkin spice flavors and topped with a luscious Greek yogurt cream cheese frosting!
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Almond Flour Carrot Cake (Fluffy & Gluten-Free)

This Almond Flour Carrot Cake is moist, fluffy and gluten free. Loaded with nuts, raisins and topped with cream cheese frosting.
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Almond Flour Cake (Gluten-Free, Paleo W/ Keto Option)

This Almond Flour Cake is deliciously light and fluffy. It is a low carb GF & paleo cake recipe you can serve with or without frosting.
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Healthy Raspberry Coconut Cake

This healthy raspberry coconut cake with layers of raspberry jam topped with fresh raspberries is gonna knock your socks off!
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French Apple Cake (Easy Recipe)

Indulge in the essence of fall with Dorie Greenspan’s French Apple Cake. Buttery, rum-infused batter with chunky apples baked to perfection.
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Southern Sweet Tea Lemon Cake

Looking for an easy dessert that will impress your guests at your next summer gathering? This Southern Sweet Tea Lemon Cake is light, fluffy, and sweet!
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Buttermilk Vanilla Cake Recipe From Scratch

Bake a cake just like Grandma used to with this Vintage Buttermilk Vanilla Cake Recipe From Scratch. A layer cake with vanilla frosting!
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Classic Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

This Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe is going to become a favorite. It is a moist pound cake recipe that is perfect for any party.
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Chocolate Depression Cake

Chocolate Depression Cake – Wacky Cake is a retro cake recipe using basic pantry ingredients but no eggs! A simple chocolate cake recipe
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Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake is a retro chocolate cake recipe that is super moist, dense & rich. This chocolate cake is so good, even without frosting!
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Chocolate Dump Cake

A super easy recipe, this chocolate dump cake is made with a package of cake mix, chocolate pudding powder, butter, and milk. No bowls needed.
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Old Fashioned Carrot Cake With Pineapple

Old fashioned carrot cake recipe with pineapple is moist, richly spiced, easy to make from scratch and has a fluffy whipped cream frosting.
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