31 Easy Cake Recipes Even a Newbie Cook Can Make

If your sweet tooth is craving some decadent delights, there are plenty of easy cake recipes you can make at home. From classic vanilla and chocolate to more adventurous flavors like ginger or fruit, there’s a simple cake out there for every mood. These treats are surprisingly straightforward to bake, and every bite is bursting with flavor. So, grab your apron and mixing bowl. It’s time to bake!

Chocolate Mocha Bundt Cake With Cheesecake Filling

You will love this chocolate mocha Bundt cake which is a stuffed Bundt cake with cheesecake filling. If you love cheesecake but also love chocolate, you can combine both loves with this extra-special cheesecake filled chocolate cake.
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Strawberry Shortcake

Looking for a sweet and refreshing treat to enjoy on your next picnic? These individual strawberry shortcakes are the perfect choice! With their fluffy biscuits, fresh strawberries, and whipped cream, they’re a delicious and portable dessert.
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Funfetti Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Funfetti and buttercream ice cream cone cupcakes are fun and cute. These homemade cake cones are easy to make using Funfetti cake mix.
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Chocolate Sheet Cake

No one will know this Chocolate Sheet Cake is gluten free! It’s moist and delicious, and the icing has just the right amount of chocolate.
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The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake recipe is so easy, moist, full of fresh apples, nuts, raisins, cinnamon and is the best recipe ever!
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Oreo Poke Cake

Just when you thought your love of Oreo couldn’t get any better, along comes this amazing Oreo Poke Cake. Oreo flavor in a cake? Yes, please!
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Chocolate Cashew Mug Cake

This Gluten-Free Chocolate Cashew Mug Cake is the perfect sweet treat when those chocolate cravings hit. Easy to prepare, easy to clean up and easy to enjoy without all the guilt!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake

This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Banana Cake

This tender and moist Gluten Free Banana Cake can satisfy all your sweet cravings. It’s loaded with banana flavor and piled high with a creamy buttercream frosting. It’s sweet tender and loaded with banana flavor!
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Chocolate Cake

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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Easy No Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake

This easy No Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake is the perfect dessert no matter what time of year it is! Simple and delicious.
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Easy Strawberry Dump Cake

You’re going to love the taste of this easy strawberry dump cake recipe! It’s so simple and packs such a huge flavor!
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Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

Easy chocolate cake you can make in your Instant Pot. Best cake for birthday parties. Kid friendly and perfect for beginners.
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Best Coconut And Carrot Cake

Nothing like a slice of this spiced coconut and carrot cake with a touch of ginger to go with your coffee. This is a new and great way to make a carrot cake.
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Apple Spice Dump Cake

Make a fuss-free, delicious Apple Spice Dump Cake using just three ingredients – apple pie filling, spice cake mix, and ginger ale.
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Oatmeal Cake

An absolutely divine double-layer cinnamon oatmeal cake topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. A popular cake often requested for birthday parties!
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Chocolate Ganache Cake

Whether for a special occasion or an after-dinner dessert this chocolate ganache cake is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser.
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The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

The BEST vegan chocolate cake! Incredibly moist, this chocolate cake recipe is the best chocolate cake that just happens to be vegan.
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Fodmap It!™ Strawberry Cornmeal Yogurt Skillet Cake

You don’t even need a cake pan to make our FODMAP IT!™ Strawberry Cornmeal Yogurt Skillet Cake! Try it for an indulgent breakfast, brunch or even dessert.
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The Easiest Rum Cake Recipe

This rum cake is a quick and easy cake recipe that bakes to moist perfection every time and is so delicious; you won’t believe it.
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Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Vegan Chocolate Olive Oil Cake! This incredibly moist chocolate olive oil cake is perfect for brunch and dessert. Delicious with coffee!
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Easy Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Get ready to savor the flavors of fall with the easiest dessert you’ll ever make! This Caramel Apple Dump Cake, featuring just four simple ingredients: apple pie filling, caramel bits, yellow cake mix, and butter, is the ultimate autumn indulgence that practically bakes itself.
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Chocolate Coffee Cake

Melt-in-your-mouth moist, chocolaty and with a kick of coffee flavor, this chocolate coffee cake is the treat you didn’t know you needed.
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Strawberry Poke Cake

This classic Strawberry Poke Cake is moist, fluffy, and so easy to make! The whole family will love this strawberry poke cake recipe.
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Sock It To Me Cake

Sock It To Me Cake is a buttery and moist scratch-made bundt cake with a pecan, cinnamon, and brown sugar layer swirled throughout the middle. Topped with a cinnamon powdered sugar glaze, this classic southern cake will become your new favorite dessert!
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Chocoflan (aka Impossible Cake)

Homemade chocoflan (or impossible cake) is comprised of a rich chocolate cake, vanilla- and coffee-flavored flan, and decadent dulce de leche.
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Easy Fresh Raspberry Cake (9 Ingredients)

This Easy Surprise Raspberry Cake is simply irresistible. The surprise ingredient makes this cake extra tender and tastes amazing!
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No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake Icebox Cake

This no-bake cherry cheesecake icebox cake is as simple as it is tasty. It’s filled with delicious, creamy goodness that everyone loves.
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S’Mores Icebox Cake

The best no-bake dessert is this creamy chocolate S’mores Icebox Cake. The layers of graham crackers, pudding, & marshmallows scream summer.
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Strawberry Cream Crunch Cake

This Strawberry Cream Crunch Cake is a strawberry cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk after baking and topped with fresh sweet whipped cream, fresh strawberries, and crushed golden Oreos for crunch. This strawberry poke cake has it all!
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Black Forest Dump Cake

Enjoy the irresistible flavors of Black Forest Dump Cake: a delightful combination of chocolate, cherries, and fluffy goodness.
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