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8 Easy, Impressive Sheet Cakes

That trusted 13- x 9-inch pan is good for more than just brownies and casse...
That trusted 13- x 9-inch pan is good for more than just brownies and casseroles. Break it in with these easy sheet cake recipes that are perfect for a special occasion. Skip the hassle of a layer cake, and opt for a simple icing or glaze to top off your cake. From red velvet to strawberry to coconut, there's no shortage of options for your next sheet cake.
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Derby Cake

This decadent chocolate sheet cake is a prime choice for a Kentucky Derby v...
This decadent chocolate sheet cake is a prime choice for a Kentucky Derby viewing party—or any party, for that matter. The richness of this moist, buttermilk chocolate cake is intensified by utilizing the molasses notes of brown sugar (in addition to granulated sugar) and adding a generous sprinkling of chocolate chips in the batter. And then, you top the cake with an insanely delicious bourbon buttercream, candied walnuts, and a chocolate drizzle. Yeah, it's some kind of wonderful. Get the Recipe: Derby Cake How to Make a Unicorn Cake How to Make Shortcut Carrot Sheet Cake How to Make a La La Land Cake
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Red Velvet Cake

Red food coloring gives Red Velvet Cake its iconic look. Our version comes ...
Red food coloring gives Red Velvet Cake its iconic look. Our version comes in the form of a sheet cake and has Greek yogurt stirred into the cream cheese frosting.
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Texas Sheet Cake

Learn how to make this delicious Texas Sheet Cake with a homemade chocolate...
Learn how to make this delicious Texas Sheet Cake with a homemade chocolate cake layer topped with chocolate frosting and chopped toasted pecans.Get the Recipe: Texas Sheet Cake

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How to Make Fresh Strawberry Sheet Cake

This simple, fresh strawberry cake is the perfect springtime dessert. Besid...
This simple, fresh strawberry cake is the perfect springtime dessert. Besides being wonderfully easy to slice and serve for a crowd, sheet cakes (like this pink beauty) are great for entertaining because they require no special cake frosting skills. Get the Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Sheet Cake   How to Hull Strawberries Shortcut Strawberry Cheesecake Sweet Rolls
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Heavenly Angel Food Sheet Cake

This classic angel food cake is the perfect dessert base for your next part...
This classic angel food cake is the perfect dessert base for your next party. Cut the finished cake into single-serve portions for petitfours, frost the whole cake to make a sheet cake, or follow our Kitchen Note (below) to bake it in angel food pans or round pans. Make this cake yours, and don't forget to let us know how you did so.

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Layer Cake Confidential

At last–the surprising shortcuts to spectacular home-style layer cakes are ...
At last–the surprising shortcuts to spectacular home-style layer cakes are revealed.
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This Chocolate Turtle Cake is Everything (and Then Some)

Chocolate, caramel, and pecans harmonize perfectly in this stunning chocola...
Chocolate, caramel, and pecans harmonize perfectly in this stunning chocolate layer cake. Devil's food cake mix with pudding plus chocolate morsels result in brownie-like layers filled and frosted with a jazzed up ready-to-spread fudge frosting. Get the Recipe: Chocolate Turtle Cake How to Make Edible Cookie Dough How to Make Chocolate "Chip" Rice Krispy Treats Coffee Liqueur Affogato with Chocolate Whipped Cream
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Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

Nutty Browned Butter Frosting meets tender pecan cake in this showstopping ...
Nutty Browned Butter Frosting meets tender pecan cake in this showstopping three-layer dessert. When browning the butter for the frosting, pour the butter into a bowl as soon as it turns golden brown, or it will continue to cook and get too dark.
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Confetti Flower Cake

It may be hard to believe that this stunning layer cake could taste as deli...
It may be hard to believe that this stunning layer cake could taste as delightful as it looks, but trust us on this one… it’s well worth cutting into. We create an all-natural “fun-fetti” look for this Confetti Flower Cake with edible flower petals flecked throughout the moist and delicate vanilla layers. Covered in a light, fluffy strawberry frosting (and a few more garnishing edible flowers for good measure), this wow-worthy confetti cake is the perfect centerpiece for your next special occasion—be it a birthday party or a wedding shower.
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Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

This vibrant pink layer cake is pure strawberry-on-strawberry goodness, wit...
This vibrant pink layer cake is pure strawberry-on-strawberry goodness, with fresh strawberries going into the cake batter and frosting. One thing to note about the buttercream frosting—it is absolutely bursting with berry flavor, but is easily over-mixed. If you find you've broken your emulsion when whipping this frosting up, no worries. You can simply mix in a little more powdered sugar to restore it. That said, we love how purely strawberry-forward the flavor of this frosting is, so we'd advise being very light-handed when adding extra powdered sugar, as it will dilute the berry flavor. In our opinion, it's better to have a slightly broken frosting that tastes like strawberries than a perfectly pristine frosting that tastes like sugar. 
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Hummingbird Cake

Exactly how this cake got its name isn’t clear, but it likely has to do wit...
Exactly how this cake got its name isn’t clear, but it likely has to do with its flavor, sure to suit those nectar-loving hummingbirds and anyone with a love of dessert. The tropical fruit- and nut-studded cake first appeared in Southern Living magazine in 1978. It’s since become a signature cake of the South.

We Like Big Bundts, and We Cannot Lie

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Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake

This might just be the most decadently delicious Guinness chocolate cake re...
This might just be the most decadently delicious Guinness chocolate cake recipe a St. Patrick’s Day celebration has ever seen. If nothing else, it serves as further proof that Guinness and chocolate are a match made in dessert heaven. As impressive as it may look and taste, this is a surprisingly easy cake to prepare. We opted for a bundt in developing this Guinness chocolate cake keeps in order to keep it simple to make and to ensure a perfectly moist final product. Guinness stout in the cake better makes for an added layer of rich chocolatey depth, while two boozy glazes—an Irish cream chocolate glaze and an Irish whiskey drizzle—really take this chocolate bundt cake to the next level. 
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Strawberry Poke Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze

Poke cake meets pound cake in this must-make spring dessert. A perfectly mo...
Poke cake meets pound cake in this must-make spring dessert. A perfectly moist, dense vanilla pound cake (with a delightful hint of almond) is filled with a fresh strawberry filling—adding to the cake's tender crumb and providing the perfect fruity sweet-tart flavor balance. Finish the whole thing off with an eye-catching fresh strawberry glaze, and you have a supremely awesome cake on your hands. Be warned, if you share this pound cake with friends, you'll need to be ready to share the recipe as well. 
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Apple Bundt Cake with Apple-Cream Cheese Glaze

This incredibly moist bundt cake gains its strong apple flavor from shredde...
This incredibly moist bundt cake gains its strong apple flavor from shredded Granny smith apples baked into the batter, as well as a concentrated apple liquid that is used to create the cake’s sweet-tart apple and cream cheese glaze. Get the Recipe: Apple Bundt Cake with Apple-Cream Cheese Glaze  How to Make Peach Upside-Down Cake How to Make Coconut Cake

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Elderflower Pound Cake with Lemon-Elderflower Glaze

This delightfully floral pound cake is a super fun and elegant twist on the...
This delightfully floral pound cake is a super fun and elegant twist on the classic 7-Up pound cake—not to mention, a most delicious introduction to elderflower if you’re not familiar with its flavor. Easy to whip up and incredibly impressive, this elderflower dessert is a fantastic option for your next dinner party. The floral notes from the elderflower liqueur and tonic water, as well as the lemony tart glaze, perfectly balance the pound cake’s richness. You can find elderflower tonic water at grocery stores such as Whole Foods and Fresh Market, but you can also order it online if you have trouble tracking it down locally. You will have leftover tonic—but don’t worry, that’s just a perfect excuse to make yourself an elderflower gin and tonic to enjoy while your cake bakes. While the flower flavor in this fabulous cake certainly shines, it isn’t at all overbearing. 

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Must-Try Mini Cakes

Great things often come in small packages and that’s the case with these mi...
Great things often come in small packages and that’s the case with these mini cakes and cupcakes. Cute as can be and just as flavorful as full-sized cakes, these little treats are perfect for holiday gifts and dessert buffets.
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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream

Filled with banana cream, topped with peanut butter buttercream, and drizzl...
Filled with banana cream, topped with peanut butter buttercream, and drizzled with chocolate, these cupcakes are outrageously rich. Skip the buttercream and turn these cupcakes into "muffins." You can use the base of the cupcake batter and add chopped pecans, shredded coconut and dried fruit for a morning pick-me up. These cupcakes are small but pack in flavor and texture with the banana cream filling and peanut butter buttercream hitting both sweet and savory notes.    
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Tropical Beach Cupcakes

Coconut and fresh mango puree give these cupcakes a beachy twist. Decorate ...
Coconut and fresh mango puree give these cupcakes a beachy twist. Decorate as you please with brown sugar, blue icing, and candy shells and sharks. Your vaction begins with the first bite.
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Mountain Dew Cupcakes

Whether you’re a hardcore Mountain Dew fan or just happen to have part of a...
Whether you’re a hardcore Mountain Dew fan or just happen to have part of a leftover 2-liter that needs to be used up, these soda-inspired cupcakes are a fun and easy treat to whip up with a box caked mix.  Get the Recipe: Mountain Dew Cupcakes How to Make Cola and Coffee Beef Ribs How to Make White Cake with Raspberry Curd Filling How to Make DuckTales Cakes

Cake for Breakfast

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Fresh Peach Coffee Cake with Pecan Streusel

If you like coffee cake that's heavy on the crumb topping (who doesn't?), y...
If you like coffee cake that's heavy on the crumb topping (who doesn't?), you'll love this recipe. Bake it on a Friday night, and snack on it all weekend long.
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Raspberry-Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

This is the perfect coffee cake. The lightly tangy raspberry gives a pop of...
This is the perfect coffee cake. The lightly tangy raspberry gives a pop of flavor and the decadent cream cheese filling provides texture for a rich, moist cake. Be sure to use raspberry preserves; jam or jelly will sink to the bottom of the pan during cooking. A springform pan allows this cake to rise for a beautiful presentation. Enjoy with family and friends in the morning with coffee or as a snack in the afternoon.
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Buttermilk Coffee Cake

This buttermilk crumb cake is a breakfast favorite when guests arrive. To m...
This buttermilk crumb cake is a breakfast favorite when guests arrive. To make one day ahead: just bake, cool completely, and cover pan tightly in in aluminum foil. For an even more decadent treat, make this delicious glaze to drizzle over the cooled cake: Combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 3 teaspoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a small bowl; and stir until smooth.  

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How to Make The Cheesecake Factory Original Cheesecake

The Cheesecake Factory has more than 30 cheesecake flavors, but it's the or...
The Cheesecake Factory has more than 30 cheesecake flavors, but it's the original that makes us swoon. Try this copycat version, from the book Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2. Get the Recipe: The Cheesecake Factory Original Cheesecake How to Make a Watercolor Cake How to Make Brown Velvet Cake

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Excellent Easter Cake Recipes

If you need a cake recipe for your Easter meal, we’ve got what you need, fr...
If you need a cake recipe for your Easter meal, we’ve got what you need, from coconut and carrot to strawberry shortcake and pineapple upside down cake.
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Haunting Halloween Cakes

Halloween is the perfect time to break out the creativity, and your Hallowe...
Halloween is the perfect time to break out the creativity, and your Halloween cake is the perfect place to start! Whether you start with boxed cake mix and add fun decoration or let us take you start-to-finish through an amazing Halloween cake recipe, there's something for everyone in this inspiring Halloween cake collection. They taste even better than they look, and take little skill to accomplish. Don't get spooked; give one of our Halloween cakes a try!
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Our Best Christmas Cakes

Impress your holiday guests with a show-stopping cake that tastes as great ...
Impress your holiday guests with a show-stopping cake that tastes as great as it looks on the dessert table. Our favorite festive cake recipes are the perfect way to finish your meal and also transform your dinner table into a jaw-dropping display. From fun fillings and decorative designs to luscious layered cakes and delicate trifles, these gorgeous white cakes are loaded with delicious flavor and spirited holiday fun. Pick your favorite recipe from our collection and get started on a new holiday tradition this year.
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Showstopping Holiday Cheesecakes

There's nothing quite like unveiling a luscious, irresistible cheesecake at...
There's nothing quite like unveiling a luscious, irresistible cheesecake at the holiday table. Eyes will widen and jaws are sure to drop when you present these showstopping cheesecakes at your next festive fete.

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How to Make a Watercolor Cake

This stunning watercolor effect is a surprisingly simple cake decorating te...
This stunning watercolor effect is a surprisingly simple cake decorating technique that makes for an incredibly special dessert. Get the Recipe: Watercolor Cake How to Make Brown Velvet Cake How to Make Red Velvet Peppermint Cake
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How to Make a Zodiac Cake

Create this stellar constellation-inspired Zodiac Cake using boxed cake mix...
Create this stellar constellation-inspired Zodiac Cake using boxed cake mix, and just a little craftiness. The colorful astrological layer cake is fun to assemble and decorate, and would make for an awesome birthday centerpiece.  Get the Recipe: Zodiac Cake How to Make a Unicorn Cake How to Make a La La Land Cake WTF Do King Cakes Have Babies Inside?
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How to Make a Unicorn Cake

This colorful unicorn-inspired layer cake is the pinnacle of cuteness—perfe...
This colorful unicorn-inspired layer cake is the pinnacle of cuteness—perfect for a birthday party or for anyone who’s just super into the current unicorn craze. While this cake is fantastically wow-worthy, and does take some time and loving dedication to construct, you don’t need to be a pastry chef to pull it off. In fact, creating this mythical masterpiece really is totally achievable for a home baker—just follow the instructions and don’t be afraid to have a little fun with it! You’ll be amazed what you can achieve with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, some colorful candy, and a little bit of fondant.  Get the Recipe: Unicorn Cake Get the Recipe: Vanilla Buttercream Frosting How to Make Lemon Curd Pound Cake How to Make a La La Land Cake
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How to Make Rainbow Layer Cake

Actually taste the rainbow with a vibrant 7-layer rainbow cake! Learn how t...
Actually taste the rainbow with a vibrant 7-layer rainbow cake! Learn how to make our Rainbow Layer Cake for the ultimate birthday treat or festive dessert. Use liquid gel or gel-paste food coloring for a deeper, richer color. Get the Recipe: Rainbow Layer Cake

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Coconut Cake Recipes

From impressive coconut layer cakes to easy coconut sheet cakes and cupcake...
From impressive coconut layer cakes to easy coconut sheet cakes and cupcakes, we’ve got the perfect coconut cake recipe for you.
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Creamy Custard Cakes

The magical marriage of pudding or custard and cake in one recipe results i...
The magical marriage of pudding or custard and cake in one recipe results in a cake more moist and flavorful than any standard chocolate or vanilla cake, angel food cake, or even pound cake. These cakes don’t need piles of sugary icing because they already have dynamic flavor. Each bite is a combination of warm cake and rich filling; creating an irresistible texture. If you want a decadent dessert with a simple recipe, a custard or pudding cake is sure to satisfy.   
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Our Best Cake Mix Recipes

You'd never guess these recipes started with a box of store-bought cake mix...
You'd never guess these recipes started with a box of store-bought cake mix. Browse through this collection of cake mix recipes for quick and easy recipes for cakes, trifles, brownies, cupcakes, cookies, and more! 
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Upside-Down Cakes

A great way to achieve the perfect cake is to flip it upside-down, of cours...
A great way to achieve the perfect cake is to flip it upside-down, of course! These timeless recipes are great for holidays, gifts, special occasions, or just to satisfy that sweet tooth craving. 
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Light and Sweet Angel Food Cake Recipes

Angel food cake is always a crowd-pleasing dessert, and the best part is it...
Angel food cake is always a crowd-pleasing dessert, and the best part is it can be adapted to serve at any get-together or party throughout the year. Whether you bake it in a bundt pan or as a sheet cake, and serve it with a glaze and fruit on top or embrace a slice of pure, untouched goodness, customizing this elegant treat is a piece of cake.
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Our Top Carrot Cake Recipes

From fancy layer cakes to simple sheet cakes and muffins, we've got the bes...
From fancy layer cakes to simple sheet cakes and muffins, we've got the best carrot cake recipes for any occasion.