Made with almond paste, vanilla extract, eggs, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried currants, raisins, prunes, glace cherries, glace lemon peel, glace orange peel, Passover wine, rum, sugar, water, cake ...get the recipe
Fun Food Holidays™
November 26th, 2025 is National Cake Day

Since most households cannot accommodate roasting a turkey and baking a cake in the same afternoon, today has been named National Cake Day so as not to conflict with your Thanksgiving feast!
CDK has tons of cake recipes, from rich sweet layer cakes to flourless to that old holiday stand-by, the fruit cake. Try your hand at baking today!
Recipes to celebrate National Cake Day
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Easy Cherry Dump CakeServes/Makes 8 / Ready In: 30-60 minutes
Dump cakes are not only easy to make, but everyone loves them! This version is made with cherry pie filling that's topped with dry yellow cake mix and pecans. ...get the recipe
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Chocolate Peanut Butter CakeServes/Makes 6 / Ready In: 2-5 hrs
Get ready to indulge in a dessert that's as easy as pie - well, cake, actually. This chocolate peanut butter cake is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth without too much fuss. ...get the recipe
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Graham-Streusel Coffee CakeServes/Makes 14 / Ready In: 1-2 hrs
Made with vanilla extract, powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, pecans or walnuts, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, butter or margarine, yellow or white cake mix, water, oil, eggs ...get the recipe
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Classic 7 UP Pound CakeServes/Makes 12 / Ready In: 1-2 hrs
Made with 7-up, butter, shortening, sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, eggs, all-purpose flour, salt ...get the recipe
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The Best Vanilla CakeServes/Makes 12 / Ready In: 1-2 hrs
White cake mix gets extra vanilla flavor with the addition of vanilla pudding mix. It also has sour cream and white chocolate chips to dress up the cake further. ...get the recipe
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Pumpkin Angel Food Cake With Ginger-Cream FillingServes/Makes 12 / Ready In: 2-5 hrs
This light pumpkin cake has a creamy filling made with a hint of warm spice. ...get the recipe
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