Holiday Cakes

A holiday favorite that doesn't require the oven. This is also known as an ice box cake, made with wafer cookies, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, fruit, and nuts.


Time:   2-5 hours

Crescent rolls to the rescue for a quick and easy way to make a King Cake for Mardi Gras.

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with butter, marshmallows, graham crackers, maraschino cherries, raisins, nuts, ground nutmeg

Method:   stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

The old English fruit cake is a classic recipe that features a hearty mix of dried fruits and spices, providing a taste of tradition with each slice.

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with almond flavoring, pecans, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, self-rising flour, golden raisins, cherries

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

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A traditional style King Cake for Mardi Gras. It's made with a yeast dough and filled with a cream cheese fruit mixture. The colored sugars symbolize justice...

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

Bake up a moist and flavorful applesauce fruitcake filled with candied fruits and chopped nuts. Applesauce keeps the fruitcake moist without all the calories of full-fat...

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

One of our favorite Easter desserts is this coconut cream cake made from a cake mix. It's moist, fluffy, and has the perfect hint of coconut flavor. Plus, it's super easy to...

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

Simnel cake or Easter simnel cake is a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and 11 balls of marzipan on top representing the 12 apostles, minus Judas.

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with eggs, orange liqueur, clementine, icing sugar, clementines, sugar, butter

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

The folks down under have a killer take on a Christmas cake. Brandy, lemon zest, warming spices, and raisins make for a deliciously fruity affair.

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with red, blue, yellow, and green food color, sugar, lemon peel, ground nutmeg, gumdrop, yellow cake mix, confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, water

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

What would Fat Tuesday be without the famous king cake? This from-scratch version will be the center of attention at your Mardi Gras celebration.

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

Get ready to meet the dessert that's been spicing up the holiday season, gingerbread pudding cake. It's so moist and flavorful, you might just forget about pumpkin spice.

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Try our mouthwatering gingerbread cake, packed with warm spices, molasses, and a hint of stout. This moist, richly flavored cake is perfect for dessert or festive occasions.

Method:   stovetop, oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with cocoa powder, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, eggs, molasses

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with jelly beans, white cake mix, frosting, coconut, green food coloring, Marshmallow Peeps

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

Prepare yourself for a slice of history with this delightful Victoria sandwich cake, a time-honored recipe that marries sweet simplicity with a touch of...

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

This Santa Claus cake is an enchanting blend of maraschino cherries and nuts, baked to perfection in a charming mold. It's straightforward enough for novice bakers while still...


Time:   1-2 hours

Made with lemon peel, almond flavoring, salt, slivered almonds, currants, seedless raisins, golden raisins, sourdough starter sponge, milk, candied orange peel

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with oil, almonds, yellow cake mix, ground nutmeg, rum, eggs, eggnog

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with all-purpose flour, ground ginger, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, ground cloves, butter, brown sugar, sugar, molasses

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, brown sugar, applesauce, egg whites, molasses, water

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, whipping cream, semisweet chocolate

Method:   microwave, stovetop, oven
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with sugar, whole Brazil nuts, walnuts, pitted dates, raisins, candied orange peel, candied green cherries, candied red cherries, flour, baking powder

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours