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A variety of recipes for cakes from easy to elaborate perfect for any occasion like birthday cakes or wedding cakes. You CAN have your cake and eat it too!



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recipe for vegan apple sauce carrot cake

Vegan Apple Sauce Carrot Cake

Made with carrots, water, egg equivalent, maple syrup, vegetable oil, applesauce, cinnamon, allspice, ground cloves, salt

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for cassava cake

Cassava Cake

Made with vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, cassava or instant tapioca pearls, milk, egg, butter, sugar, grated coconut, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for dr. pepper cake

Dr. Pepper Cake

Made with cinnamon, flour, sugar, salt, eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, Dr. Pepper, margarine

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes


recipe for tomato soup cake with cream cheese frosting

Tomato Soup Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Made with cloves, cinnamon, sugar, shortening, eggs, baking powder, flour, baking soda, tomato soup, ginger

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for pumpkin crunch cake

Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Made with butter or margarine, pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, eggs, yellow cake mix, pecans

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

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recipe for butter kuchen

Butter Kuchen

Made with bread flour, eggs, milk, butter or margarine, sugar, salt, active dry yeast, water

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for cream cheese pound cake with strawberry topping

Cream Cheese Pound Cake With Strawberry Topping

Made with strawberries, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, butter, whipping cream, cake flour, vanilla extract, salt

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for almond joy cake

Almond Joy Cake

Made with almonds, chocolate chips, chocolate cake mix, marshmallows, coconut, sugar, evaporated milk, butter

Method:   stovetop, oven
Time:   30-60 minutes


recipe for bourbon pecan cake

Bourbon Pecan Cake

Made with baking powder, pecan halves, whole red candied cherries, seedless white raisins, bourbon, butter, sugar, dark brown sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours

recipe for deep dark secret

Deep Dark Secret

Made with butter, water, sugar, vanilla extract, nuts, bananas, oranges, raspberries, crushed pineapple

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for banana pound cake

Banana Pound Cake

Made with ground nutmeg, baking powder, butter or margarine, eggs, sugar, bananas, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for guava cake

Guava Cake

Made with guava paste, butter, sugar, flour, eggs, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for hershey syrup cake

Hershey Syrup Cake

Made with sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, Hershey Syrup, margarine

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for cathedral window cake

Cathedral Window Cake

Made with sultanas, almonds, raisins, cashew nuts, flour, red cherries, brown sugar, green cherries, baking powder, glace fruit

Method:   microwave
Time:   2-5 hours


recipe for civil war pound cake

Civil War Pound Cake

Made with brandy, nutmeg, butter, sugar, egg, flour, salt, lemon peel

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for crumb cake

Crumb Cake

Made with cinnamon, margarine or butter, yellow cake mix, flour, sugar, salt

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for praline ice cream cake

Praline Ice Cream Cake

Made with graham cracker crumbs, all-purpose flour, eggs, vanilla ice cream, vanilla extract, cornstarch, butter or margarine, sour cream, brown sugar


Time:   30-60 minutes


recipe for surprise rhubarb cake

Surprise Rhubarb Cake

Made with rhubarb, sugar, strawberry gelatin, water, yellow cake mix

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for american coffee cake

American Coffee Cake

Made with baking powder, salt, sugar, eggs, milk, cinnamon, butter, flour

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for german chocolate pound cake

German Chocolate Pound Cake

Made with flour, soda, German sweet chocolate, shortening, water, confectioners' sugar, salt, vanilla extract

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours


recipe for chocolate cake mix zucchini cake

Chocolate Cake Mix Zucchini Cake

A quick and easy way to make chocolate cake with zucchini added for texture along with chopped nuts and chocolate chips.

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for warm chocolate cake with coffee sauce

Warm Chocolate Cake with Coffee Sauce

Made with water, butter, confectioners' sugar, egg whites, vanilla bean, cake flour, almond flour

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for vanilla wafer cake

Vanilla Wafer Cake

Made with pecans, margarine, sugar, eggs, vanilla wafers, milk, coconut

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for peanut butter filled butterfinger pound cake

Peanut Butter Filled Butterfinger Pound Cake

Made with hot fudge sauce, Butterfinger candy, pound cake, frozen whipped topping, peanut butter

Method:   stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for chocolate amaretti cake and mascarpone-kahlua cream

Chocolate Amaretti Cake and Mascarpone-Kahlua Cream

Made with eggs, rum, vanilla extract, cream of tartar, sugar, 12 oz bittersweet chocolate, butter, cornstarch, unsweetened cocoa, Amaretti cookies

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for double chocolate pound cake

Double Chocolate Pound Cake

Made with chocolate chips, butter, brown sugar, sugar, unsweetened chocolate, eggs, cake flour, baking soda, buttermilk, vanilla extract

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for rocky road layer cake

Rocky Road Layer Cake

Made with buttermilk, eggs, oil, miniature semisweet chocolate chips, pecans, butter, confectioners' sugar, unsweetened chocolate, milk, marshmallow fluff or creme

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for cake mix turtle cake

Cake Mix Turtle Cake

Made with chopped pecans, semisweet chocolate chips, butter, chocolate cake mix, caramels, sweetened condensed milk

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for christmas rainbow cake

Christmas Rainbow Cake

Made with Cool Whip, water, lime gelatin powder, white cake mix, cherry gelatin powder

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours


recipe for pineapple rum upside down cake

Pineapple Rum Upside Down Cake

Made with baking powder, flour, unsalted butter, light brown sugar, dark rum, canned pineapple in juice, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract

Method:   stovetop, oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for basic pineapple upside down cake from cake mix

Basic Pineapple Upside Down Cake From Cake Mix

Made with halved walnuts, yellow cake mix, dark brown sugar, butter, sliced pineapple, maraschino cherries

Method:   stovetop, oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for granny's carrot cake

Granny's Carrot Cake

Made with vegetable oil, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, raisins

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for ground almond fruit cake

Ground Almond Fruit Cake

Made with seedless dates, mixed peel, red glace cherries, green glace cherries, Brazil nuts, raisins, pecans or walnuts, packaged ground almonds, baking powder, eggs

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours

recipe for southern fruitcake

Southern Fruitcake

Made with candied pineapple, dried peaches or apricots, raisins, all-purpose flour, butter or margarine, brown sugar, eggs, peach or apricot nectar, honey, milk

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for pecan pie cake

Pecan Pie Cake

Made with pecans, yellow cake mix, butter, eggs, light corn syrup, dark brown sugar, vanilla extract

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for grapefruit upside-down cake

Grapefruit Upside-Down Cake

Made with butter, brown sugar, pink grapefruit, flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, baking soda, ground allspice, sugar

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for white texas sheet cake

White Texas Sheet Cake

Made with water, all-purpose flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, baking soda, butter or margarine

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for kentucky bourbon cake

Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Made with pecans, mace, butter, brown sugar, salt, bourbon whiskey, sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours


recipe for peanut butter picnic cake

Peanut Butter Picnic Cake

Made with semisweet chocolate, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, baking powder, baking soda, milk

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for schwarzwaelder kirschtorte

Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte

Made with baking soda, milk, shortening, eggs, vanilla extract, cherry liquor, powdered sugar, salt

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for watergate cake

Watergate Cake

Made with frozen non-dairy whipped topping, white cake mix, pistachio pudding mix, vegetable oil, club soda, eggs, pecans, green food coloring

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for hokey pokey cake

Hokey Pokey Cake

Made with toffee bits, frozen whipped topping, chocolate cake mix, sweetened condensed milk, butterscotch ice cream topping

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for pilgrim pumpkin pie cake

Pilgrim Pumpkin Pie Cake

Made with nuts, margarine, eggs, pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, ground cloves, evaporated milk, yellow cake mix

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for banana cream upside-down cake

Banana Cream Upside-Down Cake

Made with banana, egg whites, yellow cake mix, water, banana cream pudding mix

Method:   crock pot
Time:   2-5 hours


recipe for chocolate marble cream cake

Chocolate Marble Cream Cake

Made with confectioners' sugar, eggs, butter and flour, semisweet chocolate, cake flour, baking powder, sugar, whipping cream, lemon juice

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for chocolate italian cream cake

Chocolate Italian Cream Cake

Made with non-dairy whipped topping, instant chocolate pudding mix, vanilla extract, chocolate cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, ricotta cheese, sugar

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for mississippi river mud cake

Mississippi River Mud Cake

Made with flaked coconut, chopped nuts, marshmallow creme, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, butter or margarine, salt, light cream or milk

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for goat cheese pound cake

Goat Cheese Pound Cake

Made with flour, eggs, goat cheese, butter, sugar, salt, lemon zest, vanilla extract

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for banana rum cake

Banana Rum Cake

Made with confectioners' sugar, butter, yellow cake mix, baking soda, eggs, pecans, rum, water, banana

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for black and white cake

Black And White Cake

Made with non-stick cooking spray, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, egg whites, buttermilk, salt, baking soda, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven, microwave
Time:   1-2 hours


recipe for flourless chocolate mousse cake

Flourless Chocolate Mousse Cake

Made with vanilla extract, eggs, sugar, semisweet chocolate, coffee, heavy cream

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for fresh lime sponge cake

Fresh Lime Sponge Cake

Made with lime, powdered sugar, eggs, cream of tartar, salt, sugar, lime rind, lime juice, water, flour

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for cherry angel cream cake

Cherry Angel Cream Cake

Made with cherry pie filling, frozen whipped topping, angel food cake, sweetened condensed milk, water, almond extract, instant vanilla pudding mix


Time:   over 5 hours


recipe for low fat pound cake

Low Fat Pound Cake

Made with yogurt, baking soda, margarine, sugar, egg whites, vanilla extract, flour, oatbran

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours




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