Do you wish you had a list of the best cake recipes that you could use for any holiday?
Sometimes, we find out last minute that we need to bring a dessert to a party or event. Or we find out that more people are coming to our house for a holiday event than originally expected.
Wouldn’t it be easy to have a go-to list that you could save on Pinterest and always have handy for those emergency cake situations?
Worry no more- that list is here!
Best Cake Recipes: The Needed Items
One thing that I have found is that it is so important to always have some things on handy so you can be ready to make a cake recipe whenever you need to.
Not that cakes require too many items, but I like to make sure that I have the basics to start with.
A Mixer
The first one is to make sure you always have a mixer. That way, you can crank out any of the best cake recipes at any time.
Of course, the Kitchen Aid Mixer is one of the top favorites (click here to see all the colors it comes in!). This mixer has EVERYTHING that you need and more. To be honest, you don’t only have to use it for baking- it comes in handy a lot when it comes to cooking as well!
(Did you know if you click the image above, you can save it to your Amazon wish-list?!)
If the Kitchen Aid Mixer is out of your price range, there are some great hand-mixers as well.
Cake Pans
To have a variety of cake pans always available is essential when it comes to being able to make a cake on the fly. You don’t want to have everything handy but not have a place to put the cake!
I try to make sure I always have both round cake pans and square cake pans on hand so I can be ready for any recipe!
Other Needed Items To Always Have on Hand for Baking For all the Best Cake Recipes
Cake pans and mixers are definitely the top two priorities for baking necessities. However, there are a few other smaller items that are great to always have on hand as well:
Measuring Spoons (The ones from Pioneer Woman are my favorite!)
How Do I Choose the Best Cake Recipe?
I purposely chose 30 of the best cake recipes that could be used at any time of the year, no matter the occasion. There are a few things you may want to consider before choosing which cake to whip up:
- How many people does this cake have to serve?
- How much time do I have to prepare this cake?
- What type of flavors am I looking for?
Which cake do you like the best? Make sure to let me know in the comments!
The Best Cake Recipes For Any Occasion
30 Best Cake Recipes For Any Occasion!
Find 30 of the best cake recipes that you can whip up for any occasion!
This buttermilk coconut pound cake is fluffy, tender and full of toasted coconut. The Buttermilk Glaze and toasted coconut on top of the cake round this up to perfection. You’ve got to taste it to believe it!
I can’t really tell you why I decided to make this recipe made from a cake mix instead of making a from scratch cake. All I can say now is WOW! I’m so glad I decided to make it with the cake mix, eventually I will make one from scratch ,but again…WOW! You can actually see how moist, tender and soft this cake is just by looking at the pictures!
You’ve got to taste this cake to believe it. There’s cream and butter in the batter as well as in the topping. It rises up nice and tall with a fluffy tender texture.
With just my husband and I in the the house I feel like it’s such a waste to make a 13×9 inch cake that we will only end up eating half of. The rest will go to neighbors, and that’s not a bad thing, we love sharing, but sometimes all you want is a good small chocolate cake. This cake is perfect for intimate small celebrations.
Almond Joy Chocolate Torte…chocolate cake with a whipping cream filling topped with a chocolate glaze and garnished with coconut and almonds. This torte is not only delicious but so very EASY to make!
As you’ll see, the cake batter and frosting recipe come together very quickly. Which was exactly why I chose to make it, with very little time before family would be arriving, I needed quick. I didn’t just want quick, I wanted a great recipe as well. It did not disappoint, it was delicious.
I served this cake to five people in our family yesterday. The first descriptive word that was spoken after eating it by each person was….creamy. They couldn’t believe how creamy this cream cheese coffee cake was. I try to make recipes that are going to be good, I just didn’t realize how good this was going to be! Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a show stopper Kids. An easy to make show-stopper that can be made all year-round.
I’ve been making this delicious old fashioned chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting for 30 yrs. It never gets old!
If you are looking for incredible banana coffee cake, you do not want to miss out on this! This banana pecan coffee cake is the perfect mix of a moist cake with the exact amount of crunchiness to it.
This traditional king cake is a New Orleans classic and is served in celebration of Mardi Gras. The cake is topped with a sweet glaze and festive sprinkles- but who will find the baby?!
A delicious one bowl pineapple cake topped with a cream cheese frosting while it’s still warm. This Easiest Pineapple Cake is a one bowl wonder! Not only is it made easy by only needing one bowl to make it, there isn’t any butter or oil in the cake batter and yet it is extremely moist!
If you didn’t tell anybody, they’d never guess this cake was made with a boxed cake mix. It rises up nice and tall. The texture is amazing. It’s dense , super moist and so very tender.
This delicious homemade cake is soft, moist and tender. Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting also has a homemade frosting that is smooth and luscious. The two recipes combined are irresistible together.
Here is why sour cream apple coffee cake is going to be one of the best cakes you ever made. I know that is a bold statement, but I mean it! This apple coffee cake is moist with just the right amount of topping. Sometimes you get dry cakes, but that is NOT the case with this
I normally don’t make desserts in the evenings. I’m usually tired from the day and evenings are my time to wind down. Yet this one is so easy it is no problem!
I've never baked with ricotta cheese…I don’t know what took me so long to try it. Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cake is made in a bundt pan and is extremely moist and soft
Milk chocolate, cinnamon and pecans layered in an incredibly soft and moist homemade sour cream cake. Chocolate Cinnamon Coffee Cake is one fantastic coffee cake! I had an idea this was going to be good….I just didn’t know how good! When I was finished making the batter, which was gorgeous by the way, I knew the cake portion of this recipe was going to be excellent.
Twinkie Cake is made with a doctored up yellow cake mix. An envelope of dream whip is added to the cake while it's being mixed. After the cake is baked it has an amazing light and delicious texture.
Not overly sweet, but perfectly moist, this pineapple coffee cake is packed with pineapple chunks and topped with sugar and walnuts. Just what we needed to brighten our day!
I knew when I started mixing this cake that it was going to be soft and very moist. I knew that by the look of the batter. It was so fluffy and light when I started mixing the butter and sugar together that I just knew it was going to be good Even as I added the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk it kept it’s fluffy light texture. I was excited, I couldn’t wait to see it baked.
I love old fashioned cakes like Mom’s Best Apple Cake. It’s a soft, moist cake with lots of apples baked into it. There’s also a hot caramel sauce poured over the apple cake after it’s baked that makes this outrageously delicious!
The classic flavors of chocolate and vanilla come shining through in these two amazing recipes. The vanilla flavor in this single layer 9-inch cake is PERFECT. Pair this delicious moist yellow cake made with sour cream with an amazing homemade fudge frosting and you’ve got one delicious treat. Let’s get started and make this yellow cake and sour cream cake together.
This delicious cake is made moist by adding cream cheese to the batter. It’s filled with the wonderful flavor of apples, cinnamon, brown sugar and pecans. Oh my gosh I couldn’t believe how good it was!
Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is Superb! That’s the only word that could describe this little coffee cake! This 8 inch cake took me totally by surprise, I expected it to be good, I just didn’t know how good. It all hits you in one bite, the moist, soft cake, the crunchy topping, the blueberry and lemon flavor…WOW! It is all together perfect.
This delicious Small German Chocolate Cake ( 9 inch) satisfies any craving for the larger version you might have that’s made with 3 layers. With only two people in our house making a three layer German Chocolate Cake is pretty much out of the question.
Chunky Apple Cake with Browned Butter Frosting is a delicious treat anytime of the year but you have to admit, baking apples and cinnamon during the cooler months is like making comfort food. This cake is loaded with goodies ( chunks of apples, pecans and cinnamon) and topped with a delicious Browned Butter Frosting.
This Apple Coffee Cake has a layer of Streusel and apples in the center of the cake and a generous amount of Streusel on top as well. You're going to love it!
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Coffee Cake has three delicious layers. The first layer is made of cake. The second layer is a cream cheese filling and the third ,is the nut topping. All these layers together make one moist, delicious pumpkin cake perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert anytime of the year.
This cake…oh this cake. Banana Chocolate Chip Cake isn’t adorned in frosting, it doesn’t have a glaze and it isn’t sprinkled with powdered sugar. You’ll forget all about fancying it up after you taste it.
Lemon Pudding Cake is not only delicious but very easy to put together. It has this light, bright flavor that pairs so well with just about any fruit you can think of. I love using it to bake with.
In my household, and most likely in yours as well, this apple cake brings the best of all the worlds and is a happy dessert that everyone’s taste buds agree with!
WOW, Bonnie, these cakes look soooooooooooooooooooo YUMMY. I want to try them ALL. Thank YOU for making these delicious looking cakes available to us!!!!!
Your recipes have ALL been wonderful….and I’m salivating just reading all those amazingly delicious cake recipes! Which to try first!? One question…how in the heck do you stay so thin while eating and/or tasting these things? Really..I’m curious! Thank you for filling our home with deliciousness!
These are some yummy looking desserts.