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Cake Recipes for Holidays

Soft, fluffy, and always crowd-pleasing, these cake recipes range from foundational vanilla cake and easy chocolate cake to celebration-worthy showpieces like my strawberry cake and classic red velvet. Whether you're baking for a birthday, a wedding, a holiday, or just because, you'll find a recipe here that bakes flat, stacks beautifully, and tastes incredible.

  • close up of a slice of black velvet cake
    Black Velvet Cake
  • closeup of vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream slice on a white plate
    Vanilla Cake Recipe
  • Photo of Boston Cream Pie.
    Boston Cream Pie
  • Cake Pop Dough Recipe
    Cake Pop Dough
  • Chocolate Lava Cake
    In Lava with Lava Cake
  • Close up of joconde sponge with layers of whipped cream and berries.
    Joconde Recipe
  • close up of a slice of white cake
    White Cake Recipe From Scratch
  • white velvet cake recipe
    White Velvet Buttermilk Cake
  • st patricks day cake made with green velvet cake
    St. Patrick's day cake
  • pink speckled cake with easter eggs on top
    Speckled Easter Cake
  • slice of yellow cake with chocolate frosting
    Yellow Cake Recipe
  • closeup of slice of chocolate wasc cake with chocolate ganache
    Chocolate WASC
  • closeup of a slice of funfetti cake
    Funfetti Cake
  • gluten free cake
    Gluten-Free Cake
  • slice of lemon raspberry cake on a plate
    Lemon Raspberry Cake
  • triple chocolate cake
    Triple Chocolate Cake Recipe
  • chocolate joconde cake recipe
    Chocolate Joconde Recipe
  • Pot Of Gold Cake
  • Banana Cake
  • banana split cake
    Banana Split Drip Cake
  • berry Chantilly cake
    Berry Chantilly Cake
  • easy strawberry cake made with box mix
    Strawberry Cake Mix Recipe
  • slice of applesauce cake with cream cheese frosting on black plate
    Applesauce Spice Cake Recipe
  • slice of brown butter cake with vanilla bean buttercream on a black plate
    Brown Butter Cake
  • slice of pink velvet cake with whipped cream frosting and fresh raspberries on a white plate
    Pink Velvet Cake
  • slice of rainbow cake on blue plate white background and whole cake in background
    Rainbow Cake
  • slice of chocolate cake on grey plate with cake in background
    Death By Chocolate Cake
  • chocolate and vanilla cake slice with chocolate whipped cream on a white plate
    First Birthday Smash Cake Tutorial
  • doctored red velvet
    Doctored Red Velvet Cake Mix
  • hand holding oreo cake slice next to oreo layer cake
    Oreo Cake Recipe
  • donut cake with hand holding slice
    Donut Flavored Layer Cake
  • closeup of oreo ice cream cake slice
    Easy Homemade Ice Cream Cake
  • lemon blueberry cake
    Moist Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Cake
  • handing pulling a slice of margarita cake out of the cake
    Margarita Cake With Tequila Lime Jell-O Layer
  • close up of a slice of chocolate sheet cake
    Classic Texas Sheet Cake
  • hand pulling a slice of black forest cake from the whole cake
    Traditional Black Forest Cake
  • close up slice of marble cake
    Moist and Fluffy Marble Cake Recipe
  • Moist Gingerbread Cake
  • close up of pistachio cake
    Pistachio Cake with Raspberry Filling and French Buttercream
  • slice of vanilla cake on a plate
    Easy Vanilla Cake

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Hi, I'm Liz! I'm a cake artist and recipe developer, and I won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 with a hyperrealistic Santa. I write foolproof recipes that explain why things work, not just how.

I also teach full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted cakes, at Sugar Geek University.

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