Cake is always a welcome treat, but simple yellow cake and chocolate cake can get boring after a while. If you’re looking for new recipes to impress friends or just satisfy your sweet tooth, here are some delicious and flavorful cake recipes to try.
A crowd-pleasing red velvet cake is a classic. This buttermilk cake gets its signature red color from food coloring and a hint of cocoa. The tangy cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement. For citrus lovers, a key lime cake hits the spot. Lime juice and zest infuse this cake with a bright, tangy flavor. Top it with a lime glaze or whipped cream flavored with lime zest.
If you like nutty, spicy flavors, a carrot cake is always a good choice. Grated carrots, chopped nuts, and warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger give this cake loads of flavor. Cream cheese frosting is the traditional pairing for carrot cake. For chocolate lovers, a German chocolate cake is a dream. Its namesake German chocolate forms the basis for the coconut-pecan frosting that graces this decadent chocolate layer cake.
Fruit-flavored cakes are always a summer favorite. A moist blueberry cake pairs fresh or frozen blueberries with a lemon glaze or cream cheese frosting. For a tropical taste, a mango cake incorporates mashed ripe mango into a vanilla batter and tops it with a mango buttercream or curd. If you like the combination of fruit and chocolate, try a chocolate-raspberry cake. Fresh or frozen raspberries are folded into chocolate cake batter and topped with a chocolate ganache or buttercream frosting.
A spiced pear cake combines sweet ripe pears with warm spices like cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. A brown sugar cake gets its deep molasses flavor from dark brown sugar. Walnut or pecan pieces add texture. Top it with a brown sugar buttercream or maple cream cheese frosting. For a taste of fall, a pumpkin cake incorporates canned pumpkin, spices like cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and chopped nuts into a yellow cake base. Cream cheese frosting and toasted nuts are perfect garnishes for pumpkin cake.
