Whether frosted, iced, or glazed, cakes and cupcakes are always delicious and always satisfy everyone's sweet tooth. These classic desserts are perfect for a sweet end to a family meal or on the table at any potluck or party. Our collection of 50 reader-favorite cakes and cupcakes brings you our most popular treats in this category, with recipes like gingerbread cake with caramel sauce, chocolate loaf cake, caramel chocolate cupcakes, and so many more.
Chocolate Loaf Cake
This Chocolate Chip Toffee Cake is amazing! The chocolate, toffee crust on top is so tasty, especially warm, with or without ice or whipped cream!
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Dulce De Leche Cupcakes (Caramel Cupcakes)
This dulce de leche cupcakes recipe features a tender, moist cinnamon cupcake and rich, delicious dulce de leche frosting creating the best caramel cupcakes.
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Chocolate Chip Pound Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting
Chocolate Chip Pound Cake is rich and tender cake topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. This chocolate pound cake recipe is the perfect dessert.
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Apple Upside Down Cake
Tender apples, rich caramel, and warm spices come together in this soft, moist, and luxurious apple upside down cake recipe that's a great fall dessert to try!
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Better Than Sex Cake (Slow Cooker)
This recipe for Better Than Sex Cake is, rich, delicious, and made entirely in the slow cooker. It’s the ultimate indulgent dessert that is perfect anytime.
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Easy Vanilla Bundt Cake
Easy Vanilla Bundt Cake is a unique recipe, super moist, can be festive or not, includes the best chocolate cake glaze. It's worth a try!
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Easy Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes
Easy Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes with caramel filling and covered in a chocolate ganache making this chocolate fudge cupcake recipe amazing!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake
This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Oreo Poke Cake
Just when you thought your love of Oreo couldn't get any better, along comes this amazing Oreo Poke Cake. Oreo flavor in a cake? Yes, please!
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Drakes Coffee Cake
Drake's Coffee Cake is the best cinnamon coffee cake made with sweet cinnamon flavored streusel and pecans, the perfect cake with coffee.
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Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes
These Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes are the best combination of tangy and sweet! The lemon glaze pairs perfectly with the moist cake. It’s a match made in heaven!
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Swiss Roll Lush Cake
This Swiss Roll lush cake is one of the easiest, tastiest icebox cake recipes you'll ever make. It's always a hit, so give it a try!
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Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake
This chocolate fudge brownie cake is loaded with rich chocolate flavor in a tender, moist bundt cake and a delicious chocolate glaze.
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Salted Caramel Cheesecake With Brownie Bottom
This no-bake salted caramel cheesecake with a brownie bottom will wow your family and friends when you bring it to the dessert table. Total crowd pleaser.
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How To Make Cake Roll With Box Cake Mix
We're talking about how to make cake roll with box cake mix. This vanilla swiss roll recipe is so simple. it's a great vanilla cake roll!
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Layered Carrot Cake From Scratch
This layered carrot cake recipe is absolutely delicious. This 2 layer carrot cake is one of the best carrot cake layer cake recipes out there
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Lemon Bar Cheesecake
This Lemon Bar Cheesecake is the perfect combination of sweet and tangy. You'll love the creamy texture and added lemon zest!
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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Icebox Cake
This no bake cherry cheesecake icebox cake is as simple as it is tasty. It's filled with delicious, creamy goodness that everyone loves.
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Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake
This buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake is the best way to start the day. It's sweet, loaded with blueberries, and so easy to make!
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Ultimate Easy Baked Homemade Cheesecake
Ultimate Easy Baked Homemade Cheesecake recipe no sour cream uses 7 ingredients, is light, creamy and the best cheesecake in the world!
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Grandma's Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake
Indulge in the most incredibly moist, delicate, and crunchy Grandma’s old-fashioned Hummingbird cake. Try this easy and fail-proof recipe that you'll love.
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Naked Carrot Cake
This delicious dessert is made with real carrots and topped with a creamy cream cheese frosting. It's perfect for celebrating a special day!
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Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake With Coconut
This Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake with Coconut Topping recipe makes a light, fluffy cake that is filled with tender fruit.
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Raspberry Buttermilk Cake
This Raspberry Buttermilk Cake Recipe is a simple yet delicious cake made with fresh, tart raspberries. The cake is moist and sweet, and it bakes in 30 minutes!
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Fruity Pebble Cake
Have your cake and eat it, too with Fruity Pebble cake. This homemade Fruity Pebbles cake recipe is easy to make and a fruity dream to eat.
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Naked Pastel Rainbow Cake
This nake pastel rainbow cake recipe features the perfect amount of cake and frosting in every bite. It's as tasty as it is pretty!
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Best Ever Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake
This tart and sweet raspberry lemon loaf recipe makes the best ever lemon raspberry cake using fresh raspberries and a bright lemon flavor.
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Heath Bar Cheesecake
This Heath Bar cheesecake recipe combines classic cheesecake with the delicious sweetness of Heath Bar toffee for a tasty twist.
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Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake
This no bake Fruity Pebbles cheesecake recipe is so easy to make and explodes with the classic, fruity childhood cereal we all love.
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Snickers Bar Layer Cake Decorating Guide
This Snickers bar layer cake may look complicated, but it's so easy. This Snickers cake recipe is semi-homemade and super delicious!
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Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake recipe is creamy and filled with sweet ice cream and chocolate flavors. This kid-friendly dessert is so easy to make!
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Neapolitan Cheesecake
Neapolitan cheesecake is loaded with three cheesecake flavors. This triple layer cheesecake looks fancy, but it's actually quite easy to make.
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The Best Strawberry Banana Cake
The Best Strawberry Banana Cake recipe is an easy, super moist cake with strawberries, bananas, walnuts or pecans and the best cream cheese frosting!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake is Reese's Peanut Butter Cheesecake perfection in a rich, creamy cheesecake with an Oreo chocolate base!
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The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake
The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake recipe is so easy, moist, full of fresh apples, nuts, raisins, cinnamon and is the best recipe ever!
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Gingerbread Cake With Caramel Sauce
Gingerbread Cake with Caramel Sauce is the best dessert to satisfy cravings and impress guests. Warm spices and rich caramel create a treat hard to resist.
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Red Velvet Swirl Bundt Cake
Red Velvet Swirl Bundt Cake is a super moist chocolate bundt cake with a chocolate swirl inside and the best cream cheese frosting!
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How To Make Funfetti Cake
This homemade funfetti Patriotic Cake recipe from scratch is the best dessert for Memorial Day, Independence Day, or just a fun summer treat.
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Andes Mint Cupcakes With Irish Buttercream Frosting
These Andes Mint cupcakes with Baileys Irish cream buttercream are always a hit. Andes Mint chocolate and Baileys buttercream frosting. Yum!
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Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake
Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake is rich chocolate cake that is filled with caramel sauce and then topped chocolate frosting. Rich and delicious.
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Chocolate Mint Poke Cake
This Chocolate Mint Poke Cake recipe is so easy, with or without mint, this Jello instant pudding cake is full of chocolate, caramel or whatever you desire!
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No Bake Snickers Cake Recipe With Oreo
This EASY chocolate peanut butter dessert with Snickers is a no bake dessert perfect to serve in the afternoon at an outdoor picnic, barbecue or just home.
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Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
This creamy no-bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake is an easy orange dessert. It has the right amount of citrus flavor and sweetness from all three layers.
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Crock Pot Chocolate Lava Cake
Crock pot chocolate lava cake is the best slow cooker chocolate lava cake recipe served with your favorite toppings like vanilla ice cream, toffee bits and more.
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Drumstick Cake (Drumstick Ice Cream Cake)
Drumstick Cake (Drumstick Ice Cream Cake) is an easy frozen dessert with a cone like crust and creamy filling that satisfies Drumstick ice cream cone cravings!
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Kit Kat Ice Cream Cake
This Kit Kat ice cream cake recipe is super tasty and super easy. Two layers of Kit Kat ice cream, M&Ms, and a Kit Kat border? Delicious!
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Air Fryer Lava Cake
Air fryer lava cake makes a decadent dessert for the chocolate lover in your life. All you need is 7 simple ingredients and 15 minutes to make and they're perfect for any special occasion or dinner.
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Naked Chocolate Cake
This naked chocolate cake recipe has the perfect amount of cake and frosting. Enjoy both without either overpowering the other.
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Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Cake
Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Cake is a decadent fall dessert made with chocolate cake, creamy pumpkin mousse, cream cheese mousse, and a rich chocolate ganache.
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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
A no bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie with luscious layers of creamy pumpkin pie and cheesecake! This no-bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe is ready in under 15 minutes.
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