35 Easy Christmas Cakes for a Very Merry Season

Christmas cakes are the heart of so many holiday celebrations, and these recipes make it easy to create something special without the stress. Whether you’re a seasoned baker or just trying your hand at holiday treats, this collection is packed with simple ideas to make your season feel extra festive. These cakes are all about keeping things easy while still bringing a little extra magic to your table.

Old Fashioned Kentucky Butter Cake

A close-up of a sliced bundt cake with a light glaze. The southern dessert is golden brown with a moist, dense interior. One piece is cut and raised on a cake server, revealing the soft cake texture inside. The background includes a white surface and blurred utensils. — Old Fashioned Kentucky Butter Cake. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Kentucky Butter Cake is a Southern staple thanks to its tender crumb that’s soaked in a sweet butter sauce while still warm.
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Chocolate Layer Cake With Ganache Frosting

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A rich chocolate layer cake with chocolate ganache frosting. Perfect for chocolate lovers looking for an extra indulgent treat!
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Fluffy Coconut Cake With Lemon Curd Filling

Delicious coconut cake with lemon curd filling and cream cheese frosting. A perfect balance of sweetness and tartness for your next special occasion.
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Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

A blueberry cake with slices removed. — Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

This is a simple from-scratch recipe for blueberry bundt cake. With blueberries in every bite and a cream cheese frosting, what’s not to love!
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Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

A slice of moist, two-layer vanilla cake—a classic among southern sweets—with creamy frosting is being lifted from the whole cake. The swirled frosting and walnut halves on top add a delightful finishing touch. — Banana Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

This moist banana layer cake with rich brown butter cream cheese frosting is a deliciously easy dessert perfect for any occasion.
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Light And Fluffy Southern Caramel Cake Recipe

A frosted cake, perfect for Thanksgiving cakes, is sliced into portions and topped with pecan pieces on a white plate. A cake server and knife with frosting rest nearby on a blue surface. — Light And Fluffy Southern Caramel Cake Recipe. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Soft butter cake with ground pecans, topped with creamy caramel cream cheese frosting. A Southern classic that’s rich, moist, and perfect for sharing.
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

A slice of chocolate cream cheese cake. — Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake with a rich ganache frosting and creamy filling—perfectly moist and indulgent for any special occasion.
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Cream Cheese Filled Coffee Cake With Almond Streusel

A sliced cake next to coffee cups. — Cream Cheese Filled Coffee Cake With Almond Streusel. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Always moist, this cream cheese coffee cake is oozing with a dreamy layer of cream cheese, and topped with lemony sugared sliced almonds.
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St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

A close-up image of a partially-eaten lemon cake in a rectangular baking dish, with a serving spatula. The cake has a golden-brown crust and is dusted with powdered sugar. You can see a piece has been removed, showing a moist and crumbly interior. — St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Rich and delicious, St. Louis Butter Cake is a classic dessert packed with buttery flavor and a gooey filling.
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Moist Butter Pecan Pound Cake With Glaze

This buttery Butter Pecan Pound Cake with brown butter frosting and pecans is a rich, comforting dessert perfect for any occasion.
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Moist Coconut Layer Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

A moist coconut cake layered with coconut syrup and finished with a creamy coconut cream cheese frosting. Perfect for any coconut lover.
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Flourless Chocolate Cake

Looking for a fabulous dessert that is not quite so sweet, then you are gong to love this rich, decadent, flourless chocolate cake, You’ll never guess what makes the topping spectacular.
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Cream Cheese-Frosted Hummingbird Cake

A hummingbird cake sliced next to cups of coffee. — Cream Cheese-Frosted Hummingbird Cake. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Cream cheese-frosted hummingbird cake is a simple and incredibly moist cake that uses pineapple and bananas for a tropical twist.
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Fresh Cherry Coffee Cake With Raspberries

A square serving of coffee cake with raspberries on the side. — Fresh Cherry Coffee Cake With Raspberries. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Make a brunch or breakfast meeting exceptional by serving a cherry coffee cake with fresh fruit instead of streusel.
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Super Moist Raspberry Ricotta Cake

A raspberry ricotta cake sprinkled with powdered sugar. — Super Moist Raspberry Ricotta Cake. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

This raspberry cake is a deliciously moist and scrumptious dessert, perfect on its own without any frosting.
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Buttermilk Cake With Praline Topping

A square of cake with a bite taken out. — Buttermilk Cake With Praline Topping. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Try this buttermilk cake that is moist and topped with a delicious brown sugar praline topping for a simple and easy recipe.
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Maple Cake Recipe

A close-up of a bundt cake topped with a white glaze and sprinkled with chopped nuts. Perfect for holiday cakes and cupcakes, the cake has a golden-brown crust and detailed ridges from the bundt pan. — Maple Cake Recipe. Photo credit: Lauren’s Latest.

This amazing Maple Cake is made with simple pantry ingredients, drizzled with a sweet and creamy maple glaze and topped with walnuts. Yum!
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Angel Food Cake Strawberry Shortcake

This homemade Angel Food Cake is made with whipped egg whites, sugar, flour and some flavorings. A must make cake recipe for summer!
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Effortless Cherry Dump Cake

As delicious as it is easy to make, this Cherry Dump Cake is made with cherry pie filling, cream cheese, and a box of yellow cake mix.
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Decadent Lemon Jello Poke Cake

A square piece of lemon poke cake with frosting and mint leaves on top sits on a stack of white plates. The background shows a baking dish with the remainder of the cake, additional mint leaves, and a whole lemon. — Decadent Lemon Jello Poke Cake. Photo credit: Intentional Hospitality.

This sweet and citrusy Lemon Poke Cake has a delicious vanilla sponge base soaked with ribbons of lemon Jell-O and lemon Cool Whip frosting.
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Gingerbread Poke Cake Recipe

Gingerbread Poke Cake = the marriage of Gingerbread Cookies and cake! This cake is beyond delicious and a total crowd pleaser.
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Chocolate Espresso Cake Recipe

This decadent chocolate espresso cake recipe defines rich indulgence! Moist cake topped with a smooth, drippy ganache for good measure.
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Decadent Chocolate Mousse Cake (No Gelatin!)

This chocolate mousse cake has a decadent dense fudgy cake base that is topped with a light and airy chocolate mousse made without gelatin.
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Fudgy Chocolate Brownie Cake (From Scratch!)

This fudgy brownie cake is made from scratch for a delicious chocolatey and rich taste. It is easily made in a bundt pan in just 1 hour!
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Cloud-Soft Salted Caramel Cake (Southern Style)

With its cloud-soft yellow cake encased in a golden frosting with the taste and texture of fudge, this Salted Caramel Cake is the layer cake of your dreams.
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Spiced Applesauce Bundt Cake With Cider Glaze

Subtly spiced with cinnamon and topped with a buttery apple cider glaze and this cake is sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face.
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Simple Gingerbread Snack Cake

Simple gingerbread snack cake brings all the cozy, spiced goodness of the holidays into an easy, no-fuss cake that’s good any time of day!
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Chocolate Zucchini Cake yields a decadent chocolate flavor that is tender and soft with melty pockets of chocolate chips.
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Apple Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Browned Butter Glaze

The best apple cinnamon bundt cake is dressed with a rich, thick browned butter glaze perfect for coffee or Sunday brunch with the family.
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Cake Mix Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Sheet Cake starts with a boxed mix and is perfect whether topped with a smooth and rich cream cheese frosting or a sprinkling of powdered sugar.
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Chocolate Cassata Cake

Indulge in the exquisite blend of rich chocolate cake layered with creamy ricotta filling. Our Chocolate Cassata Cake recipe is perfect for any occasion.
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Slow Cooker Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake

Slow Cooker Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake is an effortless dessert where rich chocolate cake mix and sweet cherry pie filling are layered in a slow cooker for a warm, gooey treat. This crowd-pleasing recipe is perfect for minimal prep and indulgent flavor, ideal for any occasion.
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Eggnog Bundt Cake

Eggnog bundt cake with warm spices and a smooth glaze—perfect for holiday gatherings or a festive breakfast. Made with a cake mix shortcut.
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Gluten-Free Apple Cake

Gluten-free apple bundt cake is moist & delicious! Made with freshly baked apples, this cake is layered in a Bundt pan, baked, & served hot.
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Christmas Wreath Bundt Cake

A gluten-free Christmas Wreath Bundt Cake made with a blend of gluten-free & almond flour along with flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
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