24 Easy Cake Recipes

This moist, lemony plum cake needs little more than a dusting of confectioners' sugar to top it. If you like, though, a dollop of sour cream is a delicious accompaniment.

The ultimate cake for strawberry lovers, this easy, buttery treat contains a whole pound of berries -- and smells as good as it tastes.

If you love ginger but worry that making gingerbread seems complicated, try this simpler alternative.

Simple yes, but this tropical cake is also exciting and totally delicious. Toasted coconut balances the tart sweetness of pineapple and provides a delectably crunchy topping.

Another one-layer cake that's as easy to make as it is lovely to look at.

Frozen cherries are juicy and intense when baked into this tender cake, and they're easy enough to find at your local supermarket no matter what time of year.

What makes this favorite cake so delightful? It's full of apple flavor and super moist, thanks to the apple sauce and honey. Plus it's tall and good looking and doesn't need filling or frosting.

Blueberries, sour cream, and a lemon-cream topping. These few extra ingredients and flavors make this cake all the more varied and exciting. Your guests will never guess you simply jazzed up a classic pound cake recipe.

Add cinnamon and raisins to our classic pound cake recipe and you've got yourself a treat worth bragging about.

If you can shred carrots (you can!), you can make a carrot cake. Trust us. The only thing missing from this light dessert is a guilty conscience.

Meaning "something strewn" in Old German, streusel is easy to put together -- and then to throw on top of this sour-cream coffee cake.

There's nothing fancy to prepare here -- just one layer of cake -- but the fragrant toasted walnuts and sweet honey make it extra sophisticated.

Feed a crowd with this easy sheet cake. We used frozen cherries to make a fruit-studded cake that you can throw together even when fresh cherries aren't in season. Spruce it up with a bit of simple whipped cream, and you're set.

If you like, once you zest the orange for the batter, you can cut the fruit into sections to serve alongside the moist and crunchy cake. How's that for an easy garnish?

Easy to make but sophisticated too, this is just the type of cake you'd enjoy after lunch in Italy.

Since the blueberries are distributed throughout the cake and the crumbs are simply scattered atop it, you don't have to worry about being a perfectionist with this recipe.

It's all in the title. You don't have to be a master baker to deliver a high-quality chocolate cake for your next celebration.

Show off this seasonally-appropriate and deliciously spicy pumpkin Bundt cake at your next fall gathering. Once again, the Bundt pan is a baker's friend, it will help you make things look perfect and symmetrical.