25 Easy Cake Recipes That Every Home Baker Should Master

This bundt cake's elegant appearance belies its simple make-ahead preparation.

Extra-virgin olive oil adds moistness and a fruity flavor to this basic yellow cake. Take advantage of an abundance of mixed summer berries as a colorful topping when paired with freshly made whipped mascarpone cream.

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.

Classic pound cake made from scratch with just six ingredients and three simple steps—is there anything better? The result is a cake that hits the sweet spot.

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.

Made with just six ingredients, this delicate flourless cake has a decadent, pudding-like center.

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 applesauce 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.

Take a few minutes to arrange the apple slices in neat circles on the bottom of the pan—when the cake is baked and inverted, you'll find them decorating the top. It's as simple and pretty as that!

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.

When chocolate meets vanilla the result is a cake with twice the appeal. And the marble effect is so easy to make. All it takes is a simple swirl of the batters with a knife.