20 Easter Cake Recipes Guaranteed to Steal the Show

A couple tablespoons of muscat wine add depth of flavor to the sweet-tart rhubarb filling for this spectacular spring cake.

Citrus is a triple threat in this recipe -- lemons and oranges go into the batter, the syrup that's brushed onto the cake, and the finishing glaze.

Take the concept of layer cake to the next level with this delectable dessert composed of 20 crepes sandwiched with lemon curd cream and thickly topped with mascarpone cream.

Ordinary pound cake becomes special occasion-worthy when laced with fresh rosemary and brushed with homemade rosemary honey. Serve warm, if possible, with more honey.

We like to think of Easter as the unofficial holiday for showing off your rhubarb. Here, it's roasted until tender and used to crown a moist yogurt cake.

Each component of this heavenly dessert can be made ahead: the light-as-air layers of meringue, the vanilla-buttermilk pastry cream, and the shards of caramel. Assemble it just before serving and finish with a generous topping of whipped cream.

Spread layers of this cardamom-spiced honey cake with creamy lemon curd and honey, then finish with a drizzle of honey, or even better, a chunk of honeycomb on top.

Why not pull out this Southern classic for Easter? It can be baked and frosted up to two days in advance and stored in the fridge. All you have to do on the day of is garnish it with DIY dried pineapple flowers.

Seeking something cool to serve your Easter guests? Try this lighter take on ice-cream sandwiches. Coconut sorbet is layered between crisp-chewy blush-pink meringues.

Low-fat Greek yogurt does double duty in this dessert -- along with olive oil, it keeps the cake moist, and it goes into the thick white glaze. Finish with slices of Meyer lemon cooked in a little simple syrup.

Fresh ginger not only adds sweet heat to the batter of this cinnamon-spiced carrot cake, but also to the citrusy cream-cheese frosting. Multicolored candied carrot ribbons make an eye-catching final touch.

Grated carrots give cheesecake a lovely light-orange hue and a wonderful earthy flavor. Tiny carrots crafted from marzipan make the perfect festive garnish.

Save your fresh raspberries for a different recipe. The frozen kind works perfectly here -- they're gussied up with raspberry preserves for the filling of this simple white cake.