25 Favorite Layer Cakes
We've posted hundreds of recipes for layer cakes over the years! It is so hard to pick favorites- but today we are going to try! In this roundup, you'll find our 25 favorite and most popular layer cakes.
We have included cake recipes from scratch as well as cake mix recipes. We are sharing a little bit of everything, from chocolate cakes to vanilla cakes, fruity cakes and go-to classic cakes.
A couple of our most popular are our white velvet cake and carrot cake but there are so many more. Enjoy scrolling through! Don't miss our full collection of cakes in our cake recipes section!
Also, if you have given any of these a try, we would love for you to leave a comment and photo below.
Favorite Layer Cake Recipes
In this collection, we are sharing our favorite layer cakes! You'll find everything from decadent chocolate cakes to white cakes, light and fruity cakes, classic cakes, and more. Enjoy scrolling through!
Strawberry Shortcake (with Pound Cake)
This light and fruity Strawberry Shortcake Cake is a delicious twist on classic Strawberry Shortcake. It combines layers of moist buttermilk pound cake, sweetened whipped cream, and fresh strawberries!
White Velvet Cake
So many have messaged us that this has become their go-to White Cake Recipe! It has a fantastic texture (thanks to cream cheese in the cake batter), and wonderful flavor. You cannot go wrong with this recipe!
Almond Raspberry Swirl Cake
You will love the fine crumb and soft texture of this Almond Raspberry Swirl cake. It has a flavorful balance of raspberry and almond, whipped cream filling, and cream cheese frosting.
Marble Cake
Marble Cake is another classic recipe that never disappoints! In this recipe, moist scratch layers of yellow cake are swirled with chocolate, and frosted with chocolate buttercream!
Carrot Cake Recipe
Carrot Cake will always be my personal favorite- and this recipe is the best! It has amazing flavor from a combination of carrots, cinnamon, pecans, flaked coconut, and crushed pecans.The carrot cake layers are filled and frosted with classic cream cheese frosting.
Piña Colada Cake Recipe
Moist coconut layers are brushed with a rum syrup and filled with pineapple in this delicious Pina Colada Cake!
Coconut Cream Cake
Moist coconut cake layers are filled with an indulgent coconut pastry cream, and frosted with a light and airy whipped coconut cream cheese frosting.
Banana Pudding Cake Recipe
In this recipe, moist banana cake layers are filled with vanilla cream, sliced bananas, and vanilla wafers, frosted with cream cheese frosting, and topped with whipped cream. It is such a flavorful, beautiful, cake!
Italian Cream Cake (Scratch Recipe)
Italian Cream Cake is a classic recipe, and we've gotten rave reviews on this one! There's just nothing better than the combination of coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting!
Toffee Pecan Caramel Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
This cake is a delicious twist on our favorite caramel cake, incorporating toffee bits and pecans for a wonderful crunch. It is extremely moist and flavorful!
Lemon Cake {A Scratch Recipe}
This homemade Lemon Cake from scratch is moist and fluffy with wonderful lemon flavor. We've filled and frosted it with lemon curd and lemon cream cheese filling!
Pineapple Cake Recipe
This Pineapple Cake Recipe consists of moist homemade yellow cake layers with a flavorful pineapple and cream filling and topping!
Vanilla Buttermilk Cake Recipe
Along with our Vanilla Velvet Cake, this Vanilla Buttermilk Cake is a favorite! It goes perfectly with all sorts of filling and frostings. The vanilla cake has fantastic flavor and a moist, tender crumb.
Homemade Strawberry Cake
This homemade cake has a fine crumb and rich strawberry flavor! It has added richness from the cream cheese in the cake batter.
Lemon Cheesecake Cake
This lemon cheesecake cake is a combination of two favorites- our homemade lemon buttermilk cake, and cheesecake!
German Chocolate Cake Recipe
German Chocolate Cake is a classic! Moist and soft German Chocolate Layers are filled and topped with a thick and flavorful coconut pecan filling!
Lemon Velvet Cake
This decadent Lemon Velvet Cake is ultra moist with a filling of lemon curd and whipped cream! We refer to it as a velvet cake for its velvety soft texture.
Lemon Mascarpone Cake
For this recipe, we've used mascarpone in the cake batter as well as the frosting, resulting in a creamy texture and rich, indulgent flavor. You are going to fall in love with this lemon layer cake!
Raspberry Layer Cake
This layer cake is moist, soft, and light, and has wonderful raspberry flavor from the raspberry puree reduction mixed into the cake batter.
Red Velvet Cake
This rich and delicious red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting is moist and soft with just a hint of cocoa. It is popular at Christmastime but we love it year-round!
Hummingbird Cake Recipe
Hummingbird cake is another classic recipe that we cannot get enough of! The combination of bananas, crushed pineapple, pecans, and a touch of cinnamon (along with cream cheese frosting) always bring great reviews!
Almond Cake (A Scratch Recipe)
We are so happy to share our moist Almond Cake with Almond Cream Cheese Frosting recipe with you! It is a light, tender, and delicious cake with just the right amount of almond flavor. It is a year-round favorite on our site.
Strawberry Lemonade Cake
This pairing of Strawberry Cake Layers and Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting makes for the most wonderful Strawberry Lemonade Cake!
Easy Boston Cream Pie Recipe
This fantastic Boston Cream Pie recipe couldn't be simpler to make! Yellow cake layers are filled with an easy vanilla cream filling and topped with rich ganache. Yum!
Vanilla Velvet Cake
This Vanilla Velvet Cake, named for its velvety soft texture, is moist and delicious with wonderful vanilla flavor!
Great lineup! :-) I'm going to try the Boston Cream Pie Cake :-)