70+ of the BEST Summer Cakes

This moist, soft Pineapple Coconut Pound Cake is so buttery and decadent, with bits of pineapple and coconut in every slice!

These light and bright Margarita Cupcakes are so delicious! They consist of super tender lime cupcakes from scratch, topped with tequila cream cheese frosting. Perfect for adult summer birthday parties and celebrations!

This popular Strawberry Shortcake Cake is sure to please! This pound cake version of Strawberry Shortcake consists of moist buttermilk pound cake layers, filled with strawberry slices and whipped cream.

These easy Banana Pudding Cupcakes have amazing flavor! Banana cupcakes are filled with vanilla (pudding) cream filling, frosted with cream cheese frosting, and a dollop of whipped cream.

This delicious Limoncello Bundt Cake is so soft and moist with a light lemon flavor and a decadent limoncello glaze. Nobody would guess that it all starts with a cake mix!

We love these heavenly lemon cupcakes! They are incredibly moist and flavorful, and we've topped them with lemon cream cheese frosting!

One of our most popular pull-apart cupcake cakes over the years has been this cute and easy Fish Cupcake Cake! I love it for beach themed birthday parties, pool parties, and more! - A free step by step cupcake tutorial!

This super moist Pineapple Upside Down Sheet Cake is so flavorful with a brown sugar glaze and light pineapple flavor. Nobody would guess that it starts with a cake mix!

The perfect Beach Cake Design with flip flop cake topper! Learn how to make this lovely summertime cake in this free cake decorating tutorial-- perfect for summer birthdays, beach themed parties, and more!

This delicious Banana Pudding Bundt Cake consists of soft banana cake with a filling of whipped vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers, and whipped cream. If you like banana pudding, you will love this cake! (Also check out our layered Banana Pudding Cake and Banana Pudding Cupcakes)

This Strawberry Lemonade Cake tastes like summertime! Moist strawberry cake layers are filled with strawberry slices and frosted with lemon cream cheese frosting!

Learn how to make a CUTE and trendy fault line cake with a watermelon theme in this free cake decorating video tutorial! Fault line cakes aren't nearly as difficult as they look, and this video will show you how to easily make one of your own! This watermelon cake design is perfect for summer entertaining, and you can easily take this technique and apply it to color schemes and designs for all sorts of occasions!

This homemade strawberry cake is so moist, soft, and so flavorful!

This Lemonade Bundt Cake is perfectly moist and bursting with lemon flavor! Perfect for spring and summer gatherings.

This homemade moist Limoncello Layer Cake with Limoncello Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting is light, delicious, and perfect for entertaining!

This soft, light, and moist Strawberry Bundt Cake is so delicious!

OH how we love this ruffle flamingo cake! This is such a fun design- learn how to make it in this fun, free cake tutorial!

Today we are sharing a roundup of our favorite go-to recipes for strawberry cakes, fillings, and frostings! You are sure to love these crowd-pleasing strawberry recipes!

This moist Orange Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting is velvety soft with a wonderful orange flavor.

These delicious carrot cupcakes start with a mix but taste like a scratch recipe! With added carrots, cinnamon, pineapple, coconut, and pecans, you can't go wrong with this crowd pleasing dessert!

This Pineapple Cake Recipe is the best! Moist yellow cake layers with a luscious Pineapple & Cream Filling!

Everybody loves vanilla cupcakes! This is a great go-to recipe, no matter what the season! They taste amazing with any filling or frosting (we've used vanilla buttercream)!

This EASY Oreo Ice Cream Cake is so incredibly delicious! It consists of a layer of chocolate ice cream, a layer of cookies and cream ice cream, with Oreo Crumbs and hot fudge in between and on top! It tastes like an ice cream sundae!

Learn how to make cute and easy Ice Cream Cone Pull Apart Cupcakes in our free step by step tutorial and cake video!

This Lemon Velvet Cake is delightfully moist, light, and flavorful!

Learn how to make beautiful buttercream hydrangeas in this free cake decorating video tutorial!

These bright and cheerful flip flop cupcake toppers are really easy to make with simple candy coating! I'll show you how to make them in our free step by step cake tutorial! Perfect for beach themed parties, birthdays, or just because!

This delicious Hummingbird Bundt Cake is a classic! Flavors of cinnamon, banana, pineapple, and pecans make this a summertime favorite!

This White Velvet Cake is incredibly moist, light, and delicious! It has become our go-to white cake recipe! The cream cheese in the cake batter adds moisture and richness.

This moist 7up pound cake is a classic recipe with a fine crumb and light lemon lime flavor. It gets it's name from the 7up in the cake batter! Perfect for summer pound cake for birthdays, polucks, adn more!

This heavenly Mocha Cake combines chocolate and coffee for a memorable (yet easy-to-make) cake!

This fun and easy Triple Cheeseburger Cake design is perfect for cookouts, summer birthdays, Father's Day, and your burger-loving friends and family! - From our free cake video tutorial!

This Toffee Pecan Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, with wonderful flavor from toffee bits, caramel, and pecans!

This German Chocolate Cake starts with a cake mix but you would never know! It is ultra moist with fantastic flavor the combination of chocolate layers with coconut & pecan filling!

These easy Oreo Cupcakes are perfect for picnics, birthdays, potlucks and more! Moist vanilla cupcakes are speckled with crushed Oreos, and topped with a delicious Oreo Buttercream!

Nobody would guess that this amazing lemon cake recipe all starts with a simple cake mix! So moist and lemony!

This easy Boston Cream Pie consists of two vanilla cake layers, filled with easy vanilla cream (pudding) filling, and topped with a decadent chocoalte glaze!

All the wonderful flavor of banana pudding in cake form! We love this amazing recipe!

We love this super easy Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake! It comes together in no time, and has delicious flavor from buttery yellow cake, brown sugar, and pineapple!

This light and fruity Orange Cake is so fluffy and moist. We love it year-round but especially in the spring and summer months!

This Peach Pound Cake is ultra moist with diced peaches folded into the batter! It is the perfect fruity cake for spring and summer!

This decadent Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake has a fine, moist crumb and wonderful lemon flavor! This easy cake is perfect for summer celebrations!

I love this Mermaid Splash Cake design! Whether you have a summer celebration, beach party, or want the perfect cake for someone who loves mermaids, this tutorial is for you! Free cake video!

This fruity, flavorful Orange Pineapple Cake is super moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

This moist Strawberry Pound Cake is heavenly! We love the strawberry flavor- it's the perfect cake recipe for spring and summer, or for the strawberry lovers in your life!

This Banana Split Layer Cake recipe is the best! Moist banana cake layers are filled with whipped cream cheese frosting ,sliced strawberries, pineapple, and a chocolate drip! This is such a beautiful dessert and it tastes fantastic too. It's fun to change things up now and then from the usual go-to recipes, and this delicious combination of flavors is sure to please a crowd!

We just love flamingos! Learn how to make this cute flamingo cake in our free cake video tutorial! This cake would be perfect for summer birthdays, beach themed parties, and more!

This moist and delicious Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Whipped Lemon Mascarpone frosting is so light, moist, and flavorful!

This Octopus Cake is one of our oldest tutorials, but it's still one of my favorites for summer! Learn how to make this SWEET octopus cake in our free step by step tutorial!

We love this moist, refreshing Key Lime Layer Cake and it is so easy to make using a cake mix!

Learn how to make a cute and simple ice cream cone decoration onto your cakes in this free video tutorial!

This Strawberry Champagne Cake is SO delicious and it all starts with a cake mix! The cake is moist and fluffy, and has the perfect balance of strawberries and champagne! Strawberry champagne cake layers are filled with sliced strawberries and whipped cream, and frosted with champagne buttercream! Keep this recipe in mind for special occasions like anniversaries, bridal showers, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, or just because!

This light and lemony scratch lemon cake is so moist and flavorful! I love it year-round, but especially in the spring and summer months! This has been one of our most popular recipes over the years!

This fantastic Strawberry Cake starts with a simple cake mix! It's SO flavorful and perfect for summer gatherings!

Tie dye cakes are so cheerful and fun for summer birthday parties, 70s themed birthdays, kids parties, and more!

This delicious Piña Colada Cake recipe is the perfect party cake! You'll love the flavor of pineapple, coconut, and a hint of rum!

We loved creating this buttercream pansy cake with watering can cake topper! It's a great birthday cake idea for spring and summer, or for the gardeners in your life!

This homemade Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry flavor! So moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

We had the best time making this easy GIANT Ice Cream Sundae pull-apart cupcake cake! Kids will love this ice-cream themed dessert!

We LOVED making this sweet Mermaid Cake! So adorable for kids birthdays- learn how to make it in our free cake video tutorial!

Delicious Lime Layer Cake from Scratch with Lime Curd Filling- This fruity lime cake with lime curd filling has lots of flavor and is perfect for summer!

This sophisticated Champagne and Strawberries Cake is amazingly moist and flavorful!

I love this sweet watermelon cake design which can be created with a simple sheet cake!

These cute Coconut Drink cakes are so much fun! Learn how to make them in our free step by step cake tutorial!

This buttercream cheeseburger cake is perfect for cookouts and summer gatherings and is always a crowd pleaser! Learn how to make it in our free cake tutorial section!

In this beach cupcake tutorial, learn to make buttercream crab cake designs as well as a school of "lollipop fish"! From our free step by step cupcake tutorial!

Learn how to make a giant Popsicle Cake using a simple sheet cake! We used this for a July 4th themed party but you can easily change the design to any color or flavor!

Turn an ordinary sheet cake into an adorable swimsuit cake! This step by step free tutorial is perfect for young birthdays!

This cute and easy Octopus Birthday Cake is such a cute cake for kids' parties!

These cute and easy cookout cupcakes are so much fun to make! Learn how to make these mini hamburger and hot dog cupcake toppers in our free step by step tutorial!

This moist and delicious cake tastes just like an Orange Dreamsicle! Moist orange cake layers with orange cream filling and orange cream cheese frosting!

Lilly Pulizer-inspired cupcakes are perfect for summer celebrations! We'll show you so many fun designs in our free step by step cupcake tutorial!

SO good! This Pink Lemonade Cake is the perfect summer layer cake!

This flavorful Peaches and Cream cake from scratch is so moist and delicious! I love it for summer gatherings!

Here's another colorful, cheerful rainbow buttercream cake design with rainbow cake topper!

This fantastic Margarita Cake all starts with a simple cake mix!

Moist and Delicious Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake- this moist layer cake has so much flavor!

This scratch Cherry Cake Recipe is amazing! So much flavor!

This flavorful Chocolate Cherry Cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser! Moist, cherry flavored chocolate cake layers are filled and frosted with cherry cream cheese frosting!

Learn how to make this adorable shark cake in this free cake decorating video tutorial! This would make such a cute summertime birthday cake!

This Lemon Orange Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with citrus flavor!

Delicious scratch White Chocolate Raspberry Cake Recipe- this layer cake is so moist and has wonderful flavor!