60+ Thanksgiving Cake Recipes
If you're looking for the best Thanksgiving Cake Recipes and fall cake recipes, you've come to the right place.
We've made SO many fall cakes over the years, and today we are sharing a roundup of our favorites!
In this collection of our favorite Thanksgiving cake recipes, you'll find seasonal cake flavors like pumpkin spice, gingerbread, caramel, and apple as well as classic go-to recipes like Italian Cream Cake, Carrot Cake, and German Chocolate Cake.
These moist and flavorful cakes are guaranteed to please, and we hope that you find cake for your dessert table this Thanksgiving!
If you give any of these recipes a try, we would love for you to leave a comment and photo below! Enjoy scrolling through!
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Some of our favorites are Pumpkin Spice Cake, Apple Bundt Cake, Hummingbird Cake, and Snickerdoodle Cupcakes! We also have a great Apple Dapple Cake (bundt) with apples, cinnamon, pecans, and caramel.
60+ of the BEST Thanksgiving Cake Recipes
Sharing a collection of our favorite Thanksgiving Cake Recipes! If you love caramel cakes, spice cakes, pumpkin cakes, and other traditional favorites, you are sure to find something on this list!
Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This soft, moist Pumpkin Bundt Cake is so rich and delicious! It has wonderful pumpkin flavor and is topped with homemade caramel glaze sprinkled with chopped pecans and toffee bits! It's a wonderful dessert for fall gatherings, the Thanksgiving dessert table, and more!
Apple Bundt Cake (Cake Mix)
This ultra moist Apple Bundt Cake is so easy to make with cake mix. It has a delicious combination of apples, spices, and a homemade caramel glaze.
Pumpkin Roll
This moist Pumpkin Roll Cake is the perfect combination of pumpkin, spices, and cream cheese frosting! This is a great dessert for fall celebrations, and so pretty too!
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cake
This moist, soft Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cake has an amazing flavor combination of pumpkin, spices, and a hint of brown sugar. If you are looking for a flavorful fall cake, you will love this recipe!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
This moist and flavorful Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake is flavored with pumpkin, brown sugar, warm spices, chocolate chips, and cream cheese frosting! Keep this cake in mind for fall celebrations!
Maple Pound Cake
This moist, decadent Maple Pound Cake has wonderful maple flavor! It is topped with a homemade caramel glaze and chopped pecans. Keep this recipe in mind for your fall and Thanksgiving celebrations!
Sweet Potato Bundt Cake
This moist Sweet Potato Bundt Cake is so moist, flavorful, and perfect for fall!
Cranberry Orange Cake
This moist Orange Cranberry Cake is light, tender and has the perfect combination of tartness and sweetness. Keep this recipe in mind for fall and winter gatherings!
Caramel Pecan Cake
This moist Caramel Pecan Cake recipe is SO flavorful! Three caramel pecan cake layers are filled and frosted with a delicious homemade caramel frosting.
White Chocolate Cranberry Pound Cake
This decadent White Chocolate Cranberry Pound Cake has the perfect balance of sweet white chocolate flavor and a bit of tartness from cranberries! This is moist, soft, and perfect for the holidays!
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
These moist Snickerdoodle Cupcakes are moist vanilla cupcakes swirled with cinnamon and brown sugar, and frosted with cinnamon cream cheese frosting!
Apple Dapple Cake
This moist Apple Dapple Cake has fantastic flavor from four cups of apples, cinnamon, pecans, brown sugar, and a homemade caramel glaze. I you're looking for a great fall recipe, don't miss this one!
Vanilla Velvet Cake
This moist Vanilla Velvet Cake is rich, creamy, and delicious. The cream cheese in the cake batter along with the buttermilk make for an ultra tender, velvety soft cake. You will love the vanilla flavor as well!
Butter Pecan Pound Cake
This moist butter pecan pound cake has wonderful flavor from buttered pecans, brown sugar, and a homemade caramel glaze.
Brown Sugar Toffee Pound Cake
This moist and buttery Brown Sugar Toffee Pound Cake has amazing brown sugar and toffee flavor, and is topped with a luscious caramel icing glaze.
Apple Pecan Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze
This moist Apple Pecan Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze has amazing flavor! This is the perfect fall cake recipe!
Pecan Caramel Bundt Cake
This moist Pecan Caramel Bundt Cake is so moist and flavorful! It has a delightful flavor combination of pecans, cinnamon, brown sugar, and a caramel drip.
Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake (Doctored Cake Mix)
This moist, tender Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake is SO flavorful, and it all starts with a cake mix!
Red Velvet Pound Cake
This moist Red Velvet Pound Cake has wonderful richness from the butter and cream in the recipe, and the perfect amount of chocolate flavor. We love it with cream cheese frosting!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake
A layer of delicious cinnamon cheesecake is sandwiched between two moist homemade pumpkin spice cake layers in this amazing fall recipe! So moist and delicious!
Applesauce Spice Cake
This delicious Applesauce Spice Cake is perfect for fall with wonderful apple spice flavor. We've frosted it with a heavenly, easy-to-make spiced cream cheese frosting!
Apple Caramel Pecan Cake
This Apple Caramel Pecan Cake is so moist and flavorful! Homemade apple cake layers are glazed with caramel, sprinkled with pecans and filled and frosted with cream cheese frosting.
Maple Carrot Cake
This moist Maple Carrot Cake is so delicious with carrots, spices, pecans, pineapple, coconut maple with maple cream cheese frosting!
Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake
This moist Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake is amazingly flavorful and perfect for fall! A delicious combination of two fall favorites.
Pumpkin Gingersnap Cake
This moist Pumpkin Gingersnap cake is the perfect recipe for fall or winter gatherings! Gingersnap-speckled cake layers are filled with spiced cream cheese frosting and crushed gingersnaps, and frosted with spiced cream cheese frosting as well. It is a heavenly combination.
Snickerdoodle Cake
This delicious Snickerdoodle Cake has wonderful vanilla flavor with swirls of cinnamon and brown sugar. We've frosted the cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and topped with a homemade caramel drip- SO good!
Apple Toffee Caramel Cake {A Scratch Recipe}
This moist Apple Toffee Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting has an amazing combination of flavors- It is the perfect fall dessert!
Cherry Spice Cake
This moist, flavorful spice cake is speckled with bits of cherries and is frosted in a heavenly spiced cream cheese frosting.
Applesauce Cake
This ultra moist Applesauce Cake is so decadent with wonderful apple spiced flavor! We've topped it with a simple homemade caramel glaze.
Spice Cake with Orange Spice Cream Cheese Frosting
This scratch Spice Cake with Orange Spice Cream Cheese Frosting is moist and fluffy and has wonderful flavor! We love this cake year-round but especially for fall and winter gatherings!
Sweet Potato Layer Cake
This moist, scratch Sweet Potato Layer Cake is perfect for fall and a wonderful alternative to the traditional spice cake! We love it with spiced cream cheese frosting!
Lemon Cheesecake Cake
This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is heavenly! A lemon cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two moist lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted in lemon cream cheese frosting.
Caramel Italian Cream Cake
This moist Caramel Italian Cream Cake is a delicious twist on an old favorite. Coconut pecan cake layers are flavored with brown sugar, glazed with caramel, and frosted with caramel cream cheese frosting.
Orange Spice Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
This easy, moist, and DELICIOUS Orange Spice Cake with Orange Spice Cream Cheese Frosting has amazing flavor, and is perfect for Thanksgiving, fall gatherings, or anytime you're craving spiced dessert!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
This White Chocolate Cranberry Layer Cake has so much flavor! It has the perfect balance of tartness from the cranberries and sweetness from the white chocolate. This is a wonderful option for the holidays!
Pumpkin Spice Cake {Scratch Recipe}
This Pumpkin Spice Cake is the BEST! It is super moist with a flavor blend of pumpkin and spices- heavenly! We love it with spiced cream cheese frosting.
Pumpkin Spice Cake & Cupcake Recipe and Pumpkin Toppers
These pumpkin cupcakes are as delicious as they are cute! Learn how to make easy pumpkin cupcake toppers too!
Pumpkin Praline Cake
The combination of Pumpkin and praline is out of this world! Everyone will love this moist, flavorful cake!
Pumpkin Spice Cake-Doctored Cake Mix
Easy, moist, and delicious doctored cake mix Pumpkin Spice Cake recipe! SO good!
Gingerbread Cake {Scratch} with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
Oh how I love this classic scratch Gingerbread Cake recipe! So much flavor and super moist!
Gingerbread Latte Cake Recipe
This moist and delicious Gingerbread Latte Cake has the perfect balance of gingerbread and espresso flavor! This is the perfect choice for fall and winter holidays & entertaining!
Gingerbread Cake ~ A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
Nobody would guess that this amazing gingerbread layer cake recipe starts with a simple cake mix!
Carrot Cake from Scratch
This scratch Carrot Cake is my FAVORITE cake, and one of our most popular recipes on the site! Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, pecans, coconut, and spices!
Carrot Cake ~Doctored Mix Recipe
Looking for a doctored cake mix carrot cake recipe? This is a great one! (Don't miss our scratch version too!)
Italian Cream Cake~Scratch Recipe
Italian cream cake is a classic! This traditional recipe is a staple for the holidays!
Chocolate Italian Cream Cake
This Chocolate Italian Cream Cake recipe is a delicious twist on a beloved classic!
German Chocolate Cake Recipe! {Scratch}
This German Chocolate Cake tastes amazing! Moist German chocolate cake layers with a flavorful coconut and pecan filling. This recipe is always a crowd pleaser!
Toffee Pecan Caramel Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
This moist and flavorful Toffee Pecan Caramel Cake has such a wonderful combination of flavors!
Mocha Toffee Crunch Cake Recipe
A fantastically moist, flavorful combination of chocolate and espresso with just the right amount of toffee!
Caramel Apple Spice Cake
This Caramel Apple Spice Cake has so much flavor from apples, cinnamon, caramel, and nuts! It's always a favorite but I especially love it in the fall!
Caramel Vanilla Latte Cake Recipe
OOhhh this Caramel Vanilla Latte cake has the perfect balance of vanilla, caramel, and espresso! This recipe will please any crowd! Yum!
Caramel Mousse Filling for Cakes & Cupcakes
We love this easy, delicious caramel mousse filling! Chocolate cake and caramel mousse filling are a match made in heaven! Yum!
Apple Walnut Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Apples, walnuts, maple, and spices- This amazing cake is bursting with flavor! We especially love this layer cake recipe for fall gatherings!
Apple Spice Cream Cheese Frosting
This amazing and easy-to-make Apple Spice Cream Cheese Frosting is so flavorful and is the perfect complement to spice cakes!
Apple Spice Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
This moist and delicious Apple Spice Cake all starts with a simple cake mix! This is such a wonderful, easy recipe for fall, or whenever you're in the mood for apple spiced goodness.
Pineapple Cake Recipe
Pineapple cake is always a favorite- You'll love the moist yellow cake layers with a thick and flavorful (EASY) pineapple & cream filling!
Maple Pecan Cake with Maple Buttercream {A Scratch Recipe}
I just love maple recipes in the fall! This Maple Pecan Cake never disappoints!
Chocolate Pecan Pie Cake
This cake is a decadent, flavorful homemade chocolate cake recipe paired with a heavenly pecan pie filling! This recipe is sure to become an instant favorite!
Double Chocolate Pound Cake
I've never met a pound cake I didn't love! This double chocolate version is SO simple to make but is so decadent!
Pound Cake Recipe- A Classic Southern Favorite
This classic pound cake is so moist and easy to make! Our favorite! Serve just as it is, or dress it up with berries and cream!
Almond Joy Cake Recipe
This Almond Joy Cake is amazing! Decadent chocolate cake layers with a thick and flavorful coconut filling, frosted in rich ganache.
Black Forest Cake Recipe
This Black Forest Cake From Scratch is the Best! Chocolate cake infused with Cherry Liqueur and filled with whipped cream and cherry filling!
Banana Pudding Cake Recipe
All the wonderful flavor of banana pudding in cake form! We love this amazing recipe!
Hummingbird Cake
Hummingbird cake is a classic! Such a flavorful combination of bananas, crushed pineapple, nuts, and a hint of cinnamon!
Pineapple Coconut Cake
This moist and flavorful Pineapple Coconut Cake consists of homemade pineapple cake layers with a delicious pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese frosting!
Oreo Cake- Delicious Scratch Cake Recipe
Decadent chocolate cake layers with Oreo Buttercream and ganache! SO goooood!
Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake
This homemade Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake is so pretty and has wonderful flavor! Moist vanilla cake is swirled with a ribbon of cinnamon and brown sugar in every slice. This is a year round favorite but the cinnamon and brown sugar make it perfect for fall!
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake!~ Recipe!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Layer Cake is always a popular choice no matter what season! You cannot go wrong with this recipe!
Pecan Spice Layer Cake
Moist and flavorful spice cake with a pecan streusel topping! So delicious any time of year but I love it for fall gatherings!
These all look amazing! super helpful!
Incredible selection! :-)
OMGosh! How to choose? LOL :-) Incredible selection. Love it!
OMGosh! What an incredible collection! Impossible to pick just one :-)