Most Popular Christmas Cake Recipes
Christmas is just around the corner and we wanted to feature our ten most popular Christmas Cake Recipes!
In this short roundup, you will find our most visited recipes for the holidays. Many of these are classic cakes that have been on holiday dessert tables for generations. Others are new favorites that are sure to please a crowd! We hope that you find something that you would like to try.
For an even more expansive list, don't miss our list of 60+ Christmas Cakes! There is never a shortage of delicious recipes to try. It was difficult to only feature ten as we have so many recipes that we love (including our carrot cake recipe, spice cake, gingerbread cake, lemon cake, our and more). Happy baking!
*For Christmas Cake decorating ideas, make sure to check out our favorite Christmas Cake design tutorials!
Most Popular Christmas Cake Recipes
Sharing our most popular Christmas Cake Recipes! These tried and true favorites are sure to please a crowd. They are our most visited recipe posts at Christmastime. Enjoy scrolling through!
Red Velvet Cake
This moist Red Velvet Cake is always a go-to for Christmas celebrations! In fact, it is a great go-to no matter what the season. It is a decadent cake with a hint of cocoa flavor, and is filled and frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. (We have several variations of red velvet cake, including Red Velvet Pound Cake, Red Velvet Cake from Cake Mix!)
Easy Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake
This easy Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake is a delicious cake mix recipe that feels extra special! The combination of brown sugar, pineapple, and soft yellow cake are sure to please. Nobody would guess how easy it is to make!
Red Velvet Bundt Cake
This moist Red Velvet Bundt Cake is velvety soft with a fine crumb, light cocoa flavor, and delicious cream cheese frosting!
Almond Cake (A Scratch Recipe)
We never realized how many people love almond cakes until we posted this recipe! It is consistently one of our top recipes throughout the year. As a result, we've posted many more almond cake variations (including Lemon Almond Cake, Cherry Almond Cake, and Chocolate Almond Cake). You will love this moist, soft, and flavorful almond cake recipe!
Rum Cake- Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
Rum cake is always on the list of Christmas favorites! We've made several variations of this doctored cake mix recipe over the years (including Banana Rum Cake and Baileys Toffee Pecan Cake) but this cake always gets great reviews! Yellow cake topped with crushed pecans and a buttered rum glaze is sure to please. Nobody would guess how very simple this cake recipe is to make!
Lemon Cheesecake Cake
This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is a bit on the fancier side but totally worth the effort! A creamy cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted with lemon cream cheese frosting! (We have several more "cheesecake cake" recipes including Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake, Carrot Cheesecake Cake, and Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake) but this is always the most popular!
Italian Cream Cake (Scratch Recipe)
Oh how we love this Italian Cream Cake recipe! We've gotten such great feedback over the years from our readers. This cake is lightly, fluffy, moist, and a delicious combination of coconut and pecans. (We also have an easy Italian Cream Bundt Cake version as well!)
Red Velvet Coconut Cake
This ultra moist red velvet coconut cake consists of red velvet cake with a hint of coconut, and is filled and frosted with coconut cream cheese frosting. This cake is perfect for the holidays!
Coconut Velvet Cake
We love this coconut velvet cake recipe! It is soft and moist with a fine crumb, and wonderful coconut flavor. We have so many coconut cake recipes that it is hard to pick a favorite!
Eggnog Pound Cake
This moist, flavorful eggnog pound cake is so moist, decadent, and soft with cozy spiced eggnog flavor.
Our Favorite Scratch Carrot Cake Recipe!
This Carrot Cake is a year-round favorite, and we always see a surge of visits to this post around the holidays. Carrots, cinnamon, pineapple, coconut, and pecans are what make this cake a stand-out recipe! It goes perfect with cream cheese filling and frosting!
Pineapple Cake Recipe
This Pineapple Cake is a great choice for holiday baking! Moist homemade yellow cake layers are filled and topped with a luscious (easy!) pineapple & cream filling! It is such a great recipe, we hope you'll give it a try!
Delicious! :-)
Hello
You cake recipes are amazing and I have made several of your cakes. Wondering if you have a recipe for Butter Cake, similar to Mastro’s Butter Cake?
They are sooooo delicious!!!
Thanks Shirley! :0)
Thanks so much Pam, we do not have a butter cake- we'll have to put it on our list ;0)
Thanks Teri! ;0)
I so look forward to my emails with so many ideas for cakes....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!
Merry Christmas
Thank you so much, Jeanna! We really appreciate your kind words ;0) - We have a new cake recipe coming soon!
I have not made any of the cake yet. But I pray that you can send these cakes recipe to my email. Thank you and have a very Merry Christmas.
Hi Joanne, if you click on the recipes above that you are interested in, it takes you to the post where the recipe is listed. You will notice a "jump to recipe" button at the top of every post that will take you directly to the recipe.
I am so happy I just found this wonderful website, the pictures are absolutely outstanding and I can not wait to make maybe one cake a week! Thank you so much for sharing. Sincerely, Stephanie Stanfill
Thank you so much, Stephanie! Hooray for one cake a week ;0) - We hope that you enjoy the recipes. xo
They are sooooo delicious!!!
Thanks Leslie! ;0)