Homemade Cake Recipes

For all of your favorites: Carrot Cake, Chocolate Cake, Pound Cake & Red Velvet Cake

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We've assembled all of our most popular cake recipes for you here in one place.

After several requests, we decided to create this page dedicated totally to establishing a collection of free recipes for homemade cakes.  All of the most requested and popular southern cakes and a few others from all around the United States are listed here.

Our Favorite Cake Recipes

Who doesn't love freshly baked cakes with decorative toppings?

It should come as no surprise that we prefer homemade cakes over the store bought cake mixes.

There's nothing like the taste of freshly baked cake made from wholesome ingredients.

Unlike store box cake mixes, with the recipes for homemade cakes that follow you control what ingredients go into your cake.

Look over our list of cakes below and when you see something you like, just click on the link to go over to the page and print off the recipe. With recipe in hand, all you have to do is collect your ingredient and then get in the kitchen to bake yourself a homemade cake.

Homemade Cake For The Sweet Tooth In You

Carrot Cake
Everybody loves carrot cake. This recipe is so good that it shouldn't be reserved only for holidays. Carrot cake is a real people pleaser that can be served year-round.

Choco Caramel Dream Cake
Not quite as homemade as we'd like, but the finished results called a Choco Caramel Dream Cake in very rich and delicious. Make for a great and entertaining dessert cake.

Cake of Gold
Another cake that is not quite as homemade as we'd like. This cake was created by accident but is very delicious. You'll want to top this cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Quick Lunch Box Cake
This cake recipe was passed down for generations, lastly from mother to daughter who quickly bakes this cake for kids lunch boxes, pot lucks, and afternoon snacks

Red Velvet Cake
This elegantly looking cake is well suited for those special occasions. Made from scratch this cake is topped with a wonderfully tasting icing made of cream cheese and nuts.

Sour Cream Pound Cake
This quick and easy sour pound cake recipe uses the simplest of ingredients and bakes up in around 1 hour. Total recipe time under 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Strawberry Short Cake
This non-traditional strawberry shortcake is created from sponge cake, strawberry toppings with ice cream and whipping cream. A little something different.

4th of July Flag Cake
Yep, as the name suggest this is just the cake to serve on Independence day. Your family and friends will get a kick out of this cake, which resembles the American Flag.

Sweet Potato Cake
You want see this sweet potato cake being served to often because the recipe is a closely guarded secret up until now. The secret will be out when you serve this cake.

Hawaiian Cake
As the name suggest, this cake was inspired by the Island of Hawaii, although surprising the cakes ingredients does not include pineapple.

Chocolate Cloud Cake
A three layered cloud cake made with plenty of chocolate, pudding and cherries. This will have you floating around on white puffs of clouds.

Pineapple Cheesecake
This is a quick and easy no bake pineapple cheesecake recipe. You will have to chill this cheesecake foe 4 to 5 hours before serving to guest.

Quick and Easy Reese's Pieces Cheesecake
This cheese cake recipe was discovered by accident by using the only ingredients I had on hand at the time.

Before you go, don't forget we have more sweet and delicious dessert recipes for you to try.