Cake Recipes for Christmas

This iconic cake can be made from scratch with a few simple steps. Top the cake with a whipped cream cheese frosting and your dessert will look like it came out of a bakery.

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The Yule Log Cake recipe, or bûche de Noël, is a traditional Christmas dessert that’s served in Belgium, France and Switzerland. However, it’s such a beautiful dessert, so it’s popularity has grown all around the world.

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Homemade Italian struffoli is so good during the holidays. These fried dough balls with honey are sweet and tasty.

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A wonderfully spiced vegan gingerbread cake with layers of classic buttercream. This layered gingerbread cake is the perfect centerpiece for any Christmas table or a great gift to a loved one.

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You can’t go wrong with this easy dessert. If you love the taste of cheesecake, but not all the work, then this recipe is for you. It’s quick and easy to make, plus it doesn’t require any baking.

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This holiday Yule log cake is fairly easy to make, tastes fabulous, and can be used as a centerpiece; it is that unique and beautiful.

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This Cranberry Christmas Cake is a fluffy and moist coffee cake with a crackled cinnamon-sugar topping and cranberries throughout. Fresh or frozen fruit can be used making it perfect for the holidays, but also great year round with a cup of tea or coffee.

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A truly scrumptious eggnog cake with rum glaze, perfect for the holidays. Made with real eggnog, this buttery, warmly spiced cake is rich and tender, with a texture much like traditional pound cake.

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It has a tender, rich, and buttery crumb texture, with a layer of cranberry sauce inside, and a bright orange glaze. Baked in a fluted tube cake pan gives it a festive presentation.

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It is perfectly delicious served plain or topped with whipped cream and fresh berries. Easy enough for any day of the week and a great dessert for celebrations, holidays and special occasions.

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Gingerbread Loaf is the best dessert for the holiday season. Quick and easy to make and full of incredible spices. A delicious soft and moist cake.

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For all of the white chocolate peppermint fans, you will love this simple to make poke cake. Only 4 ingredients are needed to make this wonderful cake. I’ve always been a huge fan of white chocolate.

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A yellow cake roll filled with cream cheese whipped cream then topped with chocolate ganache and sprinkles. It’s the perfect cake roll recipe for the holidays.

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The cake comes together in one bowl and is perfect for Christmas. Topped with vanilla buttercream and coconut for a festive touch.

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Make this chocolate bundt cake with peppermint ganache the centerpiece of your dessert table this year, and watch it disappear slice by slice.

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Moist, rich, and decadent as can be Eggnog Pound Cake is the perfect dessert to serve this Christmas. It’s a total cinch to make with easy to follow steps and simple, inexpensive ingredients.

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Cranberry Ricotta Cake is a deliciously moist Italian cake recipe that only takes 10 minutes to put together. Great for the holidays, you are going to love this sweet and slightly tart ricotta cake.

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This creation is part cake, part truffle, and therefore the most luxurious thing one would expect on Christmas. The cake layer has three ingredients as does the truffle topping. Simple and elegant.

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It really is simple to make this Christmas bundt cake. Create a festive mood for your next party or holiday gathering.

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This Yule Log tastes fabulous and it is easy to make. They also make a lovely gift if you want to make something homemade.

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Quite possibly the easiest cake you will ever make. This cake takes only 10 minutes to prepare, giving you the perfect excuse to make a cake.

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 Dense eggnog cake with a light, sweet, creamy and airy whipped cream frosting flavored with white chocolate ganache. It’s perfect for any holiday get-together.

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This Eggnog Cake with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate ganache is just the thing to warm you up this Holiday season.

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This moist Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake is chock full of gorgeous cranberries that are bursting with flavor. It’s the perfect cake to serve at Christmas or Thanksgiving. 

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This mini layer cake is the perfect cake to make for a special occasion with just a handful of people. A rich, chocolate 4 inch, 2 layered cake that serves 4 to 6 people. Elegant, simple and easy to make.

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This white fruitcake recipe is topped with a layer of marzipan and then covered in a brandy frosting. It’s our favorite Christmas cake to serve around the holidays and one of the best recipes we’ve tried.

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Gingerbread bundt cake is a flavorful and festive dessert. This cake is full of gingerbread flavor and topped with rich cream cheese frosting.

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Coconut Rum Cake is made with vanilla cake mix, sweet coconut, and spiced coconut rum. It’s a special adult dessert for holidays and celebrations.

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Japanese strawberry shortcake, aka Japanese Christmas cake, is made of soft, fluffy layers of sponge cake, fresh strawberries, and fresh whipped cream.

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This dessert is perfect for the holiday season as it can be served for brunch right to dessert time. 

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Dried fruit and an abundance of spices keep this vegan Jamaican fruit cake moist and rich in flavor. Make this traditional Christmas dessert with or without alcohol.

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The perfect dessert for every birthday party is the Piñata Cake. A delicious desert for the Holiday season too.

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A traditional Christmas cake recipe which is filled with homemade fruit preserve, as well as nuts, raisins brandy and treacle.

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This Yule Log is made with sponge cake, filled with chocolate mousse and covered with a chocolate carob flavored buttercream.

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Light and fluffy hazelnut vanilla sponge. A shiny chocolate glaze that sets without cracking when cut. Perfect cake for special occasions like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, and Valentine’s Day.

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This vegan woodland cake is perfect for your holiday table. Creamy and light chocolate cremeux filling. A real showstopping dessert.

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This no bake Ferrero Rocher cheesecake with Nutella is show stopping dessert that’s decadent and delicious.

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This Ferrero rocher cake is made with three chocolate hazelnut cake layers, topped and frosted with hazelnut buttercream. The chocolate ganache, and Ferrero rocher candy make this a real show stopping dessert for the Holiday Season.

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This cake will be the star of the party with this no-bake creamy, luscious, and festive eggnog gingersnap cheesecake cake.

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Add some candied fruit for color, and this marzipan sponge cake becomes a perfect addition to your holiday table. It has a texture like a pound cake and a distinctive almond taste.

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This deceptively easy recipe for orange yogurt cake produces a light and fluffy treat you can enjoy as-is or garnish more creatively for special occasions.

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Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake – A deliciously moist and fluffy cinnamon-spiced, orange-infused bundt cake stuffed full of sweet cranberries, and drizzled with an orange glaze.

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This chocolate peppermint cake is rich, chocolaty and loaded with deliciousness! It’s drizzled with a mint chocolate ganache, then garnished with plenty of peppermint candy, sprinkles and chocolate shavings. Make this holiday cake a part of your celebrations.

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Fresh cranberries and a vanilla cake mix are transformed into a decadent and festive Cranberry Upside Down Bundt Cake that is perfect for the holidays.

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Tuscan Christmas cake made with candied fruit, nuts, festive spices and dusted with powdered sugar. This dense and chewy fruitcake is such a delicious Christmas treat and perfecting for gifting.

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Instant Pot Choco-Spice Layer Cake with Mocha Buttercream Frosting has notes of cinnamon, ginger, coffee and cocoa bakes up light and fluffy.

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This Vegan Carrot Cake has sugar, spice, and everything nice. It’s loaded with warm spices and has a tender-sweet crumb that will melt in your mouth.

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This Cake is an easy-to-make, holiday dessert you don’t want to miss. Made-from-scratch cake is soaked with sweetened condensed milk, then topped with whipped cream, hot fudge drizzle, and Peppermint Crunch candy.

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This tree cake is made up of individual cupcakes. Turn turn any batch of cupcakes into an adorably festive holiday treat with this creamy whipped frosting and Christmas tree decorating guide.

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Red velvet cake rolls aren’t just for Valentine’s Day. This Christmas dessert will look lovely adorning your holiday dessert table every single year.

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Super moist and bursting with fresh orange flavor, this whole orange cake will become a new favorite. Rich, tender, sweet and citrusy.

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