12 Fall Cakes Every Southerner Should Know How to Make

Recipe: Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake

If it is your turn to host the supper club, surprise your guests with this showstopper of a dessert. The brown butter frosting elevates this cake from good to great.

Recipe: Triple-Layer Chocolate-Caramel Cake

The creamy, chocolate-y ganache is further enhanced with a nip of bourbon, and the flavors of the cake layers are deepened by the addition of strong coffee.

Recipe: Praline Layer Cake

The buttercream frosting in this recipe uses an old-fashioned method that yields delicious results. For fans of pralines, this just might become your favorite cake.

Recipe: Caramel Cake

Every Southern baker has a lineup of go-to fall cake recipes, and we're betting most of them include a classic caramel one.

Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Battenberg

The first Battenberg cake was made to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria, to husband Prince Louis of Battenberg. A Battenberg cake has two flavors of sponge cake with a layer of jam that's then wrapped up in a thin layer of marzipan, like a present. When cut, the layers look like a two-colored checkered pattern.

Recipe: Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

This cake is packed with all the fall flavors we love so well: cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, apples, and pecans. Every bite of this cake is a burst of autumn.

Recipe: Caramel Apple Cake

This stunning fall cake looks elaborate but requires just 20 minutes of hands-on prep time. Arrange your sautéed apple slices into a rose and douse them with a generous helping of warm apple brandy-caramel sauce.

Recipe: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Even if you don't like mayonnaise, go ahead and give this recipe a try. We guarantee you will love this ultra-moist, rich chocolate cake.

Recipe: Apple-Pecan Carrot Cake

We sandwiched a creamy caramel sauce between the layers of this cake, then topped it with an eye-catching crown of mascarpone frosting, swirls of apple cider caramel sauce, and a scattering of salty-sweet spiced pecans.

Recipe: Pumpkin Pound Cake

It's hard to beat a traditional pound cake on a chilly day, but a warm slice of this pumpkin delicacy is absolutely irresistible, especially when you top it with a drizzle of maple-butter glaze and crunchy pecans. It will fill your kitchen with the scents of fall. 

Recipe: Southern Sweet Potato Cake

This nostalgic dessert is a warm embrace that tastes like it came straight from Grandma's kitchen. Whether you opt for fresh mashed sweet potatoes or canned sweet potatoes (we won't tell), this cake is sure to be a hit at your next fall gathering. 

Recipe: The Ultimate Carrot Cake

This moist cake encapsulates the flavors of fall with layers made with sweet carrots, Granny Smith apples, and coconut covered in a cannot-resist brown sugar-cream cheese frosting.