70 Easter Cakes For The Prettiest Holiday Finale
There is more to Easter Sunday celebrations than church, dresses, parties, and egg hunts. You’ve also got to debut a delicious Easter cake for the occasion. Lucky for you, we’ve got Easter cake recipes that will wow your friends and family at every egg hunt this season. From the deliciously springy Coconut Cream Cake to a Strawberry-Lemonade Layer Cake or the prettiest cupcakes you’ve ever seen, we’ve got all the Easter cakes you could ever think to make. Go ahead and choose your favorite Easter cake recipe, that is if you can pick just one from the bunch. Don’t worry about making too many – think of those extra Easter cakes as decoration for your cake stand collection and Easter table! We're sure they'll be enjoyed.
Strawberry-Lemonade Cake
Recipe: Strawberry-Lemonade Cake
This pastel cake is beautiful for an Easter spread, and it tastes like spring.
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Coconut-Carrot Cake with Coconut Buttercream
Recipe: Coconut-Carrot Cake with Coconut Buttercream
If you're not confident with your layer cake skills, this sheet cake is perfect.
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Bunny Butt Cupcakes
Recipe: Bunny Butt Cupcakes
These bunny butt cupcakes are the cutest Easter dessert of all time.
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Strawberry Dream Cake
Recipe: Strawberry Dream Cake
We love the presentation of these cake slices with upright strawberries between the layers. When it comes down to the details, this sweet confection takes the cake.
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Chocolate Strawberry Cake
Recipe: Chocolate Strawberry Cake
This beautiful layer cake tastes like a chocolate-covered strawberry.
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Coconut Cream Cake
Recipe: Coconut Cream Cake
Look for packaged coconut shavings to garnish this sweet treat in your grocer's natural foods section.
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Chocolate Bundt Cake
Recipe: Chocolate Bundt Cake
Boxed cake mix and boxed brownie mix meet in this decadent and easy recipe that has twice the chocolate of your usual cake.
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Lemon Raspberry Cake
Recipe: Lemon Raspberry Cake
This lemon cake with cream cheese-raspberry frosting is one of the most elegant cakes we’ve ever made.
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Buttermilk-Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Buttermilk-Cream Cheese Frosting
If you’re hosting a crowd this Easter, swap your usual carrot cake recipe for this big-batch recipe that’s oh-so-festive and sweet.
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Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
Recipe: Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
This recipe is based on a classic Southern favorite called 7UP Pound Cake, which was created in the 1950s when the soda company suggested using its soft drink instead of other liquid in pound cake recipes. The result: one of the best, and simplest, cakes you'll ever make.
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Hummingbird Bundt Cake
Recipe: Hummingbird Bundt Cake
From pineapple to cream cheese, the same ingredients first featured in the 1978 version of this popular layer cake still shine in our new version— simplified by baking in a Bundt pan.
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Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake
Recipe: Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake
This Arnold Palmer-inspired cake is perfect for springtime, and you can make the icing tipsy if you’re having an adults-only Easter dinner.
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Coconut Pound Cake
Recipe: Coconut Pound Cake
A slice of this coconut pound cake will make even the orneriest guests smile.
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Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes
Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes
You won’t find a drop of artificial flavor or dye in these gorgeous spring cupcakes.
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The Ultimate Carrot Cake
Recipe: The Ultimate Carrot Cake
These layers are tender, so remove from pans carefully!
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Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake
Recipe: Triple-Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake
Chocolate enthusiasts will be over the moon for this recipe, but it has enough unexpected flavor—thanks to the addition of the buttermilk glaze—that you’ll also win over the harder-to-please dessert eaters at the table. Warning: You—and they—won’t be able to resist a second slice.
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Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake
Recipe: Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake
Serve this decadent spring dessert at your next ladies' luncheon and wow the crowd with edible flowers.
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Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake
Recipe: Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake
Trust us: This simple and swoon-worthy sheet cake will be a keeper in your recipe box. File it under "Springtime Crowd-pleaser."
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Easter Bunny Cake
Recipe: Easter Bunny Cake
The kids will love this sweet cake that they can help decorate and devour.
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Heavenly Angel Food Cake
Recipe: Heavenly Angel Food Cake
The rich, moist texture of this divine angel food cake is unlike any other. Made from scratch in minutes, it's spread with frosting that's a lemon lover's dream.
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Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Recipe: Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake
There are a few things to note about this recipe before you start baking. First, the cream cheese is added after beating the butter and sugar. And, yes, you read the cooking instructions correctly—the cake bakes at a slightly higher temperature than usual.
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Best Carrot Cake
Recipe: Best Carrot Cake
Make this classic favorite for a crowd and you might not have any leftovers to bring home. Simply adding a can of crushed pineapple and the luscious Buttermilk Glaze makes this truly the Best Carrot Cake.
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The Lane Cake
Recipe: The Lane Cake
This legendary Southern cake is the ultimate labor of love, and your Easter guests will taste it in every bite.
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Crepe Cake
Recipe: Crepe Cake
This elegant and fruity dessert would be a gorgeous addition to an Easter brunch spread.
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Lemon Bar Cake
Recipe: Lemon Bar Cake
A bright citrus dessert is always welcome on our Easter table, especially when it’s made with the hands-off ease of the slow cooker.
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Grand Marnier Cakes
Recipe: Grand Marnier Cakes
Mini Bundt cakes make for the prettiest presentation with this vintage recipe.
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Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Recipe: Banana Pudding Poke Cake
This so-moist poke cake was made to feed a crowd, but we guarantee there won’t be any left after the meal.
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Naked Lemon Cake with Flower Crown
Recipe: Naked Lemon Cake with Flower Crown
This beautiful and fresh cake will be the center of attention at Easter lunch.
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Chocolate Éclair Cake
Recipe: Chocolate Éclair Cake
This layer cake stays true to the beauty and perfection of a truly authentic éclair.
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Rose Petal Cupcakes
Recipe: Rose Petal Cupcakes
Simple white cupcakes are topped with rose-vanilla buttercream and petals to match your decorations.