892 layer cake recipes

Rhubarb and nut streusel cake with thickened tart rhubarb filling sandwiched between buttery cake layers and topped with crumbly streusel. A spring coffee cake that turns rhubarb season into dessert.

Italian rum cake with a dense sour cream butter cake sliced into six layers, soaked with dark rum, and filled with lemon pastry cream. A showstopping celebration dessert.

Old-fashioned buttermilk chocolate cake baked low and slow with cocoa powder and boiling water for an incredibly moist, dense crumb. A single-layer 9x13 sheet cake.

Pina colada layer cake with a rum-soaked chiffon base, crushed pineapple filling, coconut buttercream frosting, and toasted coconut. The cocktail, in cake form.

Italian cream cake stacks three buttermilk-tender layers loaded with toasted pecans and shredded coconut, then crowns it all with cream cheese frosting. A Southern bakery showpiece.

Scandinavian apple cake layered with toasted cake crumbs, currant jelly, macaroons, and ground nuts, topped with whipped cream and sugar-toasted almonds.

Intensely moist chocolate layer cake with boiling water in the batter, topped with a rich cocoa buttercream frosting flavored with brandy and vanilla.

Chocolatetown special cake is a rich cocoa buttermilk layer cake with tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor, frosted with buttercream. A Hershey's classic.

Fluffy whipped Jello cake with raspberry gelatin, crushed pineapple, and Cool Whip layered over angel food cake. A retro no-bake dessert that's light, fruity, and church-potluck approved.

Lovelight chiffon yellow cake: feather-light two-layer yellow cake with a meringue folded into the batter for extra airiness. Classic 1950s tender-crumb cake.

Just 4 ingredients: devil's food cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and marshmallow creme layered into gooey, fudgy bars. Makes 3 dozen in 40 minutes with zero mixer required.

Eagle chocolate cake is a triple-layer Ghirardelli chocolate cake leavened by whipped egg whites with buttermilk or strong coffee. Deep flavor, lofty crumb, classic American bake.

Olive Garden-style tiramisu with sponge cake layered with coffee-brandy soak, sweetened mascarpone or cream cheese, and dusted with cocoa powder. A no-bake copycat dessert.

Ultra-moist tube cake made with cake mix, sour cream, and pudding, layered with chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts. The kind of easy, show-stopping dessert that earns its name.

A 5-ingredient dump cake layered with crushed pineapple, cherry pie filling, chocolate cake mix, pecans, and butter. No mixing, no bowls, no excuses not to bake tonight.

Classic two-layer butter cake with separated eggs and folded whites for height. Topped with a tangy lemon-buttercream frosting (or chocolate variation). The American birthday cake.