30+ Best Christmas Cake Recipes to Make This Holiday Season

As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to start thinking about what kind of Christmas cake you’ll be making this year. Will it be a traditional fruitcake? A rich and decadent chocolate cake? A festive gingerbread cake? Whatever your preference, we’ve got a recipe for you.

Here are 30+ cakes to help make your holiday season merry and bright:

PEPPERMINT FUDGE CAKE

Source: Baked By An Introvert

This Peppermint Fudge Cake is the ideal Christmas dessert, with a three-layered cake, luscious buttercream frosting, and chocolate ganache. It’s delicious, decadent, and guaranteed to steal the show!

PUMPKIN LAYER CAKE

Source: Sugar and Sparrow

A Fall favorite. Layers of moist, fluffy Pumpkin cake with just the right amount of spice, filled and frosted with delicious cream cheese buttercream.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT DREAM CAKE

Source: The Novice Chef

This homemade chocolate peppermint cake is not only delicious but also beautiful! It has a moist chocolate cake with creamy peppermint frosting – perfect for the holiday season.

HOT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Source: Life, Love and Sugar

This rich chocolate cake is made even more delightful with hot chocolate buttercream frosting and marshmallow filling! The combination is so indulgent and delicious, you won’t be able to resist!

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE

Source: Recipes For Holidays

This cake is not messing around. It has two layers of chocolate chip cake with a layer of chocolate chip cheesecake in the middle, all covered in cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with (you guessed it) even more chocolate chips.

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CHRISTMAS LASAGNA DESSERT

Source: My Heavenly Recipes

Make something unique this Christmas, instead of the typical fruitcake. A Christmas lasagna dessert is simple to make and enjoyable for the whole family to participate in.

GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Source: The Novice Chef

This gingerbread cake is stunning, with two thick and moist layers of spiced gingerbread cake, plus big generous swirls of sweet cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top!

APPLE CIDER DONUT CAKE

Source: Chenee Today

If you like apple cider donuts, this apple cider donut cake made from scratch is for you! It’s a pound cake, so it has a soft, buttery crumb and a delicious autumn flavor combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Fresh apples, apple cider, brown sugar, and vanilla are also present in abundance. It also resembles a donut because it’s prepared in a Bundt pan.

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CHRISTMAS CRUNCH CAKE

Source: Life Made Delicious

This classic frozen crunch cake, made extra lovely for Christmas with a kiss of almonds to give it all of the tastes of sugar cookie season!

CARAMEL APPLE COFFEE CAKE

Source: The Olive Blogger

This Apple Coffee Cake is the perfect Fall dessert for your Holiday table. It’s packed with spices, chopped walnuts and pieces of Honey Crisp apples, then topped with a streusel.

MILK & COOKIES CAKE

Source: Delish

It’s difficult to top a great chocolate chip cookie. Chocolate chip cookies and milk? Perfection! This cake has it all and more (more being… cake) and we think it’s the ideal celebration cake for the cookie lover in your life.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Source: Life, Love and Sugar

This Peanut Butter Chocolate Layer Cake is exactly what it sounds like: delicious chocolate cake, peanut butter frosting, and chopped Reese’s peanut butter cups. It’s rich and fun – perfect for any party or celebration!

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CAKE

Source: Chel Sweets

This cake is a simple vanilla cake recipe covered in almond American buttercream. And if the flavor isn’t enough to bring home the Christmas spirit, then the decorations will. It’s as easy as drawing some dark green lines around your dessert and pushing some almond M&Ms beneath it! It doesn’t get much easier than that!

SPICE CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE

Source: Butternut Bakery

If you’re looking for an amazing spice cake recipe, look no further! This one is incredibly moist and perfectly spiced, with a silky brown butter cream cheese frosting. It’s sure to impress anyone who tries it. For an extra special touch, top it with candied nuts!

CHRISTMAS TREE CAKE

Source: Preppy Kitchen

This scrumptious cake, blanketed in festive Christmas trees, is perfect for any holiday gathering. Layers of moist vanilla cake are enveloped in creamy vanilla buttercream, creating a dessert that’s as delightful to look at as it is to eat.

CHRISTMAS RED VELVET CHOCOLATE POKE CAKE

Source: The American Patriette

I’m so happy to share this fantastic red velvet cake recipe with you. It’s really simple to make, and look at how gorgeous it is! You don’t have to try very hard to make this cake look lovely – all you have to do is follow a few basic instructions and you’ve got yourself a delectable masterpiece. This cake is ideal for a crowd because it serves 16-20 people (with ample helpings – no stingy servings on this cake!).

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EGGNOG MAGIC CAKE

Source: Boulder Locavore

This eggnog cake is the perfect holiday dessert! Made with a simple batter, it transforms into different layers when cooked.

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Source: Kitchen Fun

This cranberry cake is the perfect holiday dessert because it’s both simple to make and delicious. It has a lovely balance of sweetness with a slight tartness, and fresh cranberries in season during the holidays add the perfect amount of tang. Plus, it feeds 16 people so it’s great for big gatherings!

CINNAMON APPLE CRUMB CAKE

Source: OMG Chocolate Desserts

If you love fall baking, then you’ll adore these cinnamon apple crumb cake recipes. They’re perfect for crisp weather and full of delicious flavors. And if you’re not a big fan of pumpkin treats, don’t worry! These coffee cakes are loaded with apples and crunchy brown sugar-cinnamon streusel crumbs, drizzled with apple cider glaze.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY POUND CAKE

Source: OMG Chocolate Desserts

Looking for a delicious and simple Christmas dessert recipe? Then try this luxurious pound cake, filled with cranberries, white chocolate, and cream cheese frosting! This cake will undoubtedly be appreciated by your family during the holiday season.

SNOWFLAKE CAKE

Source: Preppy Kitchen

It’s time for a special cake at this particular moment of the year! This candy melt snowflake cake is a winter spectacle that will delight you! Every slice of peppermint-kissed cake is covered with a candy cane secret.

WHITE VELVET BUTTERMILK CAKE

Source: Sugar Geek Show

Buttermilk gives this white velvet cake its fragrance and smooth texture. A moist, delicate cake that is perfect for any event.

CARAMEL CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Source: Just So Tasty

This scrumptious cranberry cake is the ideal holiday dessert. It’s extra moist and packed with flavor because of brown sugar, cinnamon, a crush of orange zest, and fresh cranberries. It’s then smothered in white chocolate cream cheese frosting.

SNICKERDOODLE CAKE

Source: My Cake School

Sweet and moist, this Snickerdoodle Cake is a buttery vanilla layer cake with swirls of brown sugar and cinnamon. It’s deliciously soft, moist, and sweet!

ORANGE CAKE WITH SNOWY MARSHMALLOW FROSTING

Source: You Magazine

This orange cake with fluffy marshmallow frosting decorated with a cute reindeer isn’t required, but it does make the event feel more special.

GREEN VELVET CAKE

Source: Itsy Bitsy Kitchen

This green velvet cake with cream cheese frosting is not only easy to make but also a blast to eat! Whether you’re serving it for a holiday, birthday, or just an afternoon snack, this cake will definitely be a hit with everyone who tries it!

SANTA’S BELT CAKE

Source: I Am Baker

A Santa’s Belt Surprise-Inside Cake is not only easy to make, but it will also be a hit with anyone who sees it!

TOFFEE PECAN CARAMEL CAKE

Source: My Cake School

We love all of the flavors that come with fall, and this recipe is a delicious twist on our favorite caramel cake. This variation incorporates toffee bits and pecans for a wonderful crunch.

FRUIT CAKE

Source: Restless Chipotle

This is a delicious fruitcake that has been in our family for many years. It’s packed with dates, cherries, pineapple, and pecans, making it more like sweets than a cake! There’s no need to let it “ripen” before eating it because it’s fantastic right away! This recipe makes 2 (5×9-inch) loaves.

JOLLY GINGERBREAD CHRISTMAS CAKE

Source: Wilton

This Christmas cake is not only delicious but also adorable with homemade gingerbread cookies as a topper and decorated with colorful spice drops and sugar icing decorations. Use your favorite spice cake recipe for the base to ensure a holiday treat that packs a punch!

TREE STUMP CAKE

Source: Valya’s Taste of Home

This Tree Stump Cake is a real showstopper with its chocolate buttercream frosting and beautiful presentation. It’s perfect for any holiday or woodland-themed party.

CHOC RIPPLE CHRISTMAS WREATH

Source: Taste

For a beautiful Christmas dessert that is simple to make, there’s no beating our choc ripple Christmas wreath topped with fresh in-season berries.

HOLIDAY VANILLA PUDDING CAKE COOKIES

Source: Mom’s Test Kitchen

These holiday vanilla pudding cake cookies are the best present for your friends and family this holiday season! With ingredients you already have at home, they’re so easy to make that even the kids can do it. And nobody will be able to tell they didn’t come from a bakery!

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No matter what your Christmas cake preference may be—traditional or modern—we hope you’ll try one (or all!) of these recipes this holiday season! And from all of us here at Santa’s North Pole workshop…Merry Christmas!

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