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Escape your holiday baking rut with the help of these creative cake recipes.

By Hannah Petertil and Dora Villarosa

Dec 15, 2021

Ethan Calabrese

When your gingerbread house has been constructed and your Christmas cookies have been baked, it's time to turn your attention to at least one Christmas cake. Choose from a dazzling array of layer cakes, cheesecakes, pound cakes and even upside-down cakes and create a spread your friends and family will be talking about all year. Looking for more? Try our amazing Christmas cheesecake recipes and keto desserts too! Want to keep it easy? Check out our best no-bake holiday desserts.

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Swiss roll, Yule log, Dessert, Buttercream, Roulade, Baked goods, Ingredient,

Parker Feierbach

Bûche de Noël (Yule Log Cake)

This Christmas favorite tastes and looks amazing.

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Ethan Calabrese

Red Velvet Cake

Is this not the most beautiful slice of cake you've ever seen?

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Andrew Bui

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake

We gave the classic flourless chocolate cake an upgrade in the form of LOTS of peanut butter, and we think it's the cake you Reese's lovers have been dreaming of.

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Parker Feierbach

Peppermint Bark Cheesecake

Winter means all peppermint everything.

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Parker Feierbach

Flourless Chocolate Cake

The best part about this flourless cake is that it doesn't require any flour alternatives. It's just the perfect cake that happens to have zero flour. Cocoa powder and eggs give it all the lift and structure it needs.

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Ethan Calabrese

Andes Chocolate Cake

Andes chocolate lovers, meet your never favorite cake.

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LUCY SCHAEFFER PHOTOGRAPHY

Strawberry Cheesecake

Every holiday deserves a strawberry cheesecake.

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Ethan Calabrese

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Chocolate-peanut butter lovers, this cheesecake is for you.

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Lucy Schaeffer

Citrus Upside Down Cake

Full of bright holiday cheer.

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Ethan Calabrese

Carrot Cake

Cream cheese frosting is the best frosting.

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Parker Feierbach

Chocolate-Covered Cake Balls

These festive Chocolate-Covered Cake Balls feature homemade buttercream, chocolate coating, and colorful sprinkles, making magic with boxed cake mix.

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PHOTO: ANDREW BUI; FOOD STYLING: LENA ABRAHAM

Figgy Pudding

Don’t skip the Hard Sauce, so called because of the addition of brandy or rum. You can make a booze-free version by swapping the alcohol with some apple cider.

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Charlie Gillette

Keto Chocolate Cake

Rich, decadent, and fudgy.

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Chelsea Lupkin

Candy Cane Cheesecake

Your Christmas dessert dreams come true.

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Amanda Gryphon

German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake is a sweet chocolate cake that is filled and frosted with rich, sticky coconut, and pecan filling.

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Parker Feierbach

No-Bake Cheesecake

The only downside to a cheesecake is how long it takes to bake and how fussy it can be (water bath? no thank you!). A no-bake cheesecake takes all the stress away. Plus, it takes about half the time to make.

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Food, Cuisine, Dish, Ingredient, Dessert, Baked goods, Fruit cake, Banana bread, Cozonac, Stollen,

Parker Feierbach

Cookie Dough Pound Cake

There are full layers of cookie dough in here.

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Parker Feierbach

Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake

Talk about a stunner. This layer cake will sleigh your holiday dessert table.

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Park Feierbach

Easy Icebox Cake

It doesn't get easier than Icebox cake. Stack, cool, and serve!

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Charlie Gillette

Salted Caramel Pound Cake

We're drooling just looking at this caramel drizzle.

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Parker Feierbach

Glazed Rum Cake

Keep this boozy cake off the kids' table!

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Joel Goldberg

Pecan Pie Cheesecake

Take Pecan Pie to the next level.

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dish, food, cuisine, cake, dessert, chocolate cake, buttercream, ingredient, torte, baked goods,

Chelsea Lupkin

Best-Ever Chocolate Cake

Ever feel like chocolate cake just isn't... chocolatey enough? This cake triples down on chocolate flavor with cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and some brewed coffee and espresso powder to bump up that chocolate flavor.

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Charlie Gillette

Eggnog Spice Cake

The holidays aren't the holidays without eggnog. This layer cake takes cues from the classic holiday drink for a perfectly decadent and festive dessert.

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