Here’s a collection of some of our favorite cakes, perfect for birthdays, parties, or just a little dessert indulgence. From old-fashioned classics like Red Velvet Cake to hidden gems like our boozy, decadent Lane Cake, you’re sure to make these recipes again and again.
Chocolate Little Layer Cake
Part cake and part confection, this heritage recipe for Chocolate Little Layer Cake is made by home cooks throughout southwest Georgia. The cake consists of tiny yellow layers baked individually, then filled and topped with old fashioned boiled chocolate icing.
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Old Fashioned Southern Caramel Layer Cake
This Old Fashioned Southern Caramel Layer Cake with its moist yellow cake layers topped with an easy homemade caramel frosting is a long-time favorite of everyone in our family. It’s sure to be a hit with your family, too!
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Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake is a classic, much-loved recipe. The combination of rich cocoa layers and the luscious cream cheese frosting studded with pecans is a Southern favorite!
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4 Day Sour Cream Coconut Cake
Try my 4 Day Sour Cream Coconut Cake, a favorite among vintage cake mix recipes! Although you do have to be patient to get the reward, it’s so worth the wait!
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Pig Pickin’ Cake
Pig Pickin’ Cake is a classic Southern recipe. It’s an easy recipe using a fantastic combination of cake mix, mandarin oranges, pineapple, pudding, and whipped topping. Yum!
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Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake
The iconic Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake with sweet pineapple slices caramelized in butter and brown sugar topped with a fluffy yellow cake batter. Serve one for an old-fashioned trip down memory lane.
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Chocolate Coconut Cake
This Chocolate Coconut Cake will take front and center on any dessert table. It’s tall, it’s pretty, and it tastes every bit as good as it looks. With rich chocolate layers and sweet coconut frosting, it’s the kind of cake folks remember long after the party is over and hope you’ll bring again next time.
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Never Fail Pound Cake
Have you ever put your time and effort into making a pound cake recipe only to end up with something that was dry, or maybe heavy, or perhaps fallen in the middle? Well, you’re not alone. Those problems are why I always trust my Never Fail Pound Cake recipe for a rich, buttery cake with a golden brown crust, a tender crumb, and just the right tang from buttermilk.
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Texas Sheet Cake
This chocolatey, rich Texas Sheet Cake is a decadent combination of chocolate sheet cake topped with irresistible chocolate and pecan icing. It is a southern treat that will become a regular part of your dessert rotation.
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Lane Cake
Lane Cake is a classic Southern dessert that is an icon of hospitality and indulgence. It’s a rich, decadent cake filled with a boozy fruit mixture between delicate white cake layers.
Learn more and get the recipe: Lane Cake
My Southern Table Cookbook
If you like these recipes, you’ll love my cookbook! It’s 348 pages filled with 246 recipes, each with a full-color photo. Visit Lana’s Cooking for more information.
I’m Lana Stuart, an award-winning cookbook author, food blogger, and lifelong cook raised deep in Southwest Georgia. I started Lana’s Cooking in 2009 to share the tried-and-true recipes I grew up with. Around here, the food is full of flavor, the traditions run deep, and there’s always room at the table.