Christmas Cake Recipes

From Family Circle

You'll need three baking pans to make this layered cake. If you only have one, bake one layer at a time and refrigerate the remaining batter. The pink, yellow, and green layers are filled with apricot preserves and frosted with chocolate on the top and bottom.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

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From Family Circle

Cut the cake rounds from a sheet cake made from a packaged mix. The tart lemony filling also starts with a mix and has a velvety smooth texture.

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From Family Circle

This no-bake cheesecake is mixed entirely in your food processor. Make it a day in advance for a scrumptious make-ahead dessert recipe.

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From Taste of the South

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From Family Circle

Trifles are perfect make-ahead desserts for parties. The flavors mellow with chilling and the layers of cake, fruit, and cream are always festive. For this trifle, marshmallow cream and crushed pineapple are folded into the whipped cream.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Drizzled with a vanilla glaze and topped with crunchy chocolate cereal, this cake is an easy show-stopper.

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From Family Circle

When you're looking for great holiday make-ahead desserts, trifles are perfect because they taste better after several hours in the fridge. This yummy trifle features a carrot cake, made with a mix, layered in a bowl with a fluffy cream cheese filling and pineapple.

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From Taste of the South

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From Family Circle

Build this towering beauty with a purchased angel food cake or one from a mix. Spread the layers with a creamy coconut and pecan filling, frost with billowy whipped cream, and sprinkle with toasted coconut.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Talk about charisma! Carrot cake has been charming dessert lovers since the 1960s. This recipe surprises with dried fruit bits and grated fresh ginger.

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From Family Circle

Just a hint of cocoa powder and cinnamon are added to an angel food cake batter to make these delightful cupcakes. A rich chocolate and heavy cream topping makes a delectable, rich icing.

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From Family Circle

This black and white cake offers simplicity in appearance and flavor. The chocolate sponge cake is filled with whipped cream. It's basic, but oh so delicious!

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From Family Circle

Cream cheese gives these lemony cupcakes a denser texture than other cakes. Lightly glazed with a lemon icing, they make a sweet-tart addition to a picnic basket.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

These petite amaretto-soaked cakes make good holiday gifts for the recipient to store to enjoy for weeks to come.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

The sweet coating on the baked almonds keeps its crunch for several days.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

The light and fluffy frosting for this luscious layer cake recipe is a mixture of cream cheese and whipping cream.

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From Family Circle

Reminiscent of the popular store-bought favorites, these chocolate cream-filled cupcakes are a hit with kids and with adults.

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From EatingWell

Our Test Kitchen created this showpiece cheesecake to celebrate one of winter's brightest gifts: the orange. It is exceptionally rich and creamy-tasting, but lower in saturated fat than a traditional cheesecake. The secret is to replace most of the cream cheese with pureed cottage cheese. Be sure to let the food processor do its job and process the cottage cheese until it has a silky texture.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

To really turn this cake into a stellar dessert, serve it with Roasted Pears with Caramel Sauce.

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From EatingWell

Reminiscent of a British sticky toffee pudding, this cake gets its moisture from dates; toasted nuts and maple give it an intoxicating fragrance.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

This decadent cake, made with butter for a rich, moist cake, is ideal to serve at a bridal shower or birthday party. As much as a month beforehand, make and store the Caramelized Pistachio Shards in an airtight container at room. Reserve any leftover shards to sprinkle on ice cream.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

This fruity dessert is traditionally made in a cast-iron skillet--ideal for caramelizing the pears into a lush sweetness that complements the spicy cake. Kids love the fact that the cake is turned upside down for serving.

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From Midwest Living

Just combine raspberries with cake mix and mousse mix for this taste-tempting (and easy) chocolate dessert.

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