Quick and Easy Cakes Recipes

Cake is a perfect dessert for any occasion, and with these quick and easy cake recipes, you can whip one up at the drop of a hat. Whether luscious chocolate cake or cute cupcakes, quick and easy desserts are perfect any night.

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Strawberry-Chocolate Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Chocolate-dipped strawberries make mouthwatering treats. This recipe, using a cake mix, puts the same flavor combination into a stunning birthday cake.

Strawberry-Chocolate Cake

Easy Lemon Tarts

From Family Circle

This quick and easy dessert recipe is delicious because lemon curd and sponge cake are made for each other--even when both come ready-made.

Easy Lemon Tarts

Strawberry-Preserve Cake

From Taste of the South

Strawberry-Preserve Cake

Strawberry Swirl Shortcakes

From Family Circle

To make these cute shortcakes, the dough is rolled into a rectangle, sprinkled with lemon peel and sugar, rolled up, sliced, and baked. The lemony spirals are superb with fresh strawberries and cream.

Strawberry Swirl Shortcakes

New Year's Champagne Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This simple yet elegant dessert uses a cake mix and purchased frosting. It's extra special because Champagne replaces the water in the mix.

New Year's Champagne Cake

Cookies-and-Cream Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Cookies and cream make an undeniably delicious combination, especially when packaged into scrumptious cupcakes. Starting with a white cake mix means these cupcakes are simple to make.

Cookies-and-Cream Cupcakes

All-Star Sports Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Score it big with sports-loving kids when you dish out this party cake. All it takes is a cake mix and canned frosting and some decorative embellishments for a winning dessert.

All-Star Sports Cake

Little Critter Cupcakes

From Parents

Top the cupcakes with green frosting to make a grassy field for your critters. Decorate with candy butterflies or ladybugs for a fun summer party dessert.

Little Critter Cupcakes

My Funny Valentine Cake

From Parents

This fun heart-shaped cake is made with banana-flavored quick bread muffin mix. Candy makes a cute face for this sweet dessert.

My Funny Valentine Cake

Kids Olympics Cake

From Parents

Hold your own backyard Olympics then make this cake to celebrate the winners!

Kids Olympics Cake

Heart Pounders

From Parents

Cut pound cake into circles, then cover in pink frosting for this pretty dessert.

Heart Pounders

Cream-Cheese Icing

From Taste of the South

Cream-Cheese Icing

Farmyard Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This farmyard cake is sure to be the hit of your next kid's party. Starting with a purchased half-sheet cake, this recipe can be prepared from start to finish in just 30 minutes.

Farmyard Cake

Ghosts and Goblins in the Graveyard Cake

From Pepperidge Farm

Get the whole family involved in decorating this "spook-tacular" cake that uses store-bought cakes and cookies to make fun, quick work of a hauntingly good dessert.

Ghosts and Goblins in the Graveyard Cake

Dreamy Orange Frosting

From Taste of the South

Dreamy Orange Frosting

Strawberry Chocolate-Chip Shortcake

From Taste of the South

Strawberry Chocolate-Chip Shortcake

Be-Mine Butterflies

From Parents

Make candy butterflies to top these pretty pink frosted cupcakes for this dessert.

Be-Mine Butterflies

Festive Angel Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make a packaged angel food cake mix festive and fun by sprinkling crushed rock candy. It's so easy!

Festive Angel Cake

Molten Chocolate Cakes

From KRAFT Foods

Molten Chocolate Cakes

Chocolate Yule Log

From Atkins - Phase 2

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Chocolate Yule Log

Sunflower Cake Topper

From Better Homes and Gardens

Sunflower Cake Topper

Lollipop Cake Topper

From Better Homes and Gardens

Lollipop Cake Topper

Mocha Pound Cake Stacks

From Better Homes and Gardens

Mocha Pound Cake Stacks

Big-Batch Strawberry Shortcakes

From Betty Crocker

Layered berries and whipped cream with melt-in-your-mouth shortcakes? Here's a recipe to use for serving a huge crowd.

Big-Batch Strawberry Shortcakes

Snow Angel Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve this sweet, all white dessert after a long day of sledding or playing in the snow.

Snow Angel Cake

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