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    60+ of the BEST Cake Recipes for Spring and Summer

    March 28, 2019 By Melissa Diamond 2 Comments

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    Spring is in the air and it's time for a delicious roundup of the BEST cake recipes for spring & summer!

    A great slice of cake is going to be delicious no matter what the season, but in warm spring and summer months, I especially crave cakes with refreshing fruit flavors or an extra pop of color!

    The Best Cake Recipes for Spring and Summer

     

     

    You may have seen our roundup of our favorite Summer Cake Designs, Tutorials, and Inspiration, but today, we're all about the RECIPES!  We have so many favorite recipes for spring and summer that it would be impossible to pick just one. 

    Whether you're looking for citrus cakes, cocktail inspired cakes, fruit flavored cakes or classic go-to recipes, we have something for you!

    Save this roundup for the next time you're planning a birthday party, neighborhood gathering, or just a fun night with family or friends. We hope that you find a recipe that you can't wait to try! Enjoy!

     

    The Best Cake Recipes for Spring and Summer

    We love these light and fruity cake recipes for spring and summer gatherings! Whether you're looking for strawberry cakes, citrus cakes, cocktail inspired cakes, and more- you are certain to find something on this list!

    1

    Lemon Bundt Cake

    This moist, soft, and flavorful Lemon Bundt Cake is sure to please the lemon lovers in your life! It has a fine crumb but is not as dense as a pound cake. Wonderful flavor and texture!

    2

    Lemon Coconut Cake (Doctored Cake Mix Recipe)

    This moist Lemon Coconut Cake from Cake Mix is so soft, moist, and delicious! You will love the combination of lemon cake layers with lemon curd filling and coconut whipped cream cheese frosting! The cake is covered in a coat of flaked coconut as well for a beautiful, impressive dessert

    3

    Neapolitan Cake

    This ice-cream-inspired Neapolitan Cake Recipe is so moist and is bursting with flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry!

    4

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

    This moist Cherry Chocolate Chip Pound Cake is moist, decadent, and has amazing flavor!

    5

    Banana Cream Cake

    This Banana Cream Cake is ultra moist and has amazing banana flavor! Banana cake layers are filled with Banana Pastry Cream filling and frosted with Banana Cream Cheese Frosting.

    6

    Homemade Strawberry Cake

    This incredibly moist, fluffy strawberry cake has amazing flavor and a wonderful texture, thanks in part to the cream cheese and strawberry puree in the cake batter! We've filled our cake with sliced strawberries and whipped cream, and frosted with strawberry cream cheese frosting!

    7

    Limoncello Cake

    This homemade moist Limoncello Layer Cake with Limoncello Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting is light, delicious, and perfect for entertaining!

    8

    Coconut Velvet Cake

    This moist Coconut Velvet Cake is named for its velvety soft texture. It is so tender and decadent, with a luscious coconut seven minute filling and frosting.

    9

    Orange Coconut Cake

    This moist homemade orange coconut cake has the perfect balance of citrus and coconut flavor!

    10

    Berry Chantilly Cake

    This light, flavorful dessert consists of moist vanilla cake layers, Chantilly cream, and fresh strawberries and blueberries!

    11

    Coconut Cream Cake

    This heavenly Coconut Cream Cake has such amazing flavor! Moist cake layers are filled with homemade coconut pastry cream and frosted with a whipped coconut cream cheese frosting in this crowd-pleasing dessert.

    12

    Lemon Velvet Cake

    This moist Lemon Velvet Cake is named for it's soft, velvety texture. This lemon layer cake is filled with lemon curd and whipped cream, and frosted with lemon buttercream frosting.

    13

    Lemon Pineapple Cake

    This Lemon Pineapple Cake consists of moist, fluffy lemon cake layers filled with Pineapple Cream Filling and frosted with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. So delicious!

    14

    Orange Vanilla Bean Cake

    This moist, tender Orange Vanilla Bean Cake has wonderful citrus flavor! Perfect as a year-round dessert but we especially love it in spring and summer months!

    15

    Lemon Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake

    This ultra moist, tender Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake is SO delicious! The sour cream in the recipe gives it a rich flavor and velvety texture.

    16

    Lemon Orange Pound Cake

    Moist, flavorful Lemon Orange Pound Cake! This buttery, tender pound cake has wonderful citrus flavor. This easy pound cake recipe is sure to become a favorite!

    17

    Raspberry Layer Cake

    This moist Raspberry Layer Cake from scratch is so delicious flavorful! We use frozen raspberries for this recipe, making it a .year-round favorite!

    18

    Lemon Cheesecake Cake

    This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is heavenly! A lemon cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two moist lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted in lemon cream cheese frosting.

    19

    Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    This moist homemade blueberry layer cake has amazing flavor- perfect no matter what time of year but we especially love it's refreshing flavor in the spring and summer months!

    20

    Coconut Pound Cake

    This moist Coconut Pound Cake is easy to make and tastes amazing!

    21

    Key Lime Cake (A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe)

    We love this moist, refreshing Key Lime Layer Cake and it is so easy to make using a cake mix!

    22

    Strawberry Pound Cake

    This moist Strawberry Pound Cake is heavenly! We love the strawberry flavor- it's the perfect cake recipe for spring and summer, or for the strawberry lovers in your life!

    23

    Orange Dreamsicle Cake- Delicious Homemade Recipe

    This cake tastes EXACTLY like an orange dreamsicle! Such wonderful flavor- moist orange cake layers, orange cream filling, and orange cream cheese frosting! Heavenly!

    24

    Cherry Layer Cake (A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe)

    This moist and delicious Cherry Layer Cake is so simple and delicious! We love it with our cherry cream cheese frosting.

    25

    Orange Pineapple Cake

    This fruity, flavorful Orange Pineapple Cake is super moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings! Orange cake layers are filled with pineapple and cream filling and frosted in whipped orange mascarpone frosting- so light and delicious!

    26

    Lemon Buttermilk Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

    This moist and delicious Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Whipped Lemon Mascarpone frosting is so light, tender, and flavorful!

    27

    White Chocolate Coconut Cake

    This delicious homemade White Chocolate Coconut Cake is SO moist and flavorful! White chocolate and coconut are the perfect combination! Keep this moist layer cake in mind for your special occasions!

    28

    Lemon Coconut Cake with Lemon Curd Filling

    You'll love these moist lemon cake layers with coconut baked right into the batter. The filling of lemon curd and whipped coconut cream cheese frosting is heavenly!

    29

    Orange Dreamsicle Cake {A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe}

    This delicious Orange Dreamsicle Cake all starts with a simple cake mix! We love the combination of the orange cake layers with orange cream filling and orange cream cheese frosting!

    30

    Strawberry Champagne Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix

    You can never go wrong with strawberries and champagne! This delicious layer cake is perfect for warm spring and summer months and makes a fabulous dessert for adult birthdays and celebrations! This recipe is based on a cake mix!

    31

    Lemon Cake from Scratch

    This light and lemony scratch lemon cake is so moist and flavorful! I love it year-round, but especially in the spring and summer months! This has been one of our most popular recipes over the years!

    32

    Milk Chocolate Cake

    I love all of our chocolate cake recipes, but this Milk Chocolate version is a nice change of pace as it's a bit milder but still so wonderfully flavorful! This cake has moist milk chocolate cake layers with milk chocolate ganache and milk chocolate buttercream! SO good!

    33

    Coconut Lime Cake

    This Coconut Lime Layer Cake has the perfect combination of flavors! We love this moist and flavorful cake for spring and summer birthdays, showers, or just because!

    34

    Strawberry Sour Cream Cake with White Chocolate Frosting

    Delicious Strawberry Sour Cream Cake with White Chocolate Frosting! This moist scratch strawberry layer cake is sure to please a crowd!

    35

    Lemon Sour Cream Cake

    This moist Lemon Sour Cream Cake is amazing! It pairs well with so many fillings and frostings, but in this recipe we've chosen a delightful Lemon Seven Minute Frosting. Enjoy!

    36

    Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake

    This flavorful Chocolate Cherry Cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser! Moist, cherry flavored chocolate cake layers are filled and frosted with cherry cream cheese frosting!

    37

    Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

    All the wonderful flavor of banana pudding in cake form! We love this amazing recipe with it's moist banana cake layers filled with vanilla wafers, bananas, and vanilla cream, and frosted in cream cheese frosting! SO good!

    38

    Piña Colada Cake Recipe from Scratch

    Piña Colada Cake should be the official party cake of summer! I love the combination of coconut and pineapple (with a hint of rum)! So perfectly moist and delicious!

    39

    Pink Lemonade Cake from Scratch

    Pink Lemonade Cake tastes like a slice of summer! The slight tartness of lemony flavor is perfectly balanced with just the right amount of sweetness...not to mention a heavenly lemon cream cheese frosting!

    40

    Strawberry Cake -Version #2 {A Scratch Recipe}

    This classic strawberry cake is super moist and bursting with flavor! Everybody needs a GOOD homemade strawberry cake- this is the recipe!

    41

    Margarita Cake with Tequila Lime Buttercream

    Homemade margarita cake! This moist lemon-lime layer cake with tequila lime buttercream is fantastic!

    42

    Champagne and Strawberries Cake Recipe

    This sophisticated Champagne and Strawberries Cake is amazingly moist and flavorful! It has just the right balance of strawberries and champagne!

    43

    Lemon Pound Cake

    This Lemon Pound Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with lemon flavor! It tastes like springtime!

    44

    Lemon Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake

    Oh how I love pound cake, and this combination of raspberry & lemon is perfection! So much flavor!

    45

    Lemon Cake- A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

    I love lemon cakes! This cake mix version is so easy and fast to make!

    46

    Lime Cake from Scratch

    Delicious Lime Layer Cake from Scratch with Lime Curd Filling! Oh so good and perfect for spring and summer celebrating!

    47

    Banana Cake with Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Filling

    This super moist and flavorful homemade banana cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser no matter what the season!

    48

    Strawberry Cake- Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

    This easy Strawberry Cake all starts with a simple cake mix! So flavorful!

    49

    Margarita Cake - A Cake Mix Recipe

    Everybody loves margaritas- especially in the form of a layer cake! This easy and flavorful cake mix version tastes amazing. Look for our scratch margarita cake too!

    50

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake

    Cherry Chocolate Chip cake is one of our most popular fruity cake recipes! I love the addition of the mini chocolate chips- chocolate and cherry flavors are perfect together!

    51

    Hummingbird Cake

    This southern classic cake recipe has a wonderful blend of banana, crushed pineapple, and a hint of cinnamon! You don't even need your mixer for this one! Easy and delicious.

    52

    Cherry Cake from Scratch

    This moist and flavorful Cherry Cake from Scratch is one of our favorites! Keep it in mind for spring and summer gatherings!

    53

    White Chocolate Raspberry Cake from Scratch

    White chocolate and raspberry- ahhhh so good together! We love this moist and fruity cake for spring and summer entertaining!

    54

    Devil's Food Cake with Raspberry Filling- Scratch Recipe

    This decadent devil's food cake is perfect with our raspberry frosting and a fantastic chocolate drip. So dramatic and beautiful!

    55

    Pink Champagne Cake {Scratch Recipe}

    Pink Champagne Cake is the perfect cake for any special occasion! You really can taste the pink champagne- just the right amount of flavor!

    56

    Pineapple Cake Recipe

    This Pineapple Cake Recipe is the best! Moist yellow cake layers with a luscious Pineapple & Cream Filling!

    57

    Pink Champagne Cake -A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

    A quick and easy version of Pink Champagne Cake- still equally as delicious and sophisticated as our scratch recipe. Try them both!

    58

    Pound Cake Recipe- A Classic Southern Favorite

    We've been making this pound cake in my family for years! Always a favorite, and I love the hint of lemon!

    59

    Strawberry Lemon Cake

    Strawberry and Lemon cake (or Strawberry Lemonade Cake) has a wonderful flavor combination for summer months! So uniquely refreshing!

    60

    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake

    Everyone loves chocolate covered strawberries, especially when it's in cake form! You'll love this moist strawberry cake with rich ganache!

    61

    Almond Joy Cake Recipe

    This Almond Joy Cake is amazing! Decadent chocolate cake layers with a thick and flavorful coconut filling, frosted in rich ganache.

    62

    Lemon Blueberry Cake from Scratch

    Lemon and Blueberry! Such an amazing flavor combination, and you'll love the dreamy blueberry frosting too!

    63

    Carrot Cake Recipe from Scratch

    This is the BEST Carrot Cake Recipe! It is so moist, and bursting with wonderful flavor from carrots, pineapple, coconut, nuts, and spices! If you've been searching for an amazing classic carrot cake recipe, this is the one!

    64

    Lemon Orange Layer Cake

    This Lemon Orange Layer cake has wonderful citrus flavor! Lemon cake layers are filled with orange curd and frosted with orange cream cheese frosting! SO good!

    65

    Pineapple Coconut Cake

    This moist and flavorful Pineapple Coconut Cake consists of homemade pineapple cake layers with a delicious pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese frosting!

    66

    Peaches and Cream Layer Cake

    This flavorful Peaches and Cream cake from scratch is so moist and delicious! I love it for summer gatherings! It consists of peach cake layers (with bits of peach baked in), filled with a light peaches and cream filling and frosted in cream cheese frosting. Yum!

    67

    Strawberry Daiquiri Cake

    This moist and flavorful Strawberry Daiquiri Cake is such a fun summertime or party cake- a delicious balance of flavors with strawberry, lime and a hint of rum! This is such a festive and unique cake recipe- and a new favorite for us!

    Thanks for stopping by! We hope that you enjoyed this roundup of spring and summer cakes (which, as it turns out, doubles as a post of our favorite cakes with fruit!)

    If you try any of these recipes, we would love to hear what you think. Please feel free to leave a comment or cake photo below!

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    1. Deb Musial August 16, 2019 at 12:58 pm

      I made the Peaches and Cream cake. A friend gave me peaches from his tree, they were awesome. To make it go further, I baked it in two 9x13 pans and layered one on the other in one pan putting the cream mixture in the middle. Frosted the top and took it to work. It was a hit! Everyone loved that it was creamy, but not overly sweet. I will definitely make this one again!! Thank.

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    2. Melissa Diamond August 16, 2019 at 4:47 pm

      Hi Deb! I'm so happy to hear it!

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