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50+ Cake Designs and Recipes for Mother’s Day!

May 4, 2020 By Melissa D. 3 Comments

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Hi everyone! With all that is happening I almost forgot that Mother’s Day is this weekend!

If you’re looking for a little Mother’s Day cake inspiration, this collection of favorite Mother’s Day cakes and recipes is for you!

Roundup of Favorite Mother's Day Cake Designs and Reicpes 

 

The cakes that I’m featuring in this collection include lots of springtime flowers, pretty piping, birds, soft colors, and fruit flavored cakes.

Of course, many of these cake ideas are perfect for other occasions as well, but as I was thinking about Mother’s Day cake ideas, these are the posts that stood out for me!

We’re including our free cake tutorials and recipes as well as selections from our Member Cake Tutorial section! We hope that you find something that you would like to try.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and if you try any of these cake designs or recipes, we’d love for you to leave a comment or photo!

 

Roundup of Mother's Day Cake Ideas and Recipes!

Sharing our favorite Mother's Day cake designs and recipes!

1

Lemon Velvet Cake

This moist Lemon Velvet Cake is named for its soft, velvety texture. This lemon layer cake is filled with lemon curd and whipped cream, and frosted with lemon buttercream frosting. It is the perfect dessert for spring and summer!

2

Sweet Mother's Day Cake- {Free Cake Video}

This cute and easy stick figures cake is perfect for Mother's Day celebrations! This is such a sweet and cheerful cake- tailor the stick figures to reflect your family!

3

Fondant Ruffle Rose Cake- Free Tutorial!

This lovely ruffle cake is from our free step by step blog tutorial! This is such a great way to add elegance to your cakes. You can add a pretty ruffle rose to the tops of your cakes as well!

4

Lemon Pineapple Cake

This refreshing Lemon Pineapple Cake is light, fluffy, and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

5

Orange Vanilla Bean Cake

This moist, tender Orange Vanilla Bean Cake has wonderful citrus flavor!

6

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.

7

Lemon Orange Pound Cake

Moist, flavorful Lemon Orange Pound Cake! This buttery, moist pound cake has wonderful citrus flavor.

8

Buttercream Ribbon Rose Heart Cake- Free Video Tutorial

This sweet Ribbon Rose Sweetheart Cake is from our free cake video tutorial section! Make it for someone special!

9

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!

10

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!

11

Pound Cake Recipe- A Classic Southern Favorite

This classic pound cake is so moist and easy to make! Our favorite! Serve it just as it is, or topped with berries and cream!

12

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!

13

How to Make Petit Fours~A Video Tutorial!

Learn how to make petit fours the easy way in the free cake video tutorial!

14

We've Picked You a Bouquet of Cupcakes! - A Blog Tutorial

Learn how to make a beautiful bouquet of cupcake flowers in this free step by step blog tutorial!

15

Sweet Birdhouse Cake- Member Cake Video

This cute birdhouse cake is from our Member Cake Video Tutorial section! It is such a fun little cake for spring and summer celebrations, and works great for Mother's Day also! This is a buttercream frosted cake with fondant accents.

16

Lemon Orange Layer Cake

This Lemon Orange Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with citrus flavor!

17

Lemon Buttermilk Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

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

18

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!

19

Cascading Rosettes of Buttercream- Video Tutorial

From our free cake video tutorial section, these elegant cascading rosettes are perfect for so many special occasions and are surprisingly simple to create!

20

Owl Love You Forever!- Free Cake Decorating Video

I love owls! This sweet "Owl Love You Forever" cake is perfect for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and more!

21

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!

22

Birdhouse Cake Toppers~ A Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial

These sweet birdhouse cake toppers are perfect for spring & summer cakes!

23

Buttercream Ranunculus Cupcakes~ Cake Decorating Video

Beautiful buttercream ranunculus flowers are not difficult to create! Watch our free video!

24

Lemon Blueberry Cake

This homemade Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry flavor! So moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

25

Love You Bunches! Elephant Cake Tutorial

A little bit of sweetness- this cute free blog tutorial is perfect for Mother's Day!

26

Buttercream Camellias and Elegant Piping- A Free Cake Video

Learn how to pipe buttercream camellias as well as an elegant piped floral design around the sides in this free cake tutorial!

27

Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

All the wonderful flavor of banana pudding in cake form! We love this amazing recipe!

28

Pineapple Cake Recipe

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

29

Strawberry Lemon Cake

Lemon & Strawberries make the perfect flavor combination!

30

Orange Dreamsicle Cake- Delicious Homemade Recipe

This moist and delicious cake tastes just like an Orange Dreamsicle! Moist orange cake layers with orange cream filling and orange cream cheese frosting!

31

Teddy Bear and Balloon Cake- A Free Cake Decorating Video

This Teddy Bear and Ballon Cake is so cute for all sorts of occasions!

32

Carrot Cake from Scratch

This scratch Carrot Cake is my FAVORITE cake, and one of our most popular recipes on the site! Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, pecans, coconut, and spices!

33

Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe

Moist and Delicious Vanilla Bean Cake recipe!

34

Birdcage Cupcakes~ Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial

More bird cuteness! These sweet cupcakes are from a free step by step blog tutorial! They are perfect for spring celebrations!

35

Springtime Flowers in Chocolate Video (Technique also featured in our Blog)

This sweet cake is an old favorite! Learn to make these delicate but surprisingly simple flowers in our free tutorial!

36

Pink Lemonade Cake from Scratch

This moist and delicious Pink Lemonade Layer Cake has the perfect amount of tartness, which is balanced with a luscious layer of lemon cream cheese frosting!

37

Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake

Moist and Delicious Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake- this moist layer cake has so much flavor!

38

Lemon Pound Cake

This Lemon Pound Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with lemon flavor!

39

Lemon Cake: A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

Nobody would guess that this amazing lemon cake recipe all starts with a simple cake mix! So moist and lemony!

40

Gum Paste Peony- Video Tutorial

Learn to make this beautiful buttercream design with elegant gum paste peonies in our member cake video tutorial!

41

Elegant Chocolate Peony & Decorative Accents- Video

The chocolate peony topper is the star of this elegant cake design! One of my favorites from our member cake video tutorial section!

42

Buttercream Palette Knife Painting- A Cake Decorating Video

This pretty palette-knife inspired design is perfect for all sorts of occasions from Mother's Day to birthdays and more! (From My Cake School's member section)

43

Raunculus Fields Cake- Painting with Buttercream Tutorial

This buttercream ranunculus cake is so beautiful and easy to create!

44

Birdhouse Cake- A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

I love birdhouses! This sweet birdhouse cake tutorial is from our member section.

45

Birdcage Cake - A Cake Decorating Video

This pretty birdhouse cake is from our member section! It is buttercream with fondant and gum paste accents!

46

Meringue Roses Cake- Video Tutorial

This beautiful cake features simple, elegant meringue roses. Perfect for all sorts of special occasions! (Member Section)

47

Buttercream Floral Wreath- A Cake Decorating Video

We just love buttercream flowers! Keep this lovely wreath in mind for your special occasion cakes! (From My Cake School's member section)

48

Hummingbird Topper with Fluffy Frosting Flowers~ Cake Decorating Video

49

Pink Champagne Cake {Scratch Recipe}

This flavorful Pink Champagne Cake will make any occasion feel more special!

50

How to Pipe Large Frosting Flowers!~Video Tutorial

We love the puffy, fluffy, frosting flowers! Learn to make them in our member cake video tutorial!

51

How to Pipe a BIG Buttercream Rose- Cake Video

If you love buttercream roses, you'll really love this gigantic version! So simple to create and the look is beautiful! (From our member cake video tutorial section).

52

Gold Drip on Watercolor Fondant- Video Tutorial

Beautiful gold drip cake with fresh flowers! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com)!

53

Dogwoods in Buttercream-Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

I just love dogwood blossoms! This buttercream cake design is a favorite from our member section.

54

Buttercream Hydrangeas- A Cake Video Tutorial

Large buttercream hydrangeas are some of the simplest yet most elegant flowers to create! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com).

55

Colorful Striped Chocolate Curls- Cake Tutorial

These striped chocolate curls are so much fun! I love mounding curls on top of cakes and cupcakes! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com!)

56

Buttercream Tulip Cake

Beautiful buttercream tulips! I love all kinds of buttercream flowers and tulips are some of my favorites! (from our member section)

57

Buttercream Irises- A Video Tutorial

Learn how to make beautiful irises in this video tutorial! (member section)

58

Pansy Garden Cake- A Cake Decorating Video

Buttercream pansies with watering can cake topper! This is a favorite for spring! (From our member cake tutorial section)

 

Roundup of Mother's Day Cake Recipes and Designs

Roundup of Mother's Day Cake Ideas and Recipes!

Sharing our favorite Mother's Day cake designs and recipes!

1

Lemon Velvet Cake

This moist Lemon Velvet Cake is named for its soft, velvety texture. This lemon layer cake is filled with lemon curd and whipped cream, and frosted with lemon buttercream frosting. It is the perfect dessert for spring and summer!

2

Sweet Mother's Day Cake- {Free Cake Video}

This cute and easy stick figures cake is perfect for Mother's Day celebrations! This is such a sweet and cheerful cake- tailor the stick figures to reflect your family!

3

Fondant Ruffle Rose Cake- Free Tutorial!

This lovely ruffle cake is from our free step by step blog tutorial! This is such a great way to add elegance to your cakes. You can add a pretty ruffle rose to the tops of your cakes as well!

4

Lemon Pineapple Cake

This refreshing Lemon Pineapple Cake is light, fluffy, and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

5

Orange Vanilla Bean Cake

This moist, tender Orange Vanilla Bean Cake has wonderful citrus flavor!

6

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.

7

Lemon Orange Pound Cake

Moist, flavorful Lemon Orange Pound Cake! This buttery, moist pound cake has wonderful citrus flavor.

8

Buttercream Ribbon Rose Heart Cake- Free Video Tutorial

This sweet Ribbon Rose Sweetheart Cake is from our free cake video tutorial section! Make it for someone special!

9

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!

10

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!

11

Pound Cake Recipe- A Classic Southern Favorite

This classic pound cake is so moist and easy to make! Our favorite! Serve it just as it is, or topped with berries and cream!

12

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!

13

How to Make Petit Fours~A Video Tutorial!

Learn how to make petit fours the easy way in the free cake video tutorial!

14

We've Picked You a Bouquet of Cupcakes! - A Blog Tutorial

Learn how to make a beautiful bouquet of cupcake flowers in this free step by step blog tutorial!

15

Sweet Birdhouse Cake- Member Cake Video

This cute birdhouse cake is from our Member Cake Video Tutorial section! It is such a fun little cake for spring and summer celebrations, and works great for Mother's Day also! This is a buttercream frosted cake with fondant accents.

16

Lemon Orange Layer Cake

This Lemon Orange Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with citrus flavor!

17

Lemon Buttermilk Cake {A Scratch Recipe}

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

18

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!

19

Cascading Rosettes of Buttercream- Video Tutorial

From our free cake video tutorial section, these elegant cascading rosettes are perfect for so many special occasions and are surprisingly simple to create!

20

Owl Love You Forever!- Free Cake Decorating Video

I love owls! This sweet "Owl Love You Forever" cake is perfect for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and more!

21

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!

22

Birdhouse Cake Toppers~ A Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial

These sweet birdhouse cake toppers are perfect for spring & summer cakes!

23

Buttercream Ranunculus Cupcakes~ Cake Decorating Video

Beautiful buttercream ranunculus flowers are not difficult to create! Watch our free video!

24

Lemon Blueberry Cake

This homemade Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry flavor! So moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!

25

Love You Bunches! Elephant Cake Tutorial

A little bit of sweetness- this cute free blog tutorial is perfect for Mother's Day!

26

Buttercream Camellias and Elegant Piping- A Free Cake Video

Learn how to pipe buttercream camellias as well as an elegant piped floral design around the sides in this free cake tutorial!

27

Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

All the wonderful flavor of banana pudding in cake form! We love this amazing recipe!

28

Pineapple Cake Recipe

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

29

Strawberry Lemon Cake

Lemon & Strawberries make the perfect flavor combination!

30

Orange Dreamsicle Cake- Delicious Homemade Recipe

This moist and delicious cake tastes just like an Orange Dreamsicle! Moist orange cake layers with orange cream filling and orange cream cheese frosting!

31

Teddy Bear and Balloon Cake- A Free Cake Decorating Video

This Teddy Bear and Ballon Cake is so cute for all sorts of occasions!

32

Carrot Cake from Scratch

This scratch Carrot Cake is my FAVORITE cake, and one of our most popular recipes on the site! Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, pecans, coconut, and spices!

33

Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe

Moist and Delicious Vanilla Bean Cake recipe!

34

Birdcage Cupcakes~ Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial

More bird cuteness! These sweet cupcakes are from a free step by step blog tutorial! They are perfect for spring celebrations!

35

Springtime Flowers in Chocolate Video (Technique also featured in our Blog)

This sweet cake is an old favorite! Learn to make these delicate but surprisingly simple flowers in our free tutorial!

36

Pink Lemonade Cake from Scratch

This moist and delicious Pink Lemonade Layer Cake has the perfect amount of tartness, which is balanced with a luscious layer of lemon cream cheese frosting!

37

Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake

Moist and Delicious Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake- this moist layer cake has so much flavor!

38

Lemon Pound Cake

This Lemon Pound Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with lemon flavor!

39

Lemon Cake: A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe

Nobody would guess that this amazing lemon cake recipe all starts with a simple cake mix! So moist and lemony!

40

Gum Paste Peony- Video Tutorial

Learn to make this beautiful buttercream design with elegant gum paste peonies in our member cake video tutorial!

41

Elegant Chocolate Peony & Decorative Accents- Video

The chocolate peony topper is the star of this elegant cake design! One of my favorites from our member cake video tutorial section!

42

Buttercream Palette Knife Painting- A Cake Decorating Video

This pretty palette-knife inspired design is perfect for all sorts of occasions from Mother's Day to birthdays and more! (From My Cake School's member section)

43

Raunculus Fields Cake- Painting with Buttercream Tutorial

This buttercream ranunculus cake is so beautiful and easy to create!

44

Birdhouse Cake- A Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

I love birdhouses! This sweet birdhouse cake tutorial is from our member section.

45

Birdcage Cake - A Cake Decorating Video

This pretty birdhouse cake is from our member section! It is buttercream with fondant and gum paste accents!

46

Meringue Roses Cake- Video Tutorial

This beautiful cake features simple, elegant meringue roses. Perfect for all sorts of special occasions! (Member Section)

47

Buttercream Floral Wreath- A Cake Decorating Video

We just love buttercream flowers! Keep this lovely wreath in mind for your special occasion cakes! (From My Cake School's member section)

48

Hummingbird Topper with Fluffy Frosting Flowers~ Cake Decorating Video

49

Pink Champagne Cake {Scratch Recipe}

This flavorful Pink Champagne Cake will make any occasion feel more special!

50

How to Pipe Large Frosting Flowers!~Video Tutorial

We love the puffy, fluffy, frosting flowers! Learn to make them in our member cake video tutorial!

51

How to Pipe a BIG Buttercream Rose- Cake Video

If you love buttercream roses, you'll really love this gigantic version! So simple to create and the look is beautiful! (From our member cake video tutorial section).

52

Gold Drip on Watercolor Fondant- Video Tutorial

Beautiful gold drip cake with fresh flowers! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com)!

53

Dogwoods in Buttercream-Cake Decorating Video Tutorial

I just love dogwood blossoms! This buttercream cake design is a favorite from our member section.

54

Buttercream Hydrangeas- A Cake Video Tutorial

Large buttercream hydrangeas are some of the simplest yet most elegant flowers to create! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com).

55

Colorful Striped Chocolate Curls- Cake Tutorial

These striped chocolate curls are so much fun! I love mounding curls on top of cakes and cupcakes! (From our member section on MyCakeSchool.com!)

56

Buttercream Tulip Cake

Beautiful buttercream tulips! I love all kinds of buttercream flowers and tulips are some of my favorites! (from our member section)

57

Buttercream Irises- A Video Tutorial

Learn how to make beautiful irises in this video tutorial! (member section)

58

Pansy Garden Cake- A Cake Decorating Video

Buttercream pansies with watering can cake topper! This is a favorite for spring! (From our member cake tutorial section)

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Comments

  1. MsGF May 6, 2020 at 6:43 am

    Great RoundUp so many fabulous cakes! It’s going to be a very different Mother’s Day this year.

    Reply
  2. Albertina Geller June 29, 2020 at 2:44 am

    They all look so delicious. Why didn’t I found them during Mother’s day but I am going to try some of this cake! They look so yummy and pretty.

    Reply
  3. Baishakhi May 3, 2022 at 5:20 am

    It looks delicious. Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply

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