Most Popular Christmas Cake Recipes

This moist Red Velvet Cake is always a go-to for Christmas celebrations! In fact, it is a great go-to no matter what the season. It is a decadent cake with a hint of cocoa flavor, and is filled and frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. (We have several variations of red velvet cake, including Red Velvet Pound Cake, Red Velvet Cake from Cake Mix!)

This easy Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake is a delicious cake mix recipe that feels extra special! The combination of brown sugar, pineapple, and soft yellow cake are sure to please. Nobody would guess how easy it is to make!

We never realized how many people love almond cakes until we posted this recipe! It is consistently one of our top recipes throughout the year. As a result, we've posted many more almond cake variations (including Lemon Almond Cake, Cherry Almond Cake, and Chocolate Almond Cake). You will love this moist, soft, and flavorful almond cake recipe!

Rum cake is always on the list of Christmas favorites! We've made several variations of this doctored cake mix recipe over the years (including Banana Rum Cake and Baileys Toffee Pecan Cake) but this cake always gets great reviews! Yellow cake topped with crushed pecans and a buttered rum glaze is sure to please. Nobody would guess how very simple this cake recipe is to make!

This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is a bit on the fancier side but totally worth the effort! A creamy cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted with lemon cream cheese frosting! (We have several more "cheesecake cake" recipes including Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake, Carrot Cheesecake Cake, and Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake) but this is always the most popular!

Oh how we love this Italian Cream Cake recipe! We've gotten such great feedback over the years from our readers. This cake is lightly, fluffy, moist, and a delicious combination of coconut and pecans. (We also have an easy Italian Cream Bundt Cake version as well!)

This ultra moist red velvet coconut cake consists of red velvet cake with a hint of coconut, and is filled and frosted with coconut cream cheese frosting. This cake is perfect for the holidays!

We love this coconut velvet cake recipe! It is soft and moist with a fine crumb, and wonderful coconut flavor. We have so many coconut cake recipes that it is hard to pick a favorite!

This moist, flavorful eggnog pound cake is so moist, decadent, and soft with cozy spiced eggnog flavor.

This Carrot Cake is a year-round favorite, and we always see a surge of visits to this post around the holidays. Carrots, cinnamon, pineapple, coconut, and pecans are what make this cake a stand-out recipe! It goes perfect with cream cheese filling and frosting!

This Pineapple Cake is a great choice for holiday baking! Moist homemade yellow cake layers are filled and topped with a luscious (easy!) pineapple & cream filling! It is such a great recipe, we hope you'll give it a try!