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These 25 Unique Cake Recipes are Anything but Basic

If your sweet tooth is craving something unique, try one of these delicious cake recipes that are definitely NOT basic!

Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze

Image Credit: Ginger Casa

This easy Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze is an impressive, delicious dessert that is really simple to make!

Strawberry Lemonade Bundt Cake

Image Credit: Ginger Casa

This delicious strawberry lemonade bundt cake is a sweet, fruity treat for any time!

Amish Cake

Image Credit: Two Pink Peonies

Amish Cake is a cake made from oatmeal with a coconut and pecan topping.

Zebra Cake

Image Credit: Sava's Kitchen

Zebra Cake is a simple one-layer cake with a fun zebra pattern inside and on top. Made with vanilla and chocolate batters, it creates beautiful black and white zebra stripes.

Zucchini Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Image Credit: Zucchini Zone

Zucchini spice cake is filled with shredded zucchini and cozy fall spices for the most tender and moist sheet cake. Topped with velvety cream cheese frosting and chopped walnuts, this will be your new go-to.

Dr. Pepper Cake

Image Credit: Semi Homemade Kitchen

This Dr Pepper cake brings the familiar soda flavor into a moist, chocolate cake with a rich, Dr Pepper-infused frosting. It’s a simple dessert made even easier with a cake mix base, perfect for soda lovers and chocolate fans alike.

14 Layer Chocolate Cake

Image Credit: Intelligent Domestications

This 14 Layer Chocolate Cake has thin layers, but the star of this cake is the boiled chocolate icing.

Eton Mess Cake

Image Credit: Noshing with the Nolands

This Eton Mess Cake is a spectacular combination of fresh fruit, soft sponge cake layers with whipped cream, and tiny crispy meringues.

Tomato Soup Cake

Image Credit: Margin Making Mom

Tomato soup spice cake is topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting for a classic dessert that’s easy to make.

Cocoa Apple Cake

Image Credit: Beyond the Chicken Coop

Cocoa Apple Cake is a delicious chocolate cake with fresh apples, chocolate chips, and walnuts. This cocoa apple cake is a super moist cake baked in a bundt pan.

Cinnamon Roll Cake

Image Credit: A Magical Mess

If you love cinnamon rolls and want to try something a little different, this Cinnamon Roll Cake has all the cinnamon roll goodness in a light, fluffy cake.

Chocolate Cranberry Cake

Image Credit: Crafty Cooking Mama

A simple yet delicious moist, buttery Chocolate Cranberry Cake booming with tart fresh cranberry and decadent dark chocolate chips.

Mexican Chocolate Cake

Image Credit: Luci's Morsels

The cinnamon and dried chili powder are what takes this recipe from your average chocolate cake to a Mexican Chocolate Cake. Don’t be scared of the spices; they add a beautiful warmth to the cake, not anything spicy!

Lemon Berry Stripe Cake

Image Credit: Simple Bites

Lemon Berry Stripe Cake is a visually stunning cake, perfect for spring celebrations.

Pecan Upside Down Cake

Image Credit: My Sequined Life

The gooeyness of pecan pie combines with fluffy vanilla cake in one delicious mashup: pecan upside down cake.

Eggnog Bundt Cake

Image Credit: Semi Homemade Kitchen

Eggnog Bundt Cake starts with a cake mix and is spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon for a quick holiday dessert.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Image Credit: Craving Something Healthy

This lemon olive oil cake is an elegant, Mediterranean-style dessert that’s heavenly and delicious. With fresh lemon juice and zest, vanilla, olive oil, and almond flour, it’s incredibly moist, tender, and full of bright citrus flavor.

Butter Pecan Pound Cake

Image Credit: Busy Being Jennifer

This Butter Pecan Pound Cake Recipe is moist, has just the right amount of richness and goes perfectly with coffee or tea!

Strawberry Filled White Cake

Image Credit: The Toasty Kitchen

Strawberry filled white cake is an elegant dessert made with layers of tender vanilla cake and fresh strawberry filling.

Strawberry Tiramisu

Image Credit: The Cooking Foodie

This classic Italian strawberry tiramisu is a fresh, fruity twist on the original—layered with mascarpone cream, strawberries, and no coffee!

Blueberry Angel Food Cake

Image Credit: Midwestern Holidays

This soft, airy Blueberry Angel Food Cake is bursting with juicy blueberries and couldn't be easier to make.

Lemon Blueberry Sourdough Pound Cake

Image Credit: Sourdough Brandon

Moist and tender, this Lemon Blueberry Sourdough Pound Cake is packed with juicy blueberries, bright lemon zest, and a zing from yogurt and sourdough discard.

Rhubarb Pudding Cake

Image Credit: Savory Moments Blog

This old-fashioned magic rhubarb pudding cake is a special treat to enjoy during rhubarb season. A crackled sugar top with a moist cake and a bottom layer of rhubarb in a pudding is sure to be a family favorite. 

Orange Olive Oil Cake with Fig Jam

Image Credit: Jawns I Cooked

This simple and delicious Orange Olive Oil Cake with Fig Jam is a moist and flavorful upside-down cake that's ready in under an hour! This no-fuss dessert is made with healthier swaps like extra virgin olive oil and low fat greek yogurt for a decadent treat with less guilt!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse Cake

Image Credit: That Skinny Chick Can Bake

This rich, luscious Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse Cake is perfect for chocolate peanut butter fans! A winning combo of brownies and mousse!

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