Southern living cake recipes

When you're baking to impress, turn to this German chocolate cake recipe. It's hands down our best German chocolate cake recipe. Even Mama approves.

Mahogany cake is considered the first chocolate cake in America, first recorded in a cookbook in the late 1800s. Learn how to make this classic American cake, topped with fluffy Ermine frosting.

A Southern gem, our classic Hummingbird Cake Recipe was submitted in 1978 by Mrs. L.H. Wiggins and boasts three incredibly moist layers flavored with canned pineapple and bananas.

Coconut is the doyenne of Southern layer cakes, a masterpiece of home cookery that has crowned dining room sideboards for more than a hundred years. Here, learn how to make coconut chiffon cake.

Learn how to make our best pound cake recipe. This old-fashioned pound cake is destined to be one of your favorites. We don't call it Million Dollar Pound Cake for nothing.

Italian cream cake's combination of creamy icing, moist cake layers, and crunchy pecans is sure to receive rave reviews in your home.

Martha Washington's Currant Pound Cake -- recipe from Mount Vernon

Would you believe us if we said this caramel cake recipe only takes 15 minutes of prep time? Learn how to make caramel cake the whole family will love in less time than you think.

Decorating a birthday cake doesn’t have to be complicated to look amazing. With just a few easy techniques and a bit of creativity, you can whip up stunning cakes right at home—even if baking isn’t your strong suit! In this article, I’ll share some fun and simple birthday cake decorating ideas that anyone can try....

Do you like pineapples, bananas and shredded coconut? Do you like deliciously layered cakes? If you answered yes, then you are go...