17 Mouthwatering Layer Cake Recipes To Fuel Your Baking Passion

Salted Nutella S'Mores Cake

Even The Great British Bake Off's Mary Berry would love this cake's distinct layers, made especially striking by bright marshmallows and dark chocolate. (via Brit + Co)

Sprinkle Ombre Cake

As if patriotic sprinkles weren't exciting enough, BAM, rainbow layers appear when cut. (via Brit + Co)

Romantic Drip Layer Cake

See that dripping icing? You'll drool just as intensely when you smell the passionfruit filling. (via Brit + Co)

Piña Colada Layer Cake

This layer cake does taste like a tropical drink (rum and all), but even more delightful is its texture. The moist cake contains a creamy frosting, flakey coconut coating, and juicy pineapple on top. (via Brit + Co)

Sugar Cookie Funfetti Birthday Cake

Both rainbow sprinkles and sugar cookie crumbs are folded into the vanilla icing on this cake — it's reason enough to celebrate. (via Brit + Co)

Chocolate Layer Cake with Three Frostings 

Any chocoholic would donate their most prized possession for this triple chocolate cake, complete with dark, milk, and white chocolate frostings.

Naked Cake

If you're not a frosting wizard but want to make a show-stopping dessert, there's layer cake recipes that'll fit the bill. We love that this version makes a handsome wedding option for those who want to see what they're eating. Fresh fruit and flowers are the cherry on top of the beautiful dessert.

Gold Confetti Champagne Cake

Classic vanilla cake gets an Oscar-worthy upgrade with a healthy heap of gold sprinkles. (via Brit + Co)

Floral Layer Cake

Store-bought cake and frosting look mighty fine when covered with edible flowers. (via Brit + Co)

Next-Level Candy Cake

This may not be true of everything, but when it comes to candy on cake, more is definitely more. (via Brit + Co)

Pastel Confetti Cake

Don't be intimidated by this cake's pristine layers; it's all scrumptious, store-bought simplicity. (via Brit + Co)

Piecaken (Pie-Cake Hybrid)

You've heard this phrase a lot to describe food, but this time it's valid: this cake is not for the faint of heart. There is an entire pie inside of each cake layer, which must be the most insane thing to happen to dessert since cotton candy burritos. (via Brit + Co)

Conversation Heart Cake

Forget the grocery store bakery; with your own gel frosting, you can write exactly what's on your mind in a jiffy. (via Brit + Co)

Lemon Lavender Champagne Cake

Champagne lends lightness to this tart lemon cake, while lavender extract gives just the flavor you want when biting into purple frosting. (via Brit + Co)

Italian Rainbow Cookie Cake

Italian Rainbow Cookie Cake: This dense cake batter, made with almond paste and lots of butter, is lightened in flavor by intermittent layers of raspberry jam. The whole thing is assembled and frosted to look like an Italian rainbow cookie. (via Brit + Co)

Cactus Garden Cake

OMG, how AMAZING is this cake excerpted (with permission) from Sugar Rebels by Nick Makrides? It's almost too pretty to eat! (via Brit + Co)

Upgraded Boxed Cake

Transform store-bought cake mix with butter, coffee, homemade frosting, or all of the above. When you get compliments that it tastes like someone's grandmother's, just nod and smile. (via Brit + Co)

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This article was originally published in April 2018 and has been updated.