55+ of the Best Cake Recipes {Homemade and Semi Homemade}

Although I’ve never been a professional cake decorator or baker, I’ve spent the past 30 years learning what makes a good cake. That means not only about ingredients, but also about techniques and different cake types.

Our Most Popular Cake Recipes

Our cake recipes have been some of our most popular recipes from the very beginning of Tastes of Lizzy T. We believe they are some of the best cake recipes around. Here are our trending cakes right now.

The Best Cake Recipes

Almond Cream Cake

Dessert Recipes

Homemade Strawberry Cake Recipe

Fruit

Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe with Jello

The Best Cake Recipes

Red White and Blueberry Cake

Layer Cakes

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cake

The Best Cake Recipes

Shirley Temple Cake

We’ve made the mistakes for you so that you can make the cakes perfectly!

On this site you’ll find cakes for EVERY occasion. They aren’t fancy or ornately decorated cakes, but they are either semi-homemade or homemade cakes (like our applesauce spice cake) for every day. No special occasion needed!

How to Make a Cake Mix Taste Better

If you’re still nervous about making a cake from scratch, we get it. It takes time to conquer those fears! Cake mixes can be a great starting point and we have a few hints to give a box cake mix a homemade flavor: