As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the sweetest highlights of the year! Let’s dive into The Cake Chica’s Top 10 Cake Recipes of 2024! Let’s start with #10.
10. Mexican Hot Chocolate Cake
My Mexican Hot Chocolate Cake is a twist on my Hot Cocoa Cake. The chocolate cake layers are made with Abuelita Mexican Hot Chocolate tablets. Plus for a little extra cinnamon flavor I added a teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the dry ingredients.
9. Chocolate Covered Strawberries Cake
Enjoy sinking your teeth into three layers of moist dark chocolate cake, filled with strawberry filling and frosted with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. But that’s not all, lastly I topped the cake with chocolate drip and chocolate covered strawberries!
8. Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake
Okay this Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake is going to be a new family tradition for the holidays in my family. With 3 towering layers of fluffy cinnamon cake, filled with cinnamon roll flavored cream cheese frosting, topped with cinnamon ganache and mini cinnamon rolls it’s the perfect addition to your Christmas dessert table this year!
7. Strawberry Patch Layer Cake
I was inspired to create this Strawberry Patch Layer Cake from the book Caketopia by Sheri Wilson. For my version I used my favorite strawberry cake recipe and filled it with strawberry filling. Next, I paired it with a fluffy and sweet strawberry flavored bakery-style frosting.
6. Peaches and Cream Layer Cake
The combination of tender, moist peach cake layers, filled with peach filling, and a luxurious covering of fluffy cream cheese frosting, will leave your senses tingling with anticipation. Whether you’re hosting an elegant soirée or a laid-back summer gathering, this Peaches and Cream Layer Cake is the epitome of elegance and comfort, guaranteed to leave your guests begging for more.
5. Toasted Coconut Caramel Layer Cake
You’re in for a real treat with this recipe. This Toasted Coconut Caramel Layer Cake is inspired by one of my favorite Girl Scout cookies, Caramel deLites, also known as Samoa’s depending on your location.
It’s three layers of light and slightly sweet caramel cake layers. In between the layers is a thick and sweet toasted coconut filling. For the buttercream I chose a lightly sweetened coconut Swiss meringue buttercream. And for all the fun garnishes I scooped up some toasted coconut flakes on the sides of the cake and topped it with some fudge drizzle and Caramel deLite cookies!
4. Cotton Candy Layer Cake
3. Orange Cranberry Cake
Thankfully I was able to squeeze in one more cake for the year of 2022. I had some leftover cranberries from my Egg Nog Layer Cake so I wanted to make the most of the ingredients I had on hand. Viola, my Orange Cranberry Cake was born.
Orange Cranberry Cake is light and fluffy, flavored with orange zest and orange emulsion. I’ve paired it with a fresh cranberry filling and orange Swiss meringue buttercream that’s flavored with homemade orange curd. Lastly, for the garnish I used fresh rosemary springs, sugared cranberries, candied orange slices and some almond pine cones. This cake is truly next level!
2. White Cake with Strawberry Filling
If you’re looking for a white cake that is tall and light, then this recipe is for you! I had a mother and daughter ask me for advice on baking a white cake. The daughter tried many white cake recipes but they just kept coming out similar to angel food cake, spongy and full of holes.
1. Key Lime Pie Layer Cake
It’s no secret I love cake, but what you may not know is that I also love pie just as much! This Key Lime Pie Layer cake allows me (and you) to have the best of both worlds! The cake has three layers of homemade lime cake that’s filled with lime curd and a graham cracker crust. Then it’s frosted with a luscious lime flavored Swiss meringue buttercream. And garnished with fresh lime slices and more graham cracker crust.
