16 Festive Cakes Fit for Any Thanksgiving Feast
These showstopping desserts make the perfect centerpiece for your holiday dessert table.
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Save Room for a Slice
Once you’ve had your fill of turkey and sides, it’s time for what some might consider the best part of the holiday meal: the dessert course! Apple and pumpkin pies, impressive cheesecakes, and even fun cupcakes have graced our tables. But why not try your hand at a crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving cake this year? We have recipes for all skill levels, and they’re perfect for every gathering, from small friendsgiving feasts to extended family get-togethers. Make an easy Bundt cake, serve a layered beauty, festively decorate this stunning turkey cake and more.
Get the Recipe: Sideways Turkey Cake
Apple Pie Cake
In addition to being a cute, seasonal garnish for this cake, the leaf-shaped pie crust cutouts also serve to drive home the apple pie theme. The leaves provide just the right amount of buttery, flakiness to the cake. There is no mistaking that this is cake is based on classic American apple pie.
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Orange Cake
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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
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Naked Pumpkin Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream
This stunning cake tastes just like everyone’s favorite pumpkin bread, layered with fluffy swirls of cinnamon buttercream. It’s truly a masterpiece — but easy enough for bakers of any skill level.
Get the Recipe: Naked Pumpkin Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream
Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake
Get the Recipe: Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake
Pumpkin Pie Layer Cake
This recipe combines the familiar flavors of pumpkin pie and a classic layer cake. Buttery vanilla cake layers flavored with pumpkin spice sandwich a decadent pumpkin pudding, then the cake is enrobed in a luxurious sweet whipped cream frosting. A perfect marriage of cake and pie.
Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Layer Cake
Coconut Cake
If coconut cake isn't already a traditional Thanksgiving dessert in your family, it will be after you serve this beauty. With coconut in the batter and sprinkled on the sweet frosting, Ina's coconut cake is heaven on a plate!
Get the Recipe: Coconut Cake
Spiced Apple-Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
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Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
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White Coconut Cake
Get the Recipe: White Coconut Cake
Meyer Lemon-Cranberry Bundt Cake
Get the Recipe: Meyer Lemon-Cranberry Bundt Cake
Southern Red Velvet Cake
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Caramel Apple Cake
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Pineapple Upside-Down Grit Cake
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My Sister Maria's Easy Apple Cake and Ice Cream
Get the Recipe: My Sister Maria's Easy Apple Cake and Ice Cream