12+ Summer Cakes

You're going to love these 12+ Summer Cakes! The sweetness of summer is never far away when you have these recipes to-hand!

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These 12+ Summer Cakes are sure to impress, whether you're baking for a picnic, BBQ, or just to enjoy the fresh flavors of summer! From angel food cakes to layer cakes to pound cakes--there's something for everyone here!

Make these cakes anytime, but especially in Summer! If you're looking for more recipes to use this Summer, check out my posts for 15+ Summer Cookies, 40+ Summer Desserts, and 40+ Unique Desserts!

What Makes a Good Summer Cake?

There's a seasonality to food that complements the weather and ensures you're using the most flavorful ingredients! Here are a few things that make a cake perfect for Summer for me:

• Seasonal Ingredients - stone fruits, cherries, and berries are typical Summer fruits used in baking. Keep in mind that the more locally the produce was grown, the more flavorful it will be!
• Colorful - With flowers in full bloom, we need some cakes with beautiful colors to match! I'm not a big fan of food colors, so while you'll see lots of colorful options in this list, not a single one has any food color. Each of these cakes gets its vibrant color from fruit!
• Lighter Fare - While I love a decadent Chocolate Ganache Cake as much as the next girl, I gravitate toward lighter desserts in Summer.

Summer Cake Recipes

Without further ado, here are all of my favorite cakes to make in the Summertime! Is there something that you love that I missed? I'd love to hear about it!

Lavender Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze

This Strawberry Lavender Pound Cake is so tender thanks to kefir (or buttermilk!), delicately flavored with lavender, and topped with strawberry-vanilla bean glaze! Pound cake perfection!

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Neapolitan Cake

The classic flavors of vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate combine in this Neapolitan Cake! This three-layer beauty is a celebration cake!

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Raspberry White Chocolate Loaf Cake

This Raspberry White Chocolate Loaf Cake is a tender white chocolate pound cake topped with a scrumptious raspberry glaze! The flavors are so amazing you'll find yourself taking seconds!

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Strawberry Filled Cupcakes

These Strawberry Filled Cupcakes are soft & fluffy vanilla bean cakes with homemade honey-strawberry filling, topped with strawberry cream cheese frosting!

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Strawberry Angel Food Cake

This Strawberry Angel Food Cake is light and fluffy with serious strawberry flavor thanks to freeze-dried berries! Also delicious using blueberries, with the bonus of a showstopping purple color!

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Cornmeal Pound Cake with Blueberry Whipped Cream

This Blueberry Cornmeal Pound Cake is a slightly sweet cornmeal buttermilk pound cake topped with blueberry crème fraîche whipped cream!

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Peach Cobbler Pound Cake with Bourbon Glaze

This Peach Cobbler Pound Cake is a delicious cinnamon-peach pound cake with a gooey brown sugar top, drizzled with a vanilla bourbon glaze! This cake is serious comfort food!

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Blueberry Chocolate Cake

This Blueberry Chocolate Cake is a decadent dark chocolate cake topped with blueberry buttercream! This one-layer cake is simple, delicious, and you can't beat the color of that blueberry frosting!

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Tropical Angel Food Cake

This Tropical Angel Food Cake is a mango-pineapple angel food cake topped with coconut whipped cream, toasted coconut, and pineapple "flowers!" This cake is light, fluffy, and has serious tropical flavor!

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Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake

This Strawberry Shortcake Layer Cake is two layers of tender yellow cake with strawberry whipped cream and fresh strawberries! This cake turns a comfort food favorite into a total showstopper!

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Blueberry Angel Food Cake

This Blueberry Angel Food Cake is light and fluffy with serious blueberry flavor thanks to freeze-dried berries! And can we talk about that color??

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Blackberry Cake

This Blackberry Cake has tremendous color and flavor, and is topped with a vanilla bean cream cheese frosting!

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Lavender Lemon Cake

This Lavender Lemon Cake is two layers of light, moist lemon cake with a smooth and silky lavender buttercream! The textures and flavors of this beauty are a masterpiece!

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So there you have it! 12+ Summer Cakes to fulfill your cravings! I hope you have a bright, sunny Spring and that you've found something here to make it extra sweet!

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