birthday cakes

One of the best darned chocolate cakes we’ve ever experienced. (Seriously. Would we lie about something as dramatically life-altering as this?!)

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• 50 M
• 12

Dubbed Company’s Comin’ Coconut Cake, this beauty of a pound cake will have you dreaming up excuses to bake dessert. Even if for no other reason than you want it.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 33

A Southern staple, this ooey, gooey chocolate cake wears a proper topper of melted marshmallowy goodness. Takes us back to the good old days of 50s era cakes.

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• 40 M
• 1 H
• 2

This cake, a nod not just to Queen Victoria but British sensibility, defines the very notion of simple yet sophisticated.

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• 1 H
• 31

A classic chocolate cake on caffeine, this impressive yet easy to assemble stack of chocolatey elegance takes its rounded chocolatey-ness from a cup of joe and its ample fudgy-ness fro ganache.

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• 50 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 39

A campfire classic elevated to dinner party status. And we’re not just talking appearance.

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• 3 H, 30 M
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This American classic is, in a nod to its Southern origins, hospitable as can be thanks to vanilla cake layers with a meringue frosting that conceals a creamy filling containing–surprise!–coconut, Maraschino cherry, and oatmeal cookie crumbs.

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• 1 H
• 1 H, 25 M
• 6

Forever? Completely? Sounds like words used only in conjunction with things that inspire lasting love. Like this cake.

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• 55 M
• 289

Sweet, light, and oh-so-chocolatey, despite being made without gluten, eggs, or dairy. Wonders never cease.

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• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
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Mmmm. Mocha chocolate cake slathered with an Irish whiskey-spiked chocolate glaze. A decadent, grown-up cake good for whatever ails you.

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• 30 M
• 1 H
• 0