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Our Best Birthday Cakes

Celebrate your favorite person with these delicious birthday cakes from NYT Cooking.

Classic White Cake — Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Classic White Cake
Yossy Arefi
186 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
186
2 hours 20 minutes
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Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
897 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
897
2 1/4 hours
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4344 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,344
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
171 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
171
2 hours 40 minutes
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Carrot Cake
Dorie Greenspan
10152 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,152
1 hour 30 minutes, plus at least 15 minutes' refrigeration
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Chocolate Birthday Cake
Eric Kim
261 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
261
1 hour 20 minutes, plus cooling and chilling
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Strawberry Lemonade Cake
Yossy Arefi
591 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
591
90 minutes, plus 50 minutes cooling and chilling
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Princess Cake
Nicola Lamb
149 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
149
About 3 hours
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
651 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
651
About 2 hours
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Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake
Dorie Greenspan
3325 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,325
Baking and cooling: About 3 hours
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Rum-Raisin Carrot Cake
Vaughn Vreeland
192 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
192
2 1/4 hours
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Baked Alaska
Lidey Heuck
100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
100
About 7 hours 20 minutes
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Southern Red Velvet Cake
Kim Severson, Adams Extract Company
3551 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,551
1 hour
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Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi
Sara Bonisteel, Sheldon Simeon
880 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
880
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vanilla Cake
Lidey Heuck
315 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
315
1 hour and 50 minutes
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Strawberry and Cream Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
2368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,368
2 hours
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Coconut Layer Cake
Melissa Clark, Larissa Raphael
1683 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,683
2 hours, plus cooling
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Yellow Sheet Cake With Chocolate Frosting
Erin Jeanne McDowell
2050 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,050
45 minutes
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Gluten-Free Yellow Sheet Cake
Brian Levy
81 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
81
1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling (or 3 hours with frosting)
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Southern Caramel Cake
Millie Peartree
1956 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,956
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Classic Birthday Cake
Alison Roman
2236 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,236
About 1 hour 15 minutes plus chilling
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Hawaiian Guava Cake
Kiera Wright-Ruiz, Alana Kysar
1389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,389
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
212 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
212
40 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Cardamom Cream Cake
Melissa Clark
946 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
946
2 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Black Forest Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1020 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,020
1 1/2 hours, plus chilling
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Seis Leches Cake
Melissa Clark
1812 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,812
1 hour, plus cooling and chilling
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Blackout Cake
The New York Times, Ebinger’s
2268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,268
3 hours plus chilling
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Sponge Cake
Claire Saffitz
2069 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,069
50 minutes
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Ambrosia Cake
Melissa Clark
497 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
497
3 hours
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Hummingbird Cake
Vallery Lomas
1745 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,745
1 hour
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Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Margaux Laskey, Odette Williams
708 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
708
50 minutes, plus soaking
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Magnolia Bakery’s Cupcakes
Susan Campos
3221 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,221
About 45 minutes
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Cranberry-Lemon Stripe Cake
Tejal Rao, Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
555 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
555
2 hours, plus baking/cooling
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Devil's Food White-Out Cake
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
292 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
292
1 hour 40 minutes, plus 1 hour's refrigeration
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Milk and Honey Cake
Melissa Clark, Odette Williams
1328 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,328
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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Ruth Reichl’s Giant Chocolate Cake
Kim Severson, Ruth Reichl
2206 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,206
1 1/2 hours
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
Millie Peartree
615 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
615
45 minutes
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Chocolate Church Cake
Lisa Donovan
1884 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,884
1 hour, plus cooling
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,105
1 hour 15 minutes
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easy
Peach-Raspberry Ice Cream Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
328 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
328
1 hour, plus 8 hours' chilling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
455 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
455
2 hours, plus 4 hours' chilling
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Lisbon Chocolate Cake
Dorie Greenspan
4503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,503
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Spumoni Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
856 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
856
50 minutes, plus 6 hours’ freezing
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Chocolate Chestnut Cake
David Tanis, Alice Medrich
459 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
459
1 hour
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Birthday Baked Alaska
Dorie Greenspan, Zoë François
676 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
676
About 1 hour, plus at least 7 hours’ freezing
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Chocolate-Cherry Cake
Eric Kim
540 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
540
1 hour, plus cooling
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Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
772 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
772
20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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easy
Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1206 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,206
45 minutes, plus cooling
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