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Our Best Birthday Cakes

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

Pumpkin Layer Cake With Caramel Buttercream — Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Pumpkin Layer Cake With Caramel Buttercream
Yossy Arefi
1629 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,629
2 hours, plus cooling
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World’s Best Chocolate Cake
Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
6949 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
6,949
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Classic Coconut Cake
Alison Roman
1582 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,582
1 1/4 hours, plus chilling
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Gingerbread Sheet Cake With Whipped Chocolate Ganache
Yossy Arefi
345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
345
1 hour, plus cooling and resting
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Brown Sugar Layer Cake With Cranberry Buttercream
Yossy Arefi
1766 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,766
2 hours plus cooling
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
10972 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,972
1 hour 15 minutes
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Coffee Walnut Layer Cake
Nigella Lawson
1829 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,829
1 hour
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
676 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
676
2 hours, plus 1 1/2 hours’ chilling
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Raspberry-Mochi Butter Cake With Matcha Glaze
Alexa Weibel, Margarita Manzke, Betty Hallock
1016 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,016
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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Bolo de Cenoura (Carrot Cake)
Yewande Komolafe
1118 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,118
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Tres Leches Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
2803 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,803
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Lemon Drizzle Cake
Melissa Clark, Mary Berry
1572 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,572
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
1075 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,075
30 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ freezing
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Strawberry Baby Cakes
Dorie Greenspan
1189 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,189
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Coconut Marzipan Cake
Nigella Lawson
427 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
427
About 1 hour
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German Chocolate Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1208 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,208
1 1/4 hours
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Strawberry Jelly Cake
Vallery Lomas
315 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
315
1 1/2 hours
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