Welcome to the tasty world of Amish cake recipes! Today's post is a roundup of twenty of the most delightful cake recipes made by bakers in the Amish community.
Recipes are often shared through notes or favorite Amish cookbooks, showing the love for simple stuff. These Amish recipes passed down through generations, are all about yummy goodness with simple ingredients and easy steps. Homemade treats that mix baking fun with a tradition of simplicity.
Whether you're a kitchen pro or just starting, these recipes will become your go-to for bringing the warm and tasty vibes of Amish baking to your table. So, grab a large bowl and measuring cup, find that trusty wooden spoon, and let's have fun in the kitchen!
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Cakes Made From Scratch
Even though store-bought cake mixes make delicious cakes quickly, there's something about baking a cake from scratch that adds a special touch of creativity, a sense of accomplishment, and unique flavors that truly reflect the personal touch invested in the baking process.
Homemade cakes are often made with basic ingredients such as white sugar, brown sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, etc. There's a joy in measuring out each ingredient, mixing them together, and witnessing the transformation from simple ingredients into a homemade masterpiece that simply cannot be replicated by a pre-packaged mix.
Baking from scratch adds layers of flavor that go beyond what store-bought mixes can offer.
The kitchen transforms into a warm sanctuary filled with enticing aromas and eager anticipation as the oven works its magic. The final product isn't just a cake; it's a sweet story made with love, tradition, and the sheer joy of creating something extraordinary.
Delicious Amish Cake Recipes
Applesauce Cake
Amish applesauce cake is delightfully moist and full of warm and cozy flavors. With every delicious bite, you get the taste of apples and spices, along with the crunchy texture of the nuts.
This applesauce spice cake is super easy and quick to make. It doesn't need any frosting, just sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the cake and enjoy a slice with your morning cup of coffee. It can be baked in a 9x13" cake pan or a bundt pan (affiliate link).
Old-fashioned applesauce cake is simply addictive! 😉
Oatmeal Cake with Coconut Frosting
This light and moist oatmeal cake (also known as Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake) was one of my Amish family's favorite cake recipes. The addition of oatmeal to a cake may sound strange, but this wonderful cake is incredibly moist with a delightful texture.
It is uniquely delicious! And the best part is the broiled coconut/pecan topping. It adds a sweet crunch that pairs so well with this moist and dense oatmeal cake.
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Carrot cake, made with crushed pineapple and pecans and topped with a delightful cream cheese frosting, is one of my all-time favorite cakes along with my Tiramisu cake recipe. It's a deep-flavored moist cake with carrots and pecans in every bite.
And let me assure you, there is no comparison between this cake and store-bought carrot cake mixes. I'm okay with some kinds of cake mixes, but carrot cake mixes taste far too artificial for my liking. So if I'm going to eat carrot cake, it has to be homemade.
The Best Chocolate Cake
This Amish chocolate cake recipe makes the best fluffy and moist chocolate cake! It's a made-from-scratch chocolate cake with coffee in the batter that intensifies the flavors.
This delightful chocolate cake is very easy to make and a great dessert for any occasion. Top the cooled cake with chocolate buttercream or your favorite frosting.
Double Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Get ready to experience pure chocolate bliss with this irresistible, homemade, Amish double chocolate zucchini cake.
Picture a decadent creation, moist and rich, where velvety chocolaty goodness envelops every bite. This cake, baked to perfection, showcases a wonderfully dense and tender crumb that practically melts in your mouth.
This incredible cake is also topped with a silky chocolate ganache frosting that elevates it to new heights. Each forkful brings a burst of chocolaty bliss, leaving you craving just one more slice.
Amish Shoofly Cake
Amish Shoofly Cake is a moist molasses cake that is similar to shoofly pie. This is a well-known breakfast dessert among the Lancaster County Amish. Molasses crumb cake pairs perfectly with a cup of coffee.
Chai Spice Cake
Amish spice cake with cinnamon buttercream has a moist, tender crumb and incredible flavor! Every bite explodes with those warm autumn spices that we all love so well.
And even though this is a perfect Autumn cake recipe, it's also great for any time of the year.
Fluffy White Cake
This white cake is light and fluffy with a tender crumb. It features a subtle vanilla flavor with a hint of almond. The cake is moist and rich, thanks to a combination of butter and oil. It's perfect for layering or serving as a 9x13" cake, and it pairs beautifully with a variety of frostings.
Apple Cream Cheese Cake
This Amish recipe for apple cream cheese bundt cake with caramel glaze is one of the most fantastic, moist, and addicting apple cake recipes ever.
Made with fresh apples and spice, a swirl of cream cheese through the middle, and topped with a caramel (praline-like) glaze, this Amish apple cake is seriously the BEST!
Angel Food Cake
Amish Angel food cake is a low-fat cake recipe made mostly from egg whites, cake flour, and sugar. It's delightfully fluffy and white on the inside, with a light brown crumb around the exterior.
This tender and timeless cake has a cloud-like crumb and ultra-light flavor. It truly is a heavenly cake!
Date and Walnut Cake
Date and walnut cake is a quick and easy dessert to make. And it's delicious to eat at any time of the year. But it's an especially great make-ahead Christmas dessert.
Warm date cake is delicious when served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Or you can cut up the cooled cake and mix it with Cool Whip or whipped heavy cream to make date pudding.
Christmas Fruit Cake
This easy-to-make Amish fruit cake recipe has very little batter and is packed with dates, cherries, and nuts. It's the best traditional holiday fruit cake ever!
Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
An Amish pumpkin roll is a classic and popular dessert that combines the flavors of pumpkin and cream cheese in a delightful, swirled roll cake. The pumpkin cake is moist and tender with the comforting flavors of pumpkin and spice, while the cream cheese adds a sweet, tangy contrast.
The aroma is delightful with seasonal spices, and the presentation is a beautiful spiral pattern. Sliced into rounds, it's a favorite at autumn gatherings and a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving dinner.
Twinkies Cake
Twinkies Cake is a homemade take on the classic Twinkies snack cakes, with a soft, fluffy yellow cake and a sweet, creamy filling. It has all the flavors you love in an easy-to-make dessert that's perfect for sharing. The cake is extra moist thanks to vanilla pudding, and the filling is light and buttery with marshmallow flavor - just like the real thing.
Amish Coffee Cake Recipes
Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
This is the best cinnamon streusel coffee cake!
It has a light, buttery crumb, yet is still somehow just a little dense. And there is a ribbon of cinnamon streusel filling through the middle and on the top.
This easy-to-make delicious coffee cake has a wonderful play of textures from the tender, moist crumb, and crunchy streusel topping. It's perfect with a cup of coffee!
Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake is a moist and delicious pumpkin spice cake that is topped with a buttery crumble topping. Perfect with a cup of hot tea or coffee on a cool fall morning!
Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake
This Amish recipe for blueberry coffeecake with cream cheese creates a luscious and delightfully moist and dense crumb. With each bite, you'll experience a harmonious blend of succulent blueberries bursting with sweetness, perfectly complemented by the creamy essence of the cream cheese. Topped with a light streusel, it achieves sheer perfection!
Whether you savor it for breakfast, as a snack, or as a dessert, this exquisite cake pairs flawlessly with a cup of coffee or tea, making any time of day a moment to relish in its deliciousness.
Blueberry Sour Cream Coffeecake
The best blueberry coffee cake ever! Packed with blueberries and sour cream, it has a soft, tender texture and rich flavor. It's perfect for breakfast, with a cup of coffee, or dessert anytime!
Cake-Like Bars
Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
These easy-to-make pumpkin cake bars are delightfully moist and fluffy, and they are perfect topped with cream cheese icing.
Zucchini Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
These moist and fluffy zucchini bars with cream cheese frosting are one of the BEST ways to use up summer zucchini. They are absolutely AMAZING!!
With a delightful flavor profile and a light and fluffy cake-like texture, they are everything that I look for in a delicious zucchini bar.
More Delicious Amish Dessert Recipes
I hope you get to try at least one or two of these delicious Amish recipes.
If you try any of these cake recipes, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. What is your favorite Amish cake recipe?
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