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21 Easy Sheet Cake Recipes

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These easy sheet cake recipes are simple to make, delicious and perfect all year, but especially in the summer. From backyard BBQ to picnics, parties, and more!

Three plates of desserts: a berry-topped shortcake, delicate white cake squares inspired by easy sheet cake recipes and pink edible flowers, and nutty chocolate bars with pecans, each styled with forks and napkins on light surfaces.

Single Layer Cake Recipes

No matter what the season, single layer cakes always have a commanding place at the table. Irresistibly delicious and perfect for all year round.

For me, it wouldn’t be summer without a Texas Sheet Cake, or honestly, any chocolate sheet cake. Chocolate cakes and summer will always and forever belong together.

I will thank my German grandmother for instilling in me a love of cakes, picnics, and all things delicious! There wasn’t a hot summer when she wasn’t planning picnics and bringing a chocolate buttercream-topped chocolate cake with chopped walnuts.

That, my friends, is a delicious summer picnic.

When you need to feed a crowd and you want an easy but delicious recipe, sheet cakes are the answer. They’re generally easy, loved by all, and easy to transport.

Easy Sheet Cake Recipes

Here are some of the best sheet cake recipes out there!

1
Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake
Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake
We upgraded the traditional poke cake by replacing a gelatin or pudding filling with fresh berry fillings full of patriotic red, white, and blue colors.
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2
King Arthur's Original Cake Pan Cake
King Arthur's Original Cake Pan Cake
A dark, moist chocolate cake, simple to put together.
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3
Heavenly Angel Food Cake
Heavenly Angel Food Cake
A light, spongey angel food cake topped with lemon-cream cheese frosting makes the prettiest centerpiece for your next party.
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4
Raspberry-Buttermilk Sheet Cake
Raspberry-Buttermilk Sheet Cake
We love this sweetly simple cake as is, sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar and cut into squares. You can also cut the cake in half crosswise, stack the halves and layer your favorite buttercream frosting between the layers. Either way, it’s an easy way to enjoy raspberries during their brief summer season.
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5
Texas Sheet Cake Is the Best Chocolaty Dessert to Make for Parties or Potlucks
Texas Sheet Cake Is the Best Chocolaty Dessert to Make for Parties or Potlucks
Texas sheet cake is a crowd-pleaser. It's a rich, moist chocolate cake topped with a fudge-like frosting and toasted pecans. It's easy to make-and eat.
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6
King Arthur's Favorite Fudge Cake
King Arthur's Favorite Fudge Cake
This old-fashioned chocolate sheet cake is incredibly moist and can be stirred together by hand if need be. Bake now using King Arthur flour!
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7
No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake for a Crowd
No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake for a Crowd
No baking needed! This extra-large cheesecake spends time in the refrigerator not the oven, a boon for summer entertaining.
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8
Strawberry Swirl Slab Cake Gluten Free Recipe - Helen Tzouganatos - Gluten Free Recipes
Strawberry Swirl Slab Cake Gluten Free Recipe – Helen Tzouganatos – Gluten Free Recipes
Looking for a gloriously BIG, LIGHT, FLUFFY, EASY, NO FUSS cake to feed a big crowd? You need my Gluten Free Strawberry Swirl Slab Cake for your next party.
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9
Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
A dense, moist, flavorful apple cake topped with fudge-like brown sugar frosting.
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10
A single slice of vanilla cake with white frosting sits on a white plate against a plain background, perfect inspiration for homemade sheet cake recipes.
Vanilla Sheet Cake with Whipped Buttercream Frosting
This vanilla sheet cake recipe uses the reverse creaming method, an easy technique that promises a uniquely soft crumb and delicious buttery vanilla flavor.
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11
German Chocolate Sheet Cake
German Chocolate Sheet Cake
Coconut-pecan-caramel topping on moist chocolate cake.
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12
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
Potluck-perfect peanut butter sheet cake takes less than an hour to bake and is practically guaranteed to be a hit.
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13
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Deep-dark, moist, intensely flavorful chocolate cake - made with zucchini!
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14
White Texas Sheet Cake
White Texas Sheet Cake
Great cake for celebrations!
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15
Side view of Rhubarb Cake cut into squares
Rhubarb Cake – A Simple Recipe I Wait for All Year Long
A family recipe, packed with seasonal rhubarb, that I even think about in the winter!
Easy Rhubarb Cake Recipe
16
Caramel Praline Sheet Cake
Caramel Praline Sheet Cake
A moist and delicious brown sugar sheet cake with an amazing caramel frosting. The sheet cake is topped wight he most delicious sweet and crunchy pralines for a perfect bite each and every time! Sheet cakes are a weakness of mine. It is such a moist and incredible cake each and every time I create […]
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17
Zucchini Sheet Cake
Zucchini Sheet Cake
This zucchini sheet cake is super moist, perfectly spiced, and topped with rich, delicious cream cheese frosting!
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18
Chocolate Sheet Cake
Get Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe from Food Network
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Stephanie Wilson

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Stephanie Wilson is the founder of 31Daily.com, where she shares seasonal recipes, weekly meal plans, and teatime favorites to help readers gather around the table with joy. A certified private chef, cookbook author, and longtime event planner, she brings over 20 years of experience in catering, food writing, and media production—including network television work as a producer, director, and writer. Her work has been featured by Today.com, The Kitchn, Parade, and more.

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