Overhead picture of Chocolate Peppermint Sheet Cake with Candy Canes

9 One-Bowl, No-Mixer Seasonal Cakes For Effortless Holiday Entertaining

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on December 1, 2023

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Welcome the holiday season with these easy and delicious cake recipes. Make them all in one bowl, no mixer required!

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone we are ready to welcome the holiday season! We're decorating our tree this weekend and ready for all the fun the holiday season will bring.

We've got 9 amazingly delicious cake recipes today that are perfect for this time of year. Plus they come together quickly in just one bowl, you don't even need a mixer. They are perfect for an after-dinner treat when you have people over for dinner or with a cup of coffee with a friend. Enjoy!

Overhead picture of Chocolate Peppermint Sheet Cake with Candy Canes

Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Peppermint Sheet Cake

This Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Peppermint Sheet Cake is a classic Texas sheet cake all dressed up in holiday attire. The festive, candy cane-studded, vanilla-peppermint buttercream is truly "the icing on the cake"!

Red velvet bundt cake on a red and cake stand with red a white ribbon and red birds.

Ridiculously Easy Peppermint-Glazed Red Velvet Bundt Cake

This festive one-bowl, no-mixer Red Velvet Bundt Cake couldn't be easier but it also couldn't be more delicious or more perfect for a holiday celebration! 

Vertical photo of a Ridiculously Easy Orange Olive Oil Cake on a scalloped pedestal cake stand and decorated with mini daisies.

Ridiculously Easy Orange Olive Oil Cake

This delicious, tender-crumbed Orange Olive Oil Cake can be thrown together in minutes with just one bowl and a whisk. The crisp, candy-like, fresh orange glaze adds fantastic flavor and a beautiful presentation!

Candy Cane Sheet Cake on a white plate with a red and white napkin.

Ridiculously Easy Candy Cane Sheet Cake

Need a fabulously festive holiday dessert? This ridiculously easy, ridiculously delicious Candy Cane Sheet Cake never fails to bring "WOWS"!

Ridiculously Easy Orange-Glazed Cranberry Cake

Love EASY, super delicious cakes with a moist, tender, crumb? This one-bowl, no-mixer Orange-Glazed Cranberry Cake is super festive and checks all the boxes!

Vertical photo of a Ridiculously Easy Farmhouse Buttermilk Cake on a white pedestal cake stand.

Ridiculously Easy Farmhouse Buttermilk Cake

Everyone flips over this moist, delicious buttermilk cake with a fabulous pecan topping and crisp, candy-glazed edges. After the first bite, they beg for the recipe. They never believe how EASY it is!

Vertical picture of Easy Almond Coconut Cake being dusted with powdered sugar

Ridiculously Easy Almond Coconut Cake

Everyone goes crazy over this Almond Coconut Cake with its super tender, moist crumb, fabulous flavor and crisp, candy-like glaze. No one has to know it's ridiculously easy to make with just one bowl and no mixer! (Gluten-free adaptation included!)

Caramel pecan buttermilk cake on a wooden cake stand with flowers.

Ridiculously Easy Caramel Pecan Buttermilk Cake

This Caramel Pecan Buttermilk Cake might just be one of the easiest and most delicious cakes you'll ever make! The cake mixes up in less than 10 minutes and the fabulous pecan caramel topping won't even take that long!

Vertical picture of Ridiculously Easy French Butter Cake on a white cake stand with flowers

Ridiculously Easy French Butter Cake

Although this French Butter Cake may have a fancy name, it's simply a delicious amalgamation of a super beloved cake made by French grandmothers and a popular American dessert called Kentucky Butter Cake. It's ridiculously easy to make as well as being moist, tender and ridiculously delicious!

Thought for the day:

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1

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  1. Hi Chris,
    Just love all the cakes and the way they are presented. I’m loving the red velvet Bundt cake in the red cake stand. Can you please tell me where I might get hold of one. Thanks.