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15 Ridiculously Easy One-Bowl Cake Recipes

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on March 6, 2023

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15 ridiculously easy cake recipes to make you look like a kitchen rockstar! These delicious cakes are perfect for any occasion.

Have you tried any of our ridiculously easy cake recipes? Using only one bowl, and no mixer required, they come together quickly and turn out perfectly every time. Plus clean up is a breeze. There are a wide variety of flavors so there's something for everyone!

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We've rounded up some of our favorites today, and you really can't go wrong. They're great for an easy dessert when entertaining, having a cup of coffee with a friend or taking to work for a treat. We think you'll love these recipes as much as we do. Enjoy!

Ridiculously Easy Carrot Cake Recipe - Enjoy One, Give One Away!

Everyone needs a super easy, super delicious carrot cake recipe in their repertoire! This recipe makes two cakes, one to enjoy and one to give away!

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!)

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!

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!

Fresh Strawberry Cake with powdered sugar on a wooden cake stand

Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Cake

This easy Lemon Curd Poppy Seed Cake recipe includes a tender-crumbed, super moist white cake with a delicious lemon curd filling and icing. Make the ridiculously easy lemon curd in minutes!

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Lemon Curd Poppy Seed Cake

This easy Lemon Curd Poppy Seed Cake recipe includes a tender-crumbed, super moist white cake with a delicious lemon curd filling and icing. Make the ridiculously easy lemon curd in minutes!

Vertical picture of key lime crunch cake on a white cake stand garnished with key limes, mint and blackberries

Easy Key Lime Coconut Cake

Super moist with a tender crumb, this Key Lime Coconut Cake has a fabulous lime glaze that's brushed on after it's baked. It's one of those no-fail, crazy-delicious, one-bowl, no-mixer desserts. A keeper for sure!

Close up vertical picture of Grammy's Easy Chocolate Yogurt Cake

Grammy's Easy Chocolate Yogurt Cake

Need a dessert recipe that's one-bowl, no-mixer and out-of-this-world delicious? Grammy's Easy Chocolate Yogurt Cake is all that, and more!

One-Bowl Buttermilk Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

This easy, One-Bowl Buttermilk Cake is always a huge hit with it's moist, tender crumb and incredibly delicious fresh raspberry buttercream!

Vertical closeup photo of an Easy Buttermilk Butter Crunch Cake on a white glass cake stand.

Easy Buttermilk Butter Crunch Cake

Looking for a cake to "wow" family, friends, guests? This delicious, one-bowl, super easy Buttermilk Butter Crunch Cake will do the trick!

French Grandmother's Lemon Yogurt Cake - a fabulous cake with a really fun history. It's moist and super delicious and it can be thrown together in minutes!

French Grandmother's Lemon Yogurt Cake

This crazy delicious French Grandmother's Lemon Yogurt Cake has a moist, tender crumb, takes minutes to make and has a delightful history!

Easy French Almond Cake with Sweet Cherry Buttercream

Make this fabulous, super easy French Almond Cake with just one bowl and no mixer! The fresh cherry buttercream is the delicious crowning glory!

Vertical picture of Mexican Churro Cake on a white cake stand decorated with small flowers

Ridiculously Easy Mexican Churro Cake

This Mexican Churro Cake is super easy, actually ridiculously easy. It's also a delicious, tender-crumbed cake with swirls of cinnamon and a crisp cinnamon sugar-coated topping.

Horizontal photo of a Strawberry-Glazed Pink Velvet Cake with Almond Buttercream on a white pedestal cake stand.

Strawberry-Glazed Pink Velvet Cake with Almond Butter Cream

This strawberry-glazed Pink Velvet Cake tastes like the BEST wedding cake, delicately sweet, with a soft, tender crumb and a fabulous silky almond buttercream (optional). Plus it's pretty as a (pink) picture! What's not to love?

One-Bowl No-Mixer Banana Cake

This fabulous One-Bowl No-Mixer Banana Cake comes together in minutes. The creamy vanilla bean icing is a perfect pairing and the candied walnuts are... let's just say, the crowning glory!

Thought for the day:

Know that the Lord is God.

It is He who made us, and we are His;

we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Psalm 100:3

What we're listening to for inspiration:

I Am Not My Own

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