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15 Cakes To Make When Your Cupboards Are Bare + 10 More Simple Cake Recipes

15 Cakes To Make When Your Cupboards Are Bare + 10 More Simple Cake Recipes

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Pollen in the air and cupboards bare? Don’t worry, the cake fairy’s here to sprout some magic in your kitchen!

With these 25 simple cake recipes, you can transform basic ingredients into delightful treats that will have your taste buds blooming with joy.

From flour to frosting, each cake is a petal of creativity, proving that deliciousness is just a whisk away. Who knew your kitchen could grow such springtime sweetness?

1. The Fruity Watermelon Cake

The Fruity Watermelon Cake
© cookingwithlamees

Watermelon, the fruit of summer, becomes a cake! With watermelon, sugar, and flour, this cake is as refreshing as a summer breeze. Sweet, juicy, and unexpectedly delightful.

Watermelon cake, where summer never ends. It’s a slice of sunshine on a plate.

2. The Cozy Chai Tea Cake

The Cozy Chai Tea Cake
© stylesweetdaily

The hug in a mug, chai tea, turns into cake. This cake, made with flour, sugar, and chai spices, is comforting and warm. This spice-infused treat is ideal for chai lovers.

Warm, inviting, and brimming with chai charm. The meeting point of the mug and the embrace is the chai tea cake.

3. The Opportunistic Chocolate Cake

The Opportunistic Chocolate Cake
© eatlivtravwrite

What if I told you that chocolate cake doesn’t require a fancy ceremony? Just mix cocoa, sugar, and flour, and voilà—a chocolatey celebration! Chocolate cravings don’t wait.

Hence, this cake shines without the frills. Who knew simplicity could taste so luscious? A dash of vanilla, a splash of milk, and your taste buds will do the happy dance. Chocolate dreams fulfilled.

4. The Surprise Lemon Drizzle

The Surprise Lemon Drizzle
© darren_mcgrady

Have you ever questioned how sugar and lemons could be great friends? Your response is lemon drizzle cake. It’s the sweetest surprise you didn’t realize you needed, and it only requires three ingredients. Delightful, zingy, and zesty!

Sugar completes the experience, while lemon zest ignites happiness. A novel twist for the baker who prefers simplicity. Simplified: Lemon Love.

5. The Heroic Banana Bread

The Heroic Banana Bread
© gimmedelicious

Are the bananas beyond their best? They are meant for greatness, so don’t worry! Let them shine in this brave banana bread by mashing them up. Its simplicity—just flour, bananas, and a dash of love—is what makes it so beautiful. It’s a metamorphosis, not simply bread.

This cake transforms from overlooked fruit to gourmet champion.

6. The Flourless Peanut Butter Cake

The Flourless Peanut Butter Cake
© Rachael Hartley Nutrition

Come together, peanut butter lovers! Have you ever wondered whether you could make cake without using flour? This luscious, creamy treat is the solution. Sugar, eggs, and peanut butter combine to make a delicious, nutty cake.

Ideal for days when flour seems like a magical being. The key is peanut butter strength, whether it’s smooth or crunchy.

7. The Mysterious Cinnamon Apple Cake

The Mysterious Cinnamon Apple Cake
© walla_abueid

A timeless tale of love between apples and cinnamon. There’s more, though! The scent of this cake fills the air with excitement and mystery. Sugar, cinnamon, and apples combine to make a comforting dessert.

In cake form, it’s a cozy embrace. There is no secret that the combination of apples and spices is a little piece of heaven.

8. The Cheeky Carrot Cake

The Cheeky Carrot Cake
© jessdamuck

Cake with carrots? How impish! But how delicious. Without frosting, magic is made with grated carrots, sugar, and spices. It’s a nutritious cake that doesn’t taste like healthy food.

With each taste, carrot cake, the dessert rebel, defies convention. Pleasant, surprising, and a little naughty.

9. The Quickie Coffee Cake

The Quickie Coffee Cake
© cremedelacrumb1

Need a caffeine fix? How about a coffee cake fix? Using instant coffee, this cake comes together quicker than your morning brew.

Coffee, flour, and a sprinkle of sugar turn into a cozy companion for your cup of joe. It’s the cake equivalent of a warm hug—satisfying and stimulating.

10. The Spontaneous Jam Cake

The Spontaneous Jam Cake
© lanibakes

Got jam? You’ve got cake! This spontaneous creation uses whatever jam you have on hand. With just flour, sugar, and jam, you’re set.

Stir it up, bake it up, and surprise your taste buds. Jammy goodness in every bite, and ready in a jiffy. Sweet simplicity at its finest.

11. The Rustic Oatmeal Cake

The Rustic Oatmeal Cake
© dinnerwithjulie

Oatmeal isn’t just for breakfast anymore. This cake embraces oats, sugar, and milk for a hearty treat. It’s the cake that makes mornings merry, afternoons adventurous, and evenings elegant.

With a hint of cinnamon spice, it’s a touch of homey comfort. Oatmeal, reinvented into cake glory.

12. The No-Fuss Butter Cake

The No-Fuss Butter Cake
© biggerbolderbaking

Butter, sugar, flour, and magic—oh my! This no-fuss butter cake is as easy as pie, but tastier. A classic in its own right, this cake needs no icing to impress.

It’s buttery bliss on a plate. Whether it’s tea time or anytime, this cake delivers delectable sweetness.

13. The Classic Sponge Cake

The Classic Sponge Cake
© simmerandboyle

The cake industry’s everlasting legends are sponge cakes. A fluffy masterpiece may be made with just three ingredients: flour, sugar, and eggs. It is versatile, light, and airy.

It never lets you down, whether you serve it simple or fancy. The minimalist hero, sponge cake, demonstrates that simple is always superior.

14. The Nostalgic Rice Cake

The Nostalgic Rice Cake
© Heather Christo

Cake with rice? Yes! A cake made with cooked rice, sugar, and a little vanilla turns out to be really delicious. Soft, chewy, and a little nostalgic, it’s a journey through time.

Rice cakes have joined the cake revolution and are no longer only for snacking.

15. The Ingenious Cornflour Cake

The Ingenious Cornflour Cake
© Shuangy’s Kitchensink

Cornflour: not only for sauce thickening! This cake is made using only cornflour, eggs, and sugar, making it a special treat. It has a corn-tastic taste and is light and airy.

This cake is proof that creativity has no limits. Cornflour cake: a wonderful and inventive combination.

16. The Minimalist Honey Cake

The Minimalist Honey Cake
© pastrywithjenn

Honey, the sweetest ingredient, takes the spotlight. With just honey, flour, and eggs, this cake is as sweet as it is simple. Drizzle a little extra honey on top, and it’s like a hug from a honeybee.

Minimalism never tasted so good. It’s pure honey happiness.

17. The Refreshing Mint Cake

The Refreshing Mint Cake
© theitsybitsykitchen

Mint and cake, a refreshing twist. With just mint extract, sugar, and flour, this cake is cool and delightful. It’s like a breath of fresh air in cake form.

Minty, marvelous, and magnificently minimal. Who knew simplicity could be so refreshing?

18. The Whimsical Popcorn Cake

The Whimsical Popcorn Cake
© thebakermama

Popcorn in a cake? Oh, the whimsy! With popcorn, sugar, and flour, this cake is a fun and playful treat. It’s a movie night in cake form, popping with flavor and fun. Whimsical, wonderful, and wonderfully wacky. Popcorn cake, where fun meets flavor.

19. The Unconventional Beetroot Cake

The Unconventional Beetroot Cake
© thedessertedgirl

Beetroot in a cake? Yes, please! With beetroot, sugar, and flour, this cake is vibrant and unexpected. It’s earthy, sweet, and delightfully different.

Beetroot cake, where the unexpected becomes the extraordinary. Who knew vegetables could be so delicious?

20. The Adventurous Avocado Cake

The Adventurous Avocado Cake
© rainbownourishments

In cake form, avocado, the toast’s star, now takes center stage. This is a creamy, daring cake made with wheat, sugar, and avocado. It’s full of surprises and creamy and silky.

Delicious and bold come together in avocado cake. This dessert is worthy of a toast!

21. The Playful Pretzel Cake

The Playful Pretzel Cake
© eat.gaucho

Pretzels in a cake? Why not! With pretzels, sugar, and flour, this cake is salty, sweet, and oh-so-fun. It’s a snack and a dessert rolled into one.

Playful, pretzel-y, and perfectly peculiar. Pretzel cake, where fun and flavor collide.

22. The Nutty Almond Cake

The Nutty Almond Cake
© recipesofholly

Almonds, the nutty wonders, take center stage. With almonds, sugar, and flour, this cake is nutty and nice. It’s rich, flavorful, and full of almond awesomeness.

Nutty, nourishing, and naturally delightful. Almond cake, where the nutty meets the delightful.

23. The Inventive Olive Oil Cake

The Inventive Olive Oil Cake
© avraestiatorio

Olive oil, the kitchen staple, now becomes a cake. With olive oil, sugar, and flour, this cake is smooth and sophisticated. It’s rich, moist, and magnificently minimal.

Olive oil cake, where simplicity meets sophistication. Who knew oil could be so elegant?

24. The Spirited Gingerbread Cake

The Spirited Gingerbread Cake
© bakingamoment

Gingerbread, the spirit of the holidays, bakes into cake form. With ginger, sugar, and flour, this cake is spirited and spicy. It’s festive, flavorful, and full of ginger goodness.

Spirited, spicy, and splendidly simple. Gingerbread cake, where the holiday spirit never ends.

25. The Bold Black Coffee Cake

The Bold Black Coffee Cake
© curlygirlkitchen

The morning essential, black coffee, is now available in cake form. This cake, made with flour, sugar, and coffee, is striking and lovely. It is really bold, rich, and powerful.

Mornings meet cake with black coffee cake. It serves as a wake-up call.