Cookouts are all about delicious food and good times.
You’ve got the grilled stuff, the yummy sides, but what about dessert?
A fantastic cake can take your cookout from great to AMAZING.
It’s that sweet treat everyone looks forward to after the main meal.
We’ve put together an AWESOME list of 42 cakes perfect for any outdoor bash.
There are super simple ones, some that look a bit fancier, and LOTS of different flavors.
So, if you’re looking for the perfect sweet ending, you’re DEFINITELY in the right place.
1. Peanut Butter and Jelly Cheesecake
This rich and creamy Peanut Butter and Jelly Cheesecake features delightful pockets of strawberry jam that slowly ooze out when sliced.
It’s perfectly finished with a delicious peanut butter and jelly swirl on top.
2. Mini Berry Swirl Cheesecakes
These Mini Berry Swirl Cheesecakes are incredibly easy to whip up.
Made with everyday ingredients, these delightful mini berry swirl cheesecakes offer a perfect petite dessert.
3. Peaches Melba Cupcakes
Peaches Melba Cupcakes perfectly capture the taste of summer with their delightful flavors.
Enjoy the proven combination of juicy peaches and tangy raspberries in every single bite.
4. Brazilian Carrot Cake
Brazilian Carrot Cake is a delightfully fluffy sheet cake. It features a deliciously rich chocolate icing and the batter comes together easily in a blender or food processor.
5. Peanut Butter Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
This Peanut Butter Cake with Marshmallow Frosting is a truly moist and easy dessert. This delightful sheet cake features rich peanut butter flavor perfectly topped with fluffy marshmallow frosting. It’s the ideal treat for any occasion.
6. Easy Mini Black Forest Cake Recipe
Enjoy the rich, classic flavors of Black Forest cake with this delightful Easy Mini Black Forest Cake Recipe.
Each individual mini chocolate and cherry bundt cake is perfectly crowned with luscious chocolate ganache, light whipped topping, and vibrant cherry pie filling.
7. Better Than Sex Cake
This Better Than Sex Cake is incredibly easy to prepare.
Its layers soak up amazing flavor and moisture from sweetened milk and rich caramel.
This delicious Better Than Sex Cake recipe is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
8. Peanut Butter Icebox Cake
This Peanut Butter Icebox Cake is an incredibly easy treat.
You’ll love this delicious no-bake dessert featuring rich peanut butter and chocolatey layers.
It’s perfect for a sweet fix without turning on the oven.
9. Keto Chocolate Cupcakes
Keto Chocolate Cupcakes offer a truly satisfying dessert experience.
Enjoy these moist, low-carb treats topped with rich chocolate cream cheese frosting.
They are also gluten-free and sugar-free, making them your new favorite keto indulgence.
10. Funfetti Cupcakes
These vibrant Funfetti Cupcakes are bursting with sweet vanilla flavor and delightful rainbow sprinkles.
Easily made gluten free, these funfetti cupcakes are perfect for any celebration, topped with your favorite frosting and even more sprinkles for extra fun.
11. Gluten Free Carrot Cake
Here’s the best Gluten Free Carrot Cake, featuring a moist crumb with hints of sweet cinnamon and ginger. You’ll love the toasted walnuts mixed throughout this delightful cake. Each slice is finished perfectly with fluffy, not overly sweet classic cream cheese frosting.
12. Lemon Whipping Cream Cake
Lemon Whipping Cream Cake is a delightful dessert bursting with bright lemon flavor.
This delicious cake is perfect for an afternoon snack or a sweet treat.
It’s a simple baking recipe that everyone will love.
13. Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cake Pops
Indulge in these delightful Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cake Pops.
They feature a creamy white chocolate center, lovingly wrapped in homemade red velvet cake.
Each pop is then dipped in chocolate for a perfectly crunchy finish.
14. Shag Cake
Get ready to bake the delightful Shag Cake, a delicious raspberry vanilla treat.
This colorful cake recipe features a fun, shaggy exterior that’s sure to impress.
It’s perfect for a preppy kitchen and any celebration.
15. Cookie Monster Cupcakes
Brighten any occasion with these delightful Cookie Monster Cupcakes. They are so cheery and fun, perfect for bringing smiles to everyone.
16. French Strawberry Cake
This French Strawberry Cake is the best strawberry cake recipe you’ll ever make. It’s an easy, single-layer cake bursting with fresh strawberries. Enjoy this delightful homemade strawberry cake from scratch for a truly special treat.
17. Butter Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This incredible old fashioned Butter Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a true delight. We’ve added rich brown butter to both the cake layers and the decadent cream cheese frosting, making this the best butter pecan cake recipe for any celebration.
18. Guinness Cupcakes
These Guinness Cupcakes are a truly rich, chocolatey treat.
The addition of Guinness brings a unique depth to these delicious chocolate cupcakes, perfectly complemented by creamy vanilla buttercream, making them ideal for St. Patrick’s Day.
19. Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe
This rich Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe delivers pure chocolatey bliss.
You’ll love how moist and delicious these classic chocolate pound cake loaves turn out.
20. Lemon Blackberry Cake – Moist Layer Cake Recipe
Enjoy this delightful Lemon Blackberry Cake, a truly moist layer cake that’s easy to make.
It combines tender blackberry cake with bright lemon zest, topped with a delicious blackberry frosting and tangy lemon curd.
21. Mango Cake
This delightful Mango Cake is a simple yet delicious treat. It features a soft vanilla sponge paired with creamy whipped cream frosting. Enjoy every bite of this refreshing mango layer cake, filled with sweet fresh mango puree.
22. Moist Vanilla Cupcakes
These Moist Vanilla Cupcakes are wonderfully fluffy and incredibly delicious.
This simple moist vanilla cupcake recipe is perfect for any occasion, ensuring you’ll want to bake them often.
23. Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
This Chocolate Tres Leches Cake is a truly indulgent treat.
It features a moist chocolate cake soaked in three milks, including chocolate milk, and is topped with delicious chocolate whipped cream and mini chocolate chips.
24. Easy Butterscotch Cake Recipe
This Easy Butterscotch Cake Recipe features a wonderfully moist white cake. It’s filled with creamy butterscotch pudding and generously topped with whipped cream, rich caramel, and delightful butterscotch chips. This butterscotch cake is a truly special dessert.
25. Best White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake
Enjoy the Best White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake, a delightful treat filled with luscious raspberries and creamy white chocolate.
Topped with a rich cream cheese icing, this beautiful raspberry bundt cake is truly irresistible.
It’s the ultimate copycat for your favorite Nothing Bundt Cakes recipe.
26. Easy White Forest Cake Recipe
This Easy White Forest Cake features a perfectly baked white chocolate cake. It’s generously topped with sweet cherry pie filling and fluffy whipped cream. This delightful cake is simple to make and wonderful for any occasion.
27. Healthy Paleo Carrot Cake (Gluten-free and Dairy-free)
Enjoy this Healthy Paleo Carrot Cake, a delightful treat that tastes just as good as any classic version. This healthy carrot cake is also completely gluten-free and dairy-free, making it perfect for everyone to enjoy.
28. Chocolate Pistachio Cake
Chocolate Pistachio Cake is an easy, all-time family favorite. This delightful chocolate cake recipe, made simple with a cake mix, comes straight from grandma’s kitchen.
29. Loquat Upside Down Cake
This Loquat Upside Down Cake offers a sweet and fluffy experience in every bite. It’s beautifully topped with rich, caramelized loquats, making for an unforgettable loquat cake.
30. Oatmeal Cake
Enjoy a slice of comforting Oatmeal Cake.
It features a delicious coconut pecan frosting that brings back sweet memories.
You’ll love the simple goodness of this classic dessert.
31. Mini Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Icing
Mini Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Icing pack a delightful, fresh lemony punch. These delicious mini lemon cupcakes are perfect for any gathering or celebration, offering a sweet treat for everyone.
32. Chocolate Cupcakes with a White Chocolate Rasberry Cream Cheese Frosting…
Indulge in our decadent Chocolate Cupcakes. Each moist cupcake is topped with a luscious White Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting. This combination offers a delightful sweet and tangy treat.
33. Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is incredibly moist and delicious.
It’s an easy, triple layer delight that will quickly become a family favorite.
Made with rich Philadelphia cream cheese, this is truly the best chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting recipe.
34. White Chocolate and Strawberry Cupcakes
Enjoy the sweet simplicity of these delightful White Chocolate and Strawberry Cupcakes.
Each white chocolate cupcake features a rich vanilla base with creamy white chocolate buttercream.
They’re perfectly finished with a juicy fresh strawberry, making them simply irresistible.
35. Banana Cupcakes
Enjoy these delightful Banana Cupcakes, packed with the sweet flavor of ripe bananas. They are incredibly versatile and taste even better with a swirl of cream cheese icing, or a sprinkle of peanut butter chips.
36. Strawberry crumble cake
Enjoy a delightful Strawberry crumble cake, a simple summer dessert that brings together tender vanilla cake with fresh strawberries. It’s topped with a delicious streusel crumb, making it a perfect fresh strawberry dessert for any time.
37. Low Carb Cupcakes with Strawberries
Treat yourself to these soft and fluffy Low Carb Cupcakes with Strawberries. Each cupcake is bursting with chopped strawberries and finished beautifully with a creamy mascarpone frosting. These delightful low carb cupcakes are the perfect guilt-free indulgence.
38. Cherry Dump Cake
Cherry Dump Cake is the ultimate easy dessert, perfect for any occasion.
This delicious cherry dump cake recipe comes together effortlessly, using just a few simple ingredients like cherry pie filling.
39. Chocolate Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Filling
Indulge in our decadent Chocolate Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Filling, a true delight for chocolate enthusiasts. This unique dessert features a creamy cheesecake layer nestled between two moist chocolate cakes, offering an irresistible combination of textures and flavors. It’s the perfect treat for any chocolate and cheesecake lover.
40. Castella cake
This Castella cake is a wonderfully soft and moist sponge cake.
It’s a delightful Japanese sponge cake you can easily bake at home.
Enjoy this delicate treat on its own or with your favorite toppings.
41. Cake Balls Recipe
Get ready to create delightful treats with this Cake Balls Recipe. These fun and festive cake truffles are perfect for sharing as gifts or easily transforming into popular cake pops.
42. Peanut Butter Oreo Icebox Cake
Peanut Butter Oreo Icebox Cake is the ultimate no-bake summer dessert, perfect for cooling down on a warm day.
Enjoy this incredibly creamy and cold treat, packed with delicious peanut butter goodness.