12 Must-Try 9×13 Cakes That Are Big on Flavor and Easy to Make
When it comes to baking, 9×13 cakes are the perfect combination of simplicity and flavor! These 12 must-try recipes prove that you don’t need fancy layers or complicated techniques to create a show-stopping dessert. From rich chocolate cakes to fruity, refreshing treats, each one is easy to make yet packed with deliciousness. Whether you’re baking for a party, a potluck, or just because, these cakes are guaranteed to impress!
Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake

You’ll love this old-fashioned oatmeal cake because it tastes like an oatmeal creme cookie that was transformed into a cake. Rolled oats enhance the texture of the traditional cake, and when combined with a luscious cream cheese frosting on top of the cake, it is irresistible.
Pina Colada Poke Cake Recipe
This Pina Colada Poke Cake adds a fun twist to a standard sheet cake, using a creamy vanilla or rum filling, the convenience of a box cake mix, and the flavor combination of pineapple and coconut, resembling the tropical Pina Colada cocktail!
Pumpkin Walnut Crunch Cake
This sweet, creamy, crunchy Pumpkin Walnut Crunch Cake is similar to other Pumpkin Crunch Cake desserts but uses walnuts instead of pecans, and a homemade “cake mix” instead of a packaged cake mix, and includes a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top. Serve warm with ice cream for a crowd-pleasing Fall or Thanksgiving dessert!
Pumpkin Tres Leches Cake
When it comes to fall desserts, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice reign supreme. And while pumpkin pie may be the go-to choice for many, why not try something a little different this year? Enter the pumpkin tres leches cake, a great recipe.
Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This easy Zucchini Cake is a moist, rich spice cake full of garden-fresh zucchini and crunchy walnuts. Its warm spices and tangy cinnamon cream cheese frosting will make it your new favorite summer dessert. Perfect for dinner parties, BBQs, and snack time.
Gluten Free Apple Cake
This Gluten Free Apple Cake recipe is a moist, old fashioned dessert made with a cinnamon sugar topping, fresh apples, and whipped cream.
Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake with Buttermilk
This Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake recipe is moist and made with buttermilk. It’s made with lemon zest and baked with a cinnamon sugar topping.
Vanilla Lush Cake
Vanilla Lush Cake is a simple, layered Cool Whip dessert with a thick & chewy sugar cookie crust. The sugar cookie crust is topped with a cream cheese layer and a vanilla Cool Whip layer. This dessert is perfect for potlucks and get togethers!
Oreo Poke Cake Recipe
Oreo Poke Cake is an easy yet decedent dessert full of cookies and cream flavor. Make everything from scratch or use a boxed cake mix and cool whip! This fun twist on the classic Better than Sex cake is an Oreo Lover’s dream come true!
Gooey Butter Cake
Gooey Butter Cake is a classic, sweet and rich cake that starts with a yellow cake mix! Turn a box cake mix into something decadent with easy ingredients!
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
A cross between cake and a supremely moist brownie, this Chocolate Zucchini Cake is completely irresistible! This single layered confection is made extra decadent by the addition of shredded zucchini – a hidden healthy ingredient you won’t even be able to taste through the rich chocolate!
Butterfinger Poke Cake
Creamy and nutty with bits of real Butterfinger bars, this Butterfinger Poke Cake is a modern classic! Made with just a handful of common ingredients, it really couldn’t be easier, yet it tastes like heaven on earth.