Popular Flavors Of course, chocolate isn’t the only popular cake flavor around. But it was chosen as the most popular. 58% of respondents named chocolate as their favorite cake flavor of the options listed. Vanilla came in second place, followed by strawberry, red velvet and raspberry.

Classic Chocolate Cake Add a Frosting: Peanut butter lovers are sure to love this creamy Peanut Butter Frosting, which pairs perfectly with this rich chocolate cake. For a grown-up taste, try icing your cake with this Mocha Buttercream.

A buttercream frosting complements a vanilla cake. You can use Philadelphia cream cheese to make the frosting. This frosting has a creamy texture. Most buttercream frostings are made with cream cheese, confectioner sugar, vanilla extract, butter or lemon juice.

People opt either towards chocolate or the sophistication that vanilla-fruit inspired flavors bring to the party….Battling it out on the list of the most popular cake flavors are a dream team of:

• Chocolate (Milk or Devils-food)
• Marble (Fudgy)
• White Chocolate Coconut/Chip.
• Cheesecake.
• Red Velvet.
• Carrot.
• Lemon.
• Angel food.

Top 10 Most Popular Cakes

• Funfetti cake.
• Pineapple Upside Down cake.
• Lemon Cake.
• Black Forest Cake.
• Cheesecake.
• Vanilla Cake.
• Red Velvet Cake. The second most popular cake is the gorgeous-looking red velvet cake.
• Chocolate Cake. The chocolate cake very obviously secures the first rank.

Directions Sift together dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; beat for 2 more minutes. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes. Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from pans.

The BEST Double Chocolate Cake Recipe. 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda 4 Tbsp. cocoa 1 cup cold water 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tsp. vanilla Mix all of the ingredients together until smooth. Place in a greased 9×13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes clean. Serves 18.

Instructions Heat oven to 350°F. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Bake 30 to 35 minutes

Directions In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then add milk. Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.