What are some good cake recipes?

i like to bake cakes but recently i've enjoyed baking from scratch so i dont use cake boxes. i really need more recipes besides chocolate cake. thanksWhat are some good cake recipes?
Ingredients


1 (16 ounce) package white cake mix, batter prepared (or home-made white cake batter)





1 tablespoon cherry Jell-O, mix


1 tablespoon orange Jell-O, mix


1 tablespoon lime Jell-O gelatin, mix


1 tablespoon berries, blast jell-o mix








2 (16 ounce) cans frosting, 1 yellow, 1 white. (This can be substituted with 16 oz. home-made white frosting and 16 oz. home-made yellow frosting.)


6 drops blue food coloring





Directions


1Preheat oven at 350.


2Divide prepared white cake batter equally into 4 bowls.


3Mix 1 tablespoons Jell-O powder into each bowl, one color per bowl. Stir until blended. Additional Jell-O powder may be added at this time for brighter colors.


4Pour batter into greased and floured cake pans, 1 color per pan.


5Bake 15 minute or until cake springs back when lightly touched in the center. Cool 5 minute and remove from pans.


6when cake is completely cool, spread yellow frosting between layers.


7Scoop 3/4 of your white frosting into a bowl, add 6 drops blue food coloring. Whisk until blended.


8Cover outside of cake with blue frosting. spread the remaining white frosting atop the blue frosting as clouds.What are some good cake recipes?
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake





1/2 c peanut butter


2 sticks of margarine


1 c water


2 c flour


2 c sugar


2 eggs, beaten


1 t salt


1 t soda


1/2 c buttermilk





Bring peanut butter, margarine and water to a rapit boil. Pour over dry ingredients. Mix well. Add eggs and buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. When cake is cool, frost with chocolate frosting.
Strawberry Log Cake


Yield: 1 cake roll - 8 servings


Cake:


4 large egg yolks


2 large eggs


1/2 cup granulated sugar


1 cup sifted cake flour


1 teaspoon baking powder


1 teaspoon salt


1 1/2 tablespoons warm water


2 teaspoons vegetable oil


1 teaspoon vanilla


Powdered sugar





Strawberry Filling:


l cup whipping cream


1 tablespoon sugar


3 tablespoons prepared lemon curd, at room temperature*


1 pint basket (about 3 1/4 cups) California strawberries, stemmed and coarsely chopped





Garnish:


Powdered sugar


1 pint basket (about 3 1/4 cups) California strawberries





To make Cake:


Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 18- x 12-inch jellyroll - sheet pan with aluminum foil; coat with vegetable cooking spray.


In large mixer bowl beat yolks and eggs at high speed about 5 minutes until thick and lemon-colored. Continuing at high speed, gradually beat in granulated sugar until mixture is pale and thick. Gently fold in dry ingredients except powdered sugar to blend thoroughly. Fold in water, oil and vanilla. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake in center of oven about 10 minutes until springy to the touch.


Meanwhile, coat a clean dishtowel with powdered sugar. Invert hot cake onto towel close to one long edge. Gently peel off foil. Trim 1/2 inch off each short side of cake. Starting from long side, tightly roll cake and towel. Set on rack to cool completely.





To make Strawberry Filling:


In mixer bowl whip cream to form soft peaks. Beat in sugar to form stiff peaks. Fold in lemon curd to blend thoroughly. Mix in chopped strawberries. Gently unroll cake. Spread strawberry mixture evenly on cake and re-roll. Place seam-side-down. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into 8 (about 1 3/4-inch) equal slices. Place each slice on serving plate. Garnish with whole and halved strawberries.





* Lemon curd can be found in the jam and jelly or gourmet section of most supermarkets.





Source: California Strawberry Commission
This is my absolute FAVORITE recipe for chocolate cake its like DIVINE! AND ITS HERSHEY'S!!!





Hershey's perfectly chocolate cake





You'll need:


2 cups sugar


1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour


3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa


1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder


1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda


1 teaspoon salt


2 eggs


1 cup milk


1/2 cup vegetable oil


2 teaspoons vanilla extract


1 cup boiling water


';PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE'; CHOCOLATE FROSTING(recipe follows)


Directions:


1. Heat oven to 350掳F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.





2. 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). Pour batter into prepared pans.





3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with ';PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE'; CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.








Frosting Recipe





You'll need:


1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine


2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa


3 cups powdered sugar


1/3 cup milk


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.
I almost make all of my cakes based on a simple vanilla 4-3-2-1 cake.





4-3-2-1 cake recipe: 4 eggs + 3 cups self-rising flour + 2 cups sugar + 1 cup softened butter/margarine + 1 cup milk + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Bake at 350F for ~25 minutes. Check with a toothpick for doneness.





It is the base for 99% of my cakes. I add pumpkin puree with pumpkin spice for a great pumpkin cake. I add shredded carrot and shredded apple for a healthy cake (with apple pie spice it really rocks). I add dried fruit and lemon zest for a sweet cake. The list goes on and on with what you can add to the base recipe. Enjoy.