30 Easy Thanksgiving Sheet Cake Recipes You'll Be Thankful For
We’ve got green bean casseroles, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, the turkey, and so much pie. It may not seem like it, but Thanksgiving sheet cakes are as classic, and perhaps the most effortless choice of dish for the holiday season ahead. Unlike layer cakes, we love sheet cakes for how easy they are to store and transport, and the dessert provides additional surface space to stack other make-ahead Thanksgiving dishes on top. Sheet cakes come in a myriad of flavor combinations and are certain to adorn your Thanksgiving table beautifully. There’s no doubt that sheet cakes will be a welcome addition to the pumpkin pies, pecan pies, and the other unforgettable Thanksgiving desserts you plan on making this year.
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Thanksgiving Dessert Planning Tips
- Plan the dessert menu in advance, to be certain you have a variety of choices to suit all palates.
- Most sheet cake recipes can be easily halved and baked in a 9 x 9 inch pan for a smaller portion option if you plan to serve a smaller party.
- Consider any dietary restrictions represented in the family, to be certain you’ll have acceptable choices for everyone.
- Pumpkin pie is the gold standard for the Thanksgiving holiday, but there are no rules saying pumpkin cake couldn’t be served instead.
- Cakes topped with fresh fruit, such as the Banana Pudding Poke Cake, should be completed just before serving. This will prevent the bananas from oxidizing and turning brown.
- Follow each recipe recommendation regarding which cakes should be stored chilled or at room temperature.
Whether you start your day with a Pumpkin Coffee Cake, or finish your meal with a Cannoli Sheet Cake, you’re certain to give thanks for these Thanksgiving treats this year.
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Best Thanksgiving Sheet Cakes
Best Thanksgiving Sheet Cake Ideas
Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Chips
Mom on Timeout
Wonderfully spiced and studded with chocolate chips, this easy cake is sure to be a favorite this holiday season!
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Chips
Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
Any season is appropriate to go bananas for this classically decadent cake, and the holiday season is no exception.
Get the recipe: Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Caramel Apple Sheet Cake
Belly Full
This easy sheet cake is moist and buttery, with cinnamon and apples throughout. Plus a silky icing infused with caramel flavor that is to die for! Great dessert for fall baking or any time all year long.
Get the recipe: Caramel Apple Sheet Cake
Butter Pecan Spice Cake
Miss in the Kitchen
All you need to know is that this cake tastes like ice cream.
Get the recipe: Butter Pecan Spice Cake
Golden Yam Cake
From Valerie's Kitchen
If you love sweet potatoes in your baked goods, then you have no reason to fear the yam! The root vegetable provides tenderness and an earthy flavor to this autumnal sheet cake.
Get the recipe: Golden Yam Cake
Pumpkin Roll Poke Cake
Lemons for Lulu
This easy poke cake takes everything we love about a pumpkin roll cake and turns it into an easy to assemble stir and bake cake!
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Roll Poke Cake
Vegan Pumpkin Snack Cake
The Roasted Root
Moist, pumpkin-forward, and completely dairy-free.
Get the recipe: Vegan Pumpkin Snack Cake
Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting
Scrummy Lane
These banana sheet cake bars recipe is smothered with an easy peanut butter fudge icing… and they feed a hungry holiday crowd.
Get the recipe: Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting
Hawaiian Earthquake Cake
Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
Tropical flavors for Thanksgiving? Why not? This island-inspired Hawaiian Earthquake Cake is filled with crushed pineapple, shredded coconut, toasted macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips.
Get the recipe: Hawaiian Earthquake Cake
Apple Cake with Butterscotch Sauce
From Valerie's Kitchen
Sweet peak-season apples baked into a cinnamon and nutmeg spiced cake and topped with an irresistible homemade butterscotch sauce.This sheet cake is guaranteed to get you in the mood for fall.
Get the recipe: Apple Cake with Butterscotch Sauce
Chocolate Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Iowa Girl Eats
This ridiculously moist chocolate sheet cake slathered with a luscious peanut butter icing when it’s still warm from the oven tastes like a giant Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
Amanda's Cookin'
Thanksgiving dessert, done the Texas way.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
Pumpkin Apple Crumb Cake
Vintage Kitchen Notes
This sheet cake combines the best of fall dessert vibes into one easy-peasy sheet cake: super moist pumpkin cake, caramelized apples, all topped by a wonderful streusel with spices.
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Apple Crumb Cake
Old Fashioned Butterscotch Cake
Julie Blanner
The simplicity and buttery richness of a butterscotch dessert is unforgettable and not to be missed.
Get the recipe: Old Fashioned Butterscotch Cake
Chocolate Toffee Butter Cake with Fudge Frosting
Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
This buttery, ultra-chocolatey cake is filled with toffee bits and mini chocolate chips that are mixed into the batter. After baking it’s topped with a fudge-like chocolate ganache and sprinkled with more toffee bits. It’s a single layer cake that’s a true crowd pleaser with plenty to go around for everyone to enjoy.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Toffee Butter Cake with Fudge Frosting
Cranberry Pineapple Upside Down Cake
The Blond Cook
With a layer of juicy pineapples and cranberries, this sheet cake has the perfect balance of sweet and tart flavors, and is a must-have dessert for your holiday table.
Get the recipe: Cranberry Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Peanut Butter Cake
Julie Blanner
It’s the best blend of sweet and salty. This easy peanut butter cake recipe with a creamy peanut butter frosting on top for a taste of true decadence!
Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Cake
Chocolate Snack Cake
FodMap Everyday
Snackable bakes like this chocolate number are great for simple everyday enjoyment and fancy holiday dinner consumption alike.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Snack Cake
Pumpkin Sheet Cake
Dessert For Two
This dessert is as classic as pumpkin pie.
Get the recipe: Pumpkin Sheet Cake
Eggnog Tres Leches Sheet Cake
Flavor Mosaic
It’s never too early for Christmas, even on Thanksgiving. This sweet, moist, rich holiday-spun version of tres leches cake serves as a unique and impressive Christmas or holiday dessert that your family, friends and guests will love.
Get the recipe: Eggnog Tres Leches Sheet Cake
Tex-Mex Sheet Cake with Sugar Spiced Pecans
Eat the Love
Chocolate spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and a touch (just a touch) of cayenne pepper take this nutty chocolate sheet cake up to an eleven.
Get the recipe: Tex-Mex Sheet Cake with Sugar Spiced Pecans
Orange Juice Cake with Honey Orange glaze
Averie Cook's
This cake will provide all of the vitamin C and bright citrusy goodness you seek as the weather turns cold.
Get the recipe: Orange Juice Cake with Honey Orange Glaze
Chocolate Cherry Upside Down Cake
The rich, fudgy cake base of this cake melds beautifully with the jammy sweetness of the cherry pie filling that crowns every bite.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Cherry Upside Down Cake
Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
Here’s a treat that’s tender and chocolatey with an unbelievable frosting and you can’t tell there is pumpkin in it – or that it’s completely gluten-free!
Get the recipe: Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
White Texas Sheet Cake
Life in the Lofthouse
White Texas Sheet Cake is an almond-scented twist on classic Texas sheet cake that can feed a crowd. This delicious dessert is perfect to make for holidays and parties!
Get the recipe: White Chocolate Sheet Cake
Hummingbird Sheet Cake
The Kitchen is my Playground
What we’ve got here is all the hummingbird deliciousness of the classic layer cake (banana, pineapple, cream cheese frosting, pecans) loaded on a low-fuss sheet cake.
Get the recipe: Hummingbird Sheet Cake
Salted Caramel Coconut Poke Cake
Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
This Salted Caramel Coconut Poke Cake features a buttery vanilla-coconut cake that’s soaked with caramel, then frosted with whipped cream. The top is sprinkled with toasted coconut, pecan pieces and a sprinkle of sea salt to finish. The only thing that trumps the simple preparation is the spectacular flavor combination of caramel, coconut and pecans with a hint of salt.
Get the recipe: Salted Caramel Coconut Poke Cake
Better Than Anything Cake
I Heart Naptime
This easy sheet cake has a rich chocolate base and is infused with caramel and sweetened condensed milk. To top it all off, you’ll add some whipped topping and toffee bits. How easy is that?
Get the recipe: Better Than Anything Cake
Red Velvet Sheet Cake
Dinner Then Dessert
Moist and tender old fashioned red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, all made from scratch on a sheet pan.
Get the recipe: Red Velvet Sheet Cake
Keto Cannoli Sheet Cake
All Day I Dream About Food
Whether they eat sugar or not, this festive sheet cake is a treat everyone at the table can partake in gobbling up.
Get the recipe: Keto Cannoli Sheet Cake
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