Here is a list of cake flavors and flavor combos I used while making custom cakes for people over the years. It is a good reference point if you’re looking to mix things up once in a while. Most of these flavors can be made using my basic recipes as a base. Scroll to the bottom of the post for my 12 most popular specialty combos if you’d like it all put together for you.
cake flavors
Basic
specialty
- Strawberry
- Red Velvet
- Cookies n’ Cream
- Pumpkin Spice
- Cinnamon Swirl
- Lemon Blueberry
- Lime
- Marble
- Lemon
- Carrot
- GF Red Velvet $$
- Vegan Brownie $$
- GF Vegan Brownie $$
frosting
basic
- Vanilla Buttercream
- Brown Sugar Buttercream
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
specialty
- Chocolate Buttercream
- Chocolate Ganache
- Lemon Buttercream
- Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Lime Buttercream
- Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
- Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
- Vanilla Rum Buttercream
- Raspberry Buttercream
- Lemon Raspberry Buttercream
- Blackberry Buttercream
- Lemon Blackberry Buttercream
- Blueberry Buttercream
- Biscoff Buttercream
- Nutella Buttercream
- Peanut Butter Buttercream
- German Chocolate
- Cookies n’ Cream Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cookies n’ Cream Buttercream
- Vegan Chocolate Ganache $$
fillings
- Edible Cookie Dough
- Lemon Raspberry Cream Cheese
- Fresh Fruit (Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Peaches, Mangos, etc…)
- Raspberry Reduction
- Fruit Preserve (Your favorite Jam/Jelly)
- Vanilla Cream (stabilized & sweetened whipped cream)
- Lemon Cream (think Olive Garden’s Lemon Cream Cake)
- Curd (Lemon, Lime, Pineapple, etc…)
- Pineapple Compote
- Marshmallow Cream
- Nutella
- Biscoff Cookie Butter
- Cinnamon Roll (Cream Cheese Frosting, cinnamon & nuts)
- Crushed/Chopped Candy Bars
- ANY FROSTINGS LISTED ABOVE
chelsey’s flavor combos
Classic Wedding Cake: Vanilla Almond cake layers, Raspberry Reduction, and Vanilla Buttercream
Creamy Coconut Cake: Coconut cake with Coconut cream cheese frosting and your choice of toasted or non-toasted shredded coconut
Lemon Raspberry Cake: Vanilla Almond cake layers, Lemon Buttercream, Lemon Curd & Fresh Raspberries or Raspberry Reduction
Summer Vibes: Lime cake layers, blackberry buttercream, and a lime curd filling
Chelsey’s Chocolate: Chocolate cake layers, Biscoff buttercream filling, and Vanilla buttercream
Cinna-cake: Cinnamon Swirl layers, Cinnamon Roll Filling, Cream cheese frosting, Cinnamon Ganache Drip, *with or without nuts*
Pumpkin Spice Cake: Pumpkin cake layers, Almond Cream Cheese frosting, and optional chopped candied pecans
Cookie Dough Dream: Your choice basic flavor cake, Edible Cookie Dough filling, Vanilla or Brown Sugar Buttercream, Chocolate Drip and topped with balled Cookie dough
Cookies n’ Cream: Chocolate or Cookies n’ Cream cake layers, Vanilla Buttercream, Chopped Oreos, Cookies n’ Cream Buttercream or Oreo Cream Cheese Filling, Chocolate Drip and Oreos on top
S’more of That! Chocolate Cake with Graham Cracker Crust, filled with Marshmallow Cream filling and drizzled Chocolate Ganache, and topped with Biscoff Buttercream and a Chocolate Drip
Pina Colada Rum Cake: Vanilla Cake, Rum Buttercream, Pineapple Compote filling and toasted or non-toasted shredded coconut flakes
Better than Sex Cupcakes: Chocolate cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and filled with salted caramel topping, Cream cheese frosting and toffee bits
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