A collection of over 75 of the best high altitude holiday cakes. From bundt cakes and layer cakes to sheet cakes and cupcakes, all beautifully decorated for Thanksgiving and Christmas, you’ll find something delicious to make this holiday season.
Bundt Cakes and Loaf Cakes
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High Altitude Christmas Wreath Bundt Cake
A beautiful and easy Christmas wreath bundt cake, starting with a moist chocolate cake, decorated with piped green buttercream, fresh cranberries, rosemary, and powdered sugar.
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2
High Altitude Gingerbread Bundt Cake
This dark and spiced gingerbread cake is moist and dense, baked in a bundt pan, and decorated with vanilla buttercream.
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3
High Altitude Red Velvet Bundt Cake
This red velvet bundt cake is soft, moist and easy to make, with a subtle cocoa flavor, frosted with tangy and sweet vanilla bean cream cheese buttercream.
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4
High Altitude Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Sugar
This high altitude snickerdoodle bundt cake is so incredibly soft, tender and fluffy. The cake is brushed with melted butter and then covered in cinnamon sugar.
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5
High Altitude Chocolate Bundt Cake
A high altitude chocolate bundt cake that's tender, moist, and full of rich dark chocolate flavor.
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6
High Altitude Glazed Old Fashioned Sour Cream Donut Cake
This soft, moist and fluffy sour cream bundt cake, glazed with vanilla icing, tastes just like an old fashioned sour cream cake donut.
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7
High Altitude Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake
A high altitude cream cheese pound cake that's moist, dense and flecked with real vanilla bean.
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8
High Altitude Maple Pound Cake
This high altitude maple pound cake is so incredibly soft, tender and moist, frosted with maple cream cheese buttercream.
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9
High Altitude Almond Pound Cake
Moist, buttery and dense almond pound cake, drizzled with sweet almond icing.
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10
High Altitude Gingerbread Loaf Cake with Eggnog Icing
A high altitude recipe for moist, spiced gingerbread loaf cake, with sweet eggnog icing.
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Layer Cakes
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High Altitude Chocolate Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Buttercream
Moist and tender chocolate gingerbread cake with cozy winter spices and a hint of molasses, frosted with fluffy vanilla buttercream.
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12
High Altitude Chocolate Maple Cake
Moist chocolate cake frosted with salted maple buttercream. To decorate this cake for Christmas, it's finished with swirls of deep green buttercream and painted evergreen trees.
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13
High Altitude Cardamom Orange Christmas Sprinkle Cake
Soft and fluffy cake scented with ground cardamom and fresh orange zest, with brown butter frosting and Christmas sprinkles.
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14
Green and White Lambeth Christmas Cake
An elegant Lambeth style cake, decorated with emerald green and white piped buttercream, perfect for Christmas.
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15
Hogsmeade Village Christmas Cake
This Hogsmeade village Christmas cake features iced chocolate shortbread houses encircling a chocolate cake, with snowy buttercream trees and snowdrifts.
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16
High Altitude Cardamom Eggnog Cake
Soft and moist cake spiced with cardamom, espresso powder and nutmeg, frosted with fluffy and rich eggnog buttercream. A perfect cake for the holidays!
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17
White Christmas Cake
An easy cake decorating tutorial for a white Christmas cake covered in sparkling sugar and topped with ice cream cone Christmas trees.
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18
Gold and Green Christmas Trees Cake
A pretty gold and green Christmas cake, with piped buttercream evergreen trees, gold sugar pearls and sparkling sugar.
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19
High Altitude Candy Cane Christmas Cake
A high altitude recipe for candy cane cake, with six layers of vanilla bean cake, frosted with red and white striped peppermint buttercream.
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20
High Altitude Gingerbread Cake with Mascarpone Buttercream
A high altitude gingerbread cake for Christmas, with warm spices, sweet and creamy mascarpone buttercream, and sparkling sugar.
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21
Buttercream Christmas Tree Cake Tutorial
Today’s tutorial post includes detailed step-by-step photos to teach you everything you need to know to create your own cake decorated with a piped buttercream Christmas tree, sprinkle lights and ornaments, and topped with a star.
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22
High Altitude Red Velvet Cake
This Red Velvet Cake is soft and moist, with a subtle cocoa flavor, frosted with tangy and sweet cream cheese buttercream
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23
High Altitude Cranberry Christmas Cake with Sugared Cranberries
A beautiful cranberry Christmas cake, with layers of soft and moist vanilla cake filled with homemade cranberry jelly, cranberry buttercream, and sugared cranberries and rosemary.
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24
Snowman Cake
An easy, step-by-step tutorial for making an adorable snowman cake for Christmas.
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25
High Altitude Hot Chocolate Cake with Homemade Marshmallows
This cozy hot chocolate cake has three layers of soft and moist chocolate cake, fluffy buttercream, and homemade vanilla bean marshmallows.
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26
High Altitude Champagne Cake
A soft and light champagne cake, frosted with silky champagne buttercream.
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27
North Pole Cake
A moist and soft dark chocolate cake, filled and frosted with fluffy peppermint buttercream, and a surprise inside with candy cane striped buttercream between each cake layer. A white chocolate dipped peppermint stick on top is the perfect North Pole decoration!
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28
High Altitude Eggnog Cake
A rich and buttery eggnog cake, flavored with vanilla bean, cloves and freshly grated nutmeg, frosted with fluffy eggnog buttercream.
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29
High Altitude White Chocolate Orange Hazelnut Cake
Moist and nutty hazelnut cake made with brown butter and toasted hazelnuts, frosted with fluffy white chocolate orange buttercream.
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30
High Altitude Chocolate Orange Cake
A moist and tender orange cake, flavored with fresh orange zest and orange juice, and frosted with fluffy chocolate orange buttercream and dried orange slices.
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31
High Altitude Chocolate Almond Cake
Moist, rich and nutty chocolate almond cake, with fluffy chocolate almond buttercream, covered in toasted almonds.
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32
High Altitude Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Three layers of moist chocolate sour cream cake, filled and frosted with salted Nutella buttercream and toasted hazelnuts.
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33
High Altitude Salted Maple Pumpkin Cake
The most moist pumpkin cake full of warm spices and brown butter, with fluffy salted maple buttercream.
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34
High Altitude Mini Champagne Cake
A soft and light champagne cake, frosted with silky champagne buttercream, made in a mini 4-inch size that's just enough for 2-4 people.
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35
Melting Candles Cakes
An easy tutorial for making mini cakes decorated with dripping white chocolate ganache to look like melting pillar candles at Christmas.
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36
High Altitude Chocolate Coconut Cake
Soft and rich chocolate cake, frosted with fluffy coconut cream cheese buttercream, covered in crunchy coconut flakes and chopped dark chocolate.
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37
High Altitude White Chocolate Maple Spice Cake
Layers of fluffy spice cake, frosted with salted white chocolate maple buttercream, and decorated with handmade white chocolate leaves.
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38
High Altitude Apple Cider Layer Cake
Moist and subtly spiced apple cider cake, frosted with fluffy maple vanilla bean buttercream, is the perfect cake for fall and holiday gatherings.
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39
High Altitude Brown Butter Pumpkin Cake
Light and fluffy pumpkin cake full of warm spices and brown butter, with fluffy vanilla bean cream cheese buttercream.
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40
Autumn Cake with Buttercream Pumpkins and Flowers
A cake decorating tutorial for an Autumn cake with buttercream pumpkins and flowers.
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41
High Altitude Pumpkin Shaped Cake
A pumpkin bundt cake that's shaped like a pumpkin! The pumpkin shaped cake is rich with brown butter, perfectly spiced, and covered in cream cheese buttercream. Chocolate leaves and a chocolate covered pretzel stem make the perfect finish.
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42
High Altitude Snickerdoodle Cake
A rich, moist and dense buttermilk cake that tastes just like a snickerdoodle! Frosted with cinnamon vanilla bean buttercream and sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar, this cake is to die for.
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43
High Altitude Almond Amaretto Cake
A high altitude recipe for moist almond amaretto cake, brushed with amaretto liqueur, and frosted with piped drop flower almond buttercream.
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44
High Altitude Brown Sugar Cinnamon Layer Cake
Naked layers of soft, fluffy brown sugar cinnamon cake, coated in cinnamon sugar and filled with pretty piped cinnamon buttercream.
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45
High Altitude Mini Cinnamon Sugar Cake
Naked layers of soft, fluffy brown sugar cinnamon cake, coated in cinnamon sugar and filled with coffee buttercream, in a small size that's just enough for 2-4 people.
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46
High Altitude Chocolate Cinnamon Cake
Naked layers of soft, fluffy brown sugar cinnamon cake, coated in cinnamon sugar and filled with pretty piped chocolate buttercream.
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47
High Altitude Italian Cream Cake (Coconut Pecan Cake)
A high altitude recipe for a classic Italian cream cake (coconut pecan cake), with pecan cream cheese buttercream and crunchy coconut flakes.
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48
High Altitude Rum Raisin Apple Butter Cake
A moist apple butter cake, made with brown sugar, spiced rum and raisins, and frosted with spiced vanilla buttercream.
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49
High Altitude Coconut Cake
A classic, fluffy, high altitude recipe for white coconut cake that's soft and moist, frosted with coconut buttercream.
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Cupcakes
50
High Altitude Red Velvet Cupcakes
A high altitude recipe for classic red velvet cupcakes that are so soft and moist, with sweet and tangy cream cheese buttercream.
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51
High Altitude White Velvet Cupcakes
Soft and fluffy white velvet cupcakes, flavored with butter and real vanilla bean, frosted with silky vanilla buttercream. Top with a white chocolate truffle for an elegant finish.
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52
High Altitude Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These elegant Christmas tree cupcakes are impressively tall, made with buttercream piped onto an upside down ice cream cone hidden inside. Decorate them with sprinkles and star anise for the perfect holiday touch.
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53
High Altitude White Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Sprinkle Cupcakes
Soft and fluffy peppermint cupcakes with red and green sprinkles, frosted with white chocolate buttercream and foil wrapped candy.
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54
High Altitude Tiramisu Cupcakes
Soft vanilla cupcakes, soaked in espresso, then finished with fluffy mascarpone buttercream and a dusting of cocoa powder.
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55
High Altitude Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
These high altitude snickerdoodle cupcakes are soft, tender and fluffy, frosted with cinnamon buttercream and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
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56
High Altitude Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes
Soft and moist chocolate cupcakes with a hint of peppermint, frosted with the prettiest red and white swirled peppermint buttercream, and topped with peppermint candy.
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57
High Altitude Sweet Potato Cupcakes
Sweet potato cupcakes, made with roasted sweet potatoes, frosted with fluffy marshmallow buttercream, and sprinkled with maple glazed pecans.
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58
High Altitude Gingerbread Cupcakes
Soft, fluffy, spiced gingerbread cupcakes, filled with sweet and tart lemon curd, frosted with cinnamon ginger buttercream, and topped with the cutest little gingerbread cookies.
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59
High Altitude Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes
Pecan pie cupcakes made with soft vanilla cupcakes filled with gooey pecan pie filling, frosted with salted pecan buttercream and topped with toasted pecans.
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60
High Altitude Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes
Moist chocolate cupcakes, filled with creamy chocolate hazelnut spread, frosted with fluffy chocolate buttercream, and topped with Ferrero Rocher and chopped hazelnuts.
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61
High Altitude Champagne Cupcakes
High altitude tested champagne cupcakes, frosted with silky champagne buttercream, topped with gold sugar pearls and edible gold leaf.
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Sheet Cakes
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High Altitude Gingerbread Sheet Cake
This moist and spicy gingerbread sheet cake is served simply with whipped cream and stenciled with powdered sugar snowflakes.
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63
High Altitude Red Velvet Sheet Cake
The best red velvet sheet cake that's soft and moist, layered with tangy cream cheese buttercream, then decorated with powdered sugar snowflakes for Christmas.
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64
Christmas Tree Sheet Cake
A photo tutorial for decorating a holiday themed sheet cake using a combination of piping tips and palette knives. Using all buttercream, this cake is decorated with a fireplace, stockings, wreath, garland and Christmas tree.
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65
High Altitude Red Velvet Bars
These easy to make, red velvet bars are dense, thick, soft and chewy like a fudge brownie, with a tangy flavor and hints of cocoa powder, and fluffy cream cheese frosting.
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66
High Altitude Chocolate Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Chocolate cranberry upside down cake made with a moist and dense chocolate cake and tart juicy cranberries. The cranberries are baked underneath the cake batter, then revealed as a beautiful topping when the cake is flipped upside down.
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67
High Altitude Pecan Upside Down Cake
A high altitude recipe for a moist, one layer pecan cake made with ground pecans, topped with sweet and crunchy caramelized pecans.
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68
High Altitude Cinnamon Apple Cider Sheet Cake
Moist apple cider sheet cake, frosted with fluffy cinnamon buttercream, decorated with dried apple slices and cinnamon sugar.
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69
High Altitude Chai Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Coffee Buttercream
Incredibly moist pumpkin sheet cake full of warm spices and brown butter, with fluffy coffee buttercream, decorated with cocoa powder stencils.
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High Altitude One Layer Eggnog Pecan Cake
A high altitude recipe for a moist, one layer eggnog pecan cake, with nutty chopped pecans and lots of eggnog in the cake batter, and frosted with sweet eggnog icing.
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71
High Altitude One Layer Walnut Chocolate Chip Cake with Ganache
A high altitude recipe for a moist, one layer walnut chocolate chip cake, with dark chocolate ganache frosting.
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72
High Altitude Chocolate Chestnut Cake
A high altitude chocolate chestnut cake, made with fluffy and moist chocolate cake, frosted with buttercream swirled with creamy and nutty chestnut paste.
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73
High Altitude One Layer Coffee and Walnut Cake
A high altitude recipe for a one layer coffee and walnut cake, with rich and nutty brown butter and coffee buttercream.
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74
High Altitude Maple Penuche Sheet Cake
This high altitude maple cake is so incredibly soft, tender and moist, frosted with old fashioned maple penuche frosting and sprinkled with crunchy walnuts.
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