Any day is a great day for cake.

I would cut myself a square and relish the simple dessert.

Grandma didnt need a birthday or holiday to bake and you and I dont either.

Chocolate depression cake with a few pieces cut out (still in the baking pan)

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

I love snack cakes because they aren’t complicated or need to be pre-planned.

These cakes all come together quickly and can be made whenever the urge for a sweet treat strikes.

They use pantry ingredients and simple baking techniques.

Lazy daisy cake slice on a spatula in a pan with more cake

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

Im heading to the kitchen now to whip one up and I hope you do too.

Lazy Daisy Cake

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

You had me at broiled coconut topping.

The coffee in the cake deepens the chocolate flavor without making it taste like coffee.

Chocolate depression cake in a baking pan with a few pieces already cut out

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

With no eggs, butter, or dairy, it’s a 100% pantry recipe.

I promise you’ll see only smiles after one bite.

The best tasting bananas for baking are yellow with some black spots.

A slice of whole clementine cake on a small white plate.

Simply Recipes / Cambrea Gordon

You’ll need two or three for this recipe.

Serve withwhipped creamand fresh strawberries.

You could add more chocolate chips to the top of the cake for a more robust chocolate flavor.

Parchment Paper Lined Plate With Sad Cake Slices Next to a Mug and a Blue and White Table Napkin

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Applesauce Cake

Frost this with a cream cheese frosting, or just leave it plain.

Yogurt Cake

I think of this as the “perfect” loaf cake.

I knew after one bite that I’d be making it again.

Coffee Coconut Banana Bread Cake on a Cake Platter With a Cut Slice Lifted Using a Pie Server

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

It’s tender and sublimely simple.

I also loveEarl Grey Yogurt Cake with Strawberries.

Once the cake is baked, let it cool for a couple minutes before pouring the frosting on top.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Shilpa Uskokovic / Simply Recipes

you might make this into cupcakes or a layered cake if so inclined.

Squares of chocolate chip snickerdoodle cake on a counter

Yossy Arefi

Applesauce cake, frosted and with a piece removed.

Sally Vargas

Slices of A slice of Olive Oil Yogurt Cake on a wooden paddle and dusted with powdered sugar.

Lori Rice

Almond Flour Cake with Rhubarb - slice of almond cake on white plate

Sally Vargas

Apple Snack Cake Recipe

Alison Conklin

Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

Cindy Rahe

Pumpkin Snack Cake frosted with cream cheese is set on a table with two plates with pieces of cake to the right.

Marta Rivera

A baking pan with bisquick coffee cake and two squares removed from the pan.

Simply Recipes / Lori Rice