Top 15+ snack cakes that always disappear at potlucks

They're tried-and-true crowd-pleasers.

Snack cakes are a smart choice when you’re feeding a crowd. Baked in a 9x13 pan or on a sheet pan, these single-layer cakes are easy to slice into big or small squares—perfect for serving however many guests you have. With 16 delicious options to choose from here, you can’t go wrong. Whichever one you make, don’t be surprised if at least one guest asks for the recipe before heading home.

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Creamsicle Sheet Cake

"This tasty poke cake takes inspiration from tres leches cake, but incorporates zest orange flavor for a dreamy creamsicle twist." —Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Chocolate Snack Cake

"When you have a taste for a chocolate snack cake, it would be hard to find an easier recipe than this. This casual cake recipe makes enough to share, or not! Add nuts, flavored baking chips, or dried fruit, or not—you decide." —Brenda Venable

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Banoffee Snack Cake

"This take on the classic British pie combines rich banana cake, fudgy caramel frosting, and a thick layer of butter shortbread crumbs." —Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, but with what a difference. Peanut butter is the magic ingredient. It is spread between the cake and the frosting." —MARBALET

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Cinnamon Sugar Snack Cake

"While this cake is delicious any time of day, its warm spices and tangy frosting lend themselves particularly well to breakfast or brunch, pairing perfectly with a cup of coffee." —Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Berries-and-Cream Bars

"This summer-y snacking cake includes a fluffy white cake, marshmallow creme, berry jam, and freeze-dried fruit." —Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Moist Zucchini Cake

"This zucchini cake is my son’s favorite cake — it stays very moist and also freezes well. I usually frost it with cream cheese frosting, but it’s also great plain." —Joan

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Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

"This wonderfully moist peanut butter sheet cake is topped with a delicious peanut butter frosting! Use fudge sauce to create strips on the frosting if you like." —ERNSBERGER5

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Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing

"A moist zucchini cake with a different sort of icing. It's best if served chilled, but tastes great any way you want it." —Caroline

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake

"This pumpkin sheet cake is moist, warmly spiced, and topped with cream cheese frosting and walnuts. Great for holiday potlucks!" —Sandy Rowe

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Lemon Fluff Snack Cake

"Fresh lemon juice and zest bring bright, zingy flavor to this homemade version of a beloved boxed snack cake." —Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Easy Banana Cake

"Very moist and easy banana cake recipe; great as a snack! Use bananas that are starting to turn black." —Cristin

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Tandy Cake

"This tandy cake recipe is baked in a jelly roll pan, then frosted with a layer of peanut butter and a hard chocolate glaze. This delicious yellow cake takes a couple of hours to make, but it's worth it and tastes so good." —Rebecca Harrison

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Polish Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

"Delicious and warm, wake up and smell the coffee cake. I love this Polish cream cheese coffee cake recipe, although it is a bit time consuming." —Tammy M Curry

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Cajun Cake

"This Cajun dessert was born on the bayou. It has a caramel-pecan sauce that soaks into the cake." —KITTY38

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Easy Coconut Sheet Cake

"This is my go-to coconut sheet cake when I am entertaining a lot of people or I need to bring something for a potluck. It is made with buttermilk which makes it super moist and delicious and it is very easy to make. Depending on what I am making it for, I either cut it into little square bites or regular-sized coconut cake pieces." —Tinkerbell