9 Beautiful Cakes for Mother's Day

These soft, chocolaty sponge cakes are a cross between angel food cake and a firm soufflé.

This killer cheesecake has an ethereally light, creamy texture and fantastic crunchy crust made from honey graham crackers and amaretti cookies.

This is a real old-fashioned American chocolate layer cake. It's very moist, very chocolaty, a snap to make and best baked the day before serving.

This cake couldn't be more traditional: four layers of rum-brushed yellow cake filled and frosted with a light and airy, coconut-scented meringue-buttercream.

This impressive cake is encased in a fudge-like caramel frosting.

Strawberries, sprinkled with Prosecco and a little sugar, are a pretty accompaniment to Giada De Laurentiis's wonderful, moist, orange-infused cake.

This is a giant, crowd-pleasing cake, layering light, white cake with fluffy, rich chocolate ganache.

Seattle chef Tom Douglas uses brown butter for an indulgent nutty flavor in this fun twist on a classic white cake.

To dress up a moist, delicious coffee cake, F&W's Justin Chapple adds sweet pears and crunchy nuts to the generous layer of cinnamony streusel topping.