Don’t get me wrong – I love a pumpkin pie on my Thanksgiving dessert table! But if you’re looking to add variety to your dessert spread, I’ve got you. These are my favorite Thanksgiving cakes, cupcakes, no-bake desserts, and more! Basically all of the classic Thanksgiving and holiday flavors translated into different kinds of desserts that are sure to impress.
As a reminder, all of my recipes include make-ahead and storage instructions that you can find at the bottom of each printable recipe.
I hope you find a new favorite dessert to add to your Thanksgiving table this year. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
25+ Thanksgiving Desserts That Aren’t Pie
No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
The dreamiest mousse-like pumpkin spice cheesecake with buttery Biscoff cookie crust, absolutely no baking necessary!
Chocolate Pecan Pie Cake with Salted Caramel
Layers of decadent chocolate cake, pecan pie filling, and homemade salted caramel, all wrapped up in tasty brown sugar buttercream.
No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake
Dreamy mousse-like Biscoff cheesecake filling set on a Biscoff cookie crust and topped with melted Biscoff cookie butter! The spiced caramel flavor of this dessert is incredible.
Pumpkin Pie Layer Cake
Pumpkin pie in cake form! Exposed layers of spiced pumpkin cake, pumpkin creme filling, brown sugar buttercream, and crushed pie pieces.
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
Extra moist, perfectly spiced pumpkin cupcakes with irresistible spiced cream cheese frosting. The BEST pumpkin cupcakes I’ve ever had!
Cranberry Orange Cake
Layers of light and zesty orange cake with fresh, whole cranberries folded in. Topped with orange flavored buttercream to give it extra zing.
Spiced Chai Bundt Cake
My favorite moist, deliciously spiced chai cake recipe, baked bundt cake style and topped with chai spiced glaze.
No-Bake Eggnog Cheesecake
A deliciously festive eggnog cheesecake made without any baking! Rich and creamy no-bake cheesecake filling infused with spiced eggnog on a beautiful Biscoff cookie crust.
Easy Pumpkin Sheet Cake
Extra moist, wonderfully spiced pumpkin cake baked in a 9×13 pan and frosted with tangy cream cheese buttercream. A classic Fall dessert!
Spice Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Tender and moist spice cake made paired with brown butter cream cheese buttercream to take it beyond delicious!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
The BEST moist and chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookie bars made with brown butter and warm spices for the ideal fall treat! No dough chilling, quick to make, and perfect for serving a crowd.
Carrot Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
My favorite carrot cake that’s deeply moist, perfectly spiced, and taken to the NEXT LEVEL with brown butter cream cheese frosting. The rich, nutty caramel notes of the brown butter combined with the tang of cream cheese really enhance the cozy spices in this cake!
Chai Cupcakes
Soft and moist chai cupcakes that are perfectly flavored with chai tea and a homemade chai spice mix, topped with chai buttercream.
Perfect Pumpkin Layer Cake
A Fall classic. Layers of moist, fluffy Pumpkin cake with just the right amount of spice, filled and frosted with tasty cream cheese buttercream.
Apple Crisp Cake
Layers of extra moist spiced apple cake, apple pie filling, baked crumble topping, and cinnamon-vanilla buttercream. Apple crisp in cake form!
Spiced Pumpkin Chai Cake
Layers of delicious chai tea-infused pumpkin cake and chai flavored buttercream, decorated with pretty piped pumpkins to look extra festive!
Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Moist and fluffy, perfectly spiced apple cupcakes topped with salted caramel buttercream and drizzled with homemade salted caramel sauce – these are the ideal Fall cupcakes if you ask me!
Chocolate Orange Cake
Layers of deliciously moist, citrus-infused chocolate cake and decadent chocolate-orange buttercream. The perfect cozy take on chocolate cake!
Gingerbread Latte Sheet Cake
Spiced gingerbread sheet cake that’s extra soft and moist, frosted with coffee buttercream to mimic a gingerbread latte in cake form.
Spiced Pumpkin Biscoff Cake
Deliciously moist pumpkin cake layered with Biscoff cookie butter frosting and crumbled Biscoff cookies throughout.
Apple Spice Sheet Cake
My favorite spiced apple cake topped with cinnamon-vanilla buttercream, baked in a 9×13-inch pan to feed a crowd.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
Deliciously moist pumpkin cake with chocolate chips baked into each layer, paired with spiced cream cheese buttercream and decadent chocolate ganache.
Sugared Cranberry Cupcakes
Delicious vanilla cupcakes with a cranberry swirl baked inside, topped with white chocolate buttercream and sugared cranberries. The perfect festive cupcakes for the holidays!
Salted Caramel Apple Cake
Moist apple spice cake paired with salted caramel buttercream, topped with a salted caramel, chopped almonds, and a caramel apple.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These cookie bars DISAPPEAR wherever I take them! They’re thick and fudgy, loaded with chocolate chips, have the perfect nutty caramel notes from the brown butter, and are the perfect low-effort (yet big payoff!) Thanksgiving dessert.
Apple Spice Cake
Layers of deliciously moist apple cake with warm spices and cinnamon-vanilla buttercream to amplify all the flavors.
I hope you find the perfect dessert for your Thanksgiving spread! If you make one of these, let me know how it went in the comments and feel free to tag @sugarandsparrowco on Instagram to show me a photo. I love to see what you create with my recipes. Happy holidays to you and yours!
Followed all the way through everything looking for the Black Velvet cake. Looks amazing. Also that pumpkin spice cake sounds so good
Thanks so much, Michael! If you are having a hard time finding the Black Velvet Cake it’s right here: https://sugarandsparrow.com/black-velvet-cake-recipe/
Hi can I have ur receive for vanilla sponge cake please
Hi there! My vanilla cake recipe is here: https://sugarandsparrow.com/vanilla-cake-recipe Enjoy!