Gourmet cakes make great gifts. The flavors, design and theme are all endless. People are always touched to receive presents personally made rather than bought. The time and effort exerted to it are always appreciated.

Baking is not exactly easy because it deals with precise measurements. But it is easy to get the hang of it with constant practice. And when you learn, your friends and family will definitely love receiving your home-made sweet desserts.

Most cakes given as gifts are round, good for 12 to 16 servings. That's about 5 pounds. But you can also bake cakes in square or rectangular pans.

Chocolate Fantasy Cakes are one of the most popular. Almost everybody loves chocolates. It never fails to delight children. Some adults are also endeared to chocolates. You can put chocolate bits inside. Some prefer lining it with strawberry for a blend of sourness and sweetness.

The Red Velvet Cake is a chocolate variety, classic and smooth as velvet. It has a southern touch. It has a rich, red and mild chocolate flavor topped with cream cheese.

The Chocolate Chip Cake has a thick fudge frosting with chip and sprinkles. Black Forest Cake is a light, moist chocolate cake in two layers. One custard layer is filled with cream, cherries and chocolate shavings.

The Chocolate Raspberry Cake is a moist cake with raspberry filling and topped with fudge. The Chocolate Fudge Rum Cake a three-layered light moist cake filled with walnuts and fudge. Chocolate Truffle Cake is semi-sweet with ganache. And the Rocky Road Cake is made of three chocolate types with chips, nuts and marshmallow.

Next to chocolate fantasy cakes, mousse cakes are also delicious. They are very rich and creamy.

The Chocolate Mousse Supreme is a bestseller with lots of chocolate flavoring. Chante Éclair is a chocolate mousse with raspberry on top and jelly rolls on the sides. Strawberry Mousse Supreme has creamy strawberry with white chocolate, cream between two layers of vanilla flavored sponge cake.

The Baileys Espresso Cream Cake is three-layered vanilla flavored cake with Baileys mousse and espresso cream. Banana Chocolate Mousse has bananas and thick coverings of chocolate.

On the other hand, white delight cakes are light and fluffy. The most popular variety is the Strawberry Short Cake. It has whipped cream sweeping over mixtures of strawberry filling in vanilla chiffon.

The Hazelnut Torte is a nutty, two-layered cake with raspberry and praline butter cream on top. Coconut Layer Cake has vanilla chiffon filled with butter cream and flakes of coconut just like a snowball. Mocha Raspberry Walnut Cake is three-layers of vanilla sponge cake filled with raspberry and mocha butter cream, with walnuts and swirls at the sides. The Sunny Lemon Layer Cake is three layers of vanilla sponge cake with lemon toppings.

Cheesecakes are gourmet cakes made from cheese, cream and eggs. The most common are pumpkin cheesecake, carrot spice cheesecake, and New York Style Cream Cheesecake.

Gourmet gift presentations come in designer sets and packages that serve as a lasting remembrance. They can be placed in tin cans, baskets or cases/towers.