609 batter soda recipes

Classic cocoa layer cake with a tender crumb from the creaming method, ready for your favorite frosting. Swap water for coffee to deepen the chocolate flavor. A reliable two-layer cake in under an hour.

This unique snack made of raisins, walnuts and coffee is a tasty treat when on the go or at work.

Fudge nut cake with melted unsweetened chocolate and chopped nuts baked in a single 9x13 pan or two round layers. A dense, fudgy from-scratch chocolate cake with old-fashioned charm.

Strawberry pecan quick bread with fresh orange juice and zest. A tender, fruity loaf studded with berries and toasted nuts, served warm with cream cheese.

Merry sugar cookies studded with rainbow chocolate morsels inside and pressed on top. A colorful holiday cookie with a buttery, crisp edge and soft center.

Sugar drops: classic buttery drop cookies with chopped nuts (or chocolate chips), crisp edges, and soft centers. Basic pantry dough ready in 30 minutes.

Chocolate shots slice-and-bake cookies with oats, butter, and powdered sugar rolled in chocolate sprinkles. A make-ahead icebox cookie with a fun, crunchy sprinkle-coated edge.

Old-fashioned Canadian jam jam cookies: oatmeal and brown sugar rounds sandwiched around a homemade date filling. A prairie-farmhouse classic with a soft, chewy bite.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with all brown sugar for chewy depth, four cups of rolled oats, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. A 20-minute one-bowl recipe that yields enough cookies to feed a crowd.

Orange liqueur cake with chopped dates, pecans, and buttermilk batter, soaked in a Grand Marnier orange syrup. The fruitcake alternative for people who claim to hate fruitcake.

Milk chocolate bar bundt cake with melted Milky Way bars folded into the batter, plus buttermilk, pecans, and vanilla. A Southern church-cookbook classic with serious richness.

Reverse chocolate chunk cookies flip the classic: a deep, cocoa-rich chocolate dough studded with creamy white chocolate chunks. Fudgy, brownie-like cookies with a striking dark-and-white contrast.

Milky Way layer cake melts eight candy bars with butter into a chocolate-caramel-nougat batter for a moist Southern celebration cake. Tender crumb, rich frosting-friendly base, layered or sheet style.

Milky Way candy bar cake with six melted candy bars in the batter, buttermilk, and chopped nuts. A rich, fudgy Bundt cake with deep caramel-chocolate flavor.

Surprise devil's food cake with hidden beets: a deeply rich, moist chocolate cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and grated beets stirred in for extra tenderness. Kids will never guess.

Hearty apple cookies made with whole wheat flour, chopped fresh apples, raisins, and nuts, topped with a crunchy oat-brown sugar-cinnamon streusel. A wholesome drop cookie with real fruit baked right in.