3,424 batter recipes

Aebleskiver are Danish pancake balls cooked in a special dimpled cast iron pan, with stiffly beaten egg whites folded into a sweet cream batter. Serve dipped in sugar or jam.

Banana pineapple pecan cake (Southern hummingbird-style) with crushed pineapple folded right into the batter, finished with a pineapple buttercream. Moist, fruity, and a potluck winner.

Self-saucing hot fudge pudding cake with a cocoa batter that creates its own chocolate sauce as it bakes. Warm, gooey, and made from pantry staples.

Cereal crunch coffee cake with crushed wheat flakes baked into the batter and a cinnamon-cereal crumble on top. A lighter brunch cake with raisins, brown sugar, and a hint of nutmeg.

Deep-fried French toast dipped in a flour and baking powder batter, fried golden in an inch of oil, then dusted with cinnamon sugar. Crispy outside, custardy inside.

Beer-battered chicken breasts with a molten cheese pocket under the skin, set on a silky roasted tomato and poblano cream sauce. Pub classic meets Southwest kitchen.

Mexican cornbread is a Texas-style layered skillet-style cornbread with browned ground meat, onion, jalapeños, and melted American cheese sandwiched between golden cornmeal batter.

Coconut beer shrimp with sweet and tangy sauce: beer-battered shrimp rolled in fresh coconut, fried crisp, served with a marmalade-mustard-horseradish dip. A Gulf Coast appetizer classic.

Snickers chocolate cake made by melting candy bars straight into the batter. Buttermilk crumb with caramel, peanut, and nougat ribbons in every slice.

Orange poppyseed muffins made tender with sour cream and packed with double orange flavor from juice and extract. A simple stir-together batter with no mixer needed.

Nantucket donuts: classic New England cake donuts with cinnamon and nutmeg in the batter, fried golden and tumbled in a bag of cinnamon sugar. Old-fashioned donut shop nostalgia.

German-style applesauce crepes with a thin egg batter, filled with warm applesauce and dusted with cinnamon-sugar for a comforting breakfast or dessert in under an hour.

Hot fudge pudding cake that creates its own chocolate sauce as it bakes. A cocoa and honey batter topped with brown sugar and cocoa, then doused with hot water. Magic happens in the oven.

Crab fritters with a featherlight batter lifted by whipped egg whites, deep fried golden and served with a curry mayonnaise dipping sauce made bright with chutney and orange.

Fruity buckwheat muffins fold Granny Smith apples and dates into a half-buckwheat-flour batter for nutty, hearty whole-grain muffins with natural sweetness in 35 minutes.

Traditional Japanese tempura with a light, crispy cold-water batter and homemade tentsuyu dipping sauce. Works for vegetables, shrimp, fish, and squid with authentic frying techniques.