142 better cake recipes

No-bake milk chocolate clusters loaded with pecans, raisins, mini marshmallows, crispy rice cereal, and peanut butter chips. Melt, stir, drop, and chill. Kid-friendly candy making at its easiest.

Peanut butter sandwich cookies filled with grape jelly. The classic PB&J turned into a soft, brown-sugar peanut butter cookie hugging a sweet jelly center. Lunchbox nostalgia in cookie form.

Loaded trail mix cookies with M&M's, peanut butter, peanuts, raisins, oats, oat bran, and wheat germ. Chewy, crunchy, and packed with something in every bite.

Chewy oatmeal cookies packed with shredded zucchini, chunky peanut butter, and chopped dates. These moist drop cookies disappear fast, so plan to eat them within a day of baking for peak texture.

These are better then the average peanut butter cookie and really do melt in your mouth!

Strawberry muffins made with oat bran, apple fiber, and a fresh strawberry puree, lightened with whipped egg whites and bound with corn syrup. A low-fat, fiber-rich breakfast bake.

Homemade birthday cake better than any store-bought cake.

Homemade birthday cake better than any store bought cake.

Blueberry cornmeal loaf cake mixes stone-ground cornmeal with lemon, yogurt, and fresh berries for a moist, golden quick bread. Better the next day after wrapping overnight.

You can't believe how delicious and moist this cake comes out, and best of all is that the cake is made with mostly whole wheat flour, applesauce and yogurt, then glazed with a thin layer of lemony icing. Looks so appealing and tastes even better!

Homemade Twinkies made with pound cake mix baked in DIY foil molds and filled with a fluffy vanilla cream. A fun copycat recipe that tastes fresher and better than the store-bought original.

Better-than-anything cake with German chocolate base soaked in sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath or Snickers bars. Make-ahead party cake.

Light and airy blueberry cake with a folded meringue batter, juicy fresh berries throughout, and a crackly sugar-dusted top. An old-fashioned snacking cake that lives up to its name.

Strawberry upside-down cake with marshmallows, frozen berries, and strawberry gelatin baked into the batter. This easy sheet cake flips to reveal a jammy strawberry top.

Rich double-chocolate cake or brownies from one batter: melted unsweetened chocolate plus a fold of chocolate chips, baked thick for brownies or thin for cake. Topped with chocolate glaze.

Homemade steamed sponge cake, no oven needed: a light, eggy batter sweetened and colored with coconut treacle and warm cinnamon, then steamed soft and spongy. A moist Sri Lankan treacle cake for tea time.